Tag: National Assembly
FRSC Suspends Licence, Number Plate Renewal
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has suspended the mandatory renewal of drivers’ licences and vehicle number plates in Enugu…
NFF Bill Scales Second Reading At Assembly
Normalcy may soon return to the embattled board of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, as the bill to recognise the football…
House Of Reps Seat: Tribunal Strikes Out Labour Party’s Petition
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos Thursday struck out the petition filed by Labour Party candidate in…
N1.2m Facebook Scandal Rocks NSC
A new twist was added to the drama at the public hearing by the National Assembly House Committee on Sports…
Expert Advocates For Elders’ Rights Act
Dr. Folashade Oluwole, a Senior Registrar at the Nephrology and Geriatrics Unit, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, has advocated…
Why National Assembly Failed To Pass NFF Bill –Gaiya
The chairman of House of Representatives’ Committee on Sports, Godfrey Giaya, has shed light on why the National Assembly in…
Senator Mark: We Shall Fight Boko Haram With The Law
It may be the end of the road for Boko Haram and other terrorist organisations in Nigeria as leaders of…
Issue Of Subsidy Is Secondary
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, House of Representatives member, Hakeem Abiodun Munir, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II, speaks with Political Platform…
Bakare Berates Jonathan Over Mass Transit
The convener of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare has accussed President Goodluck Jonathan of usurping the functions…
Maritime Bill: Senate Committee Assures Of Passage Into Law
The Senate Committee on Marine Transport has assured that all its efforts will be geared toward ensuring that the two…
Group Hosts e-Conference On 2012 Budget
As part of efforts to get Nigerian citizens to participate in influencing government policies, The Patriotic Forum, Nigeria’s largest online…
Experts Differ On Jonathan’s 2012 Budget
Some financial experts on Thursday expressed divergent views on the N4.75 trillion budget presented by President Goodluck Jonathan to the…
Nigeria’s Senate Passes Law to Prohibit Gay Marriage
Defying pressure from Western countries against legislation that limits rights of sexual minorities, the upper chamber of Nigeria National Assembly,…
Ahead 2012 London Olympics: Don’t Starve Team Nigeria Of Funds; Bada Charges Authorities
Technical Director of Athletic Federation Of Nigeria, AFN, Sunday Bada, has appealed to the Sports Ministry and the National Assembly…
Governor’s Wife Seeks Review Of Rape Laws
The wife of the Ebonyi governor, Mrs Josephine Elechi, wants the National Assembly and stakeholders to review the laws on…
Student Threatens To Kill Neighbour
A 28-year-old student, Mr. Francis David, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court for threatening to kill one…
Reps Member Tasks Yewa-Awori Group On Unity
Chairman, House Committee on States and Local Governments in the House of Representatives, Rasak Adewusi, has advised the people of…
Sylva Dares Jonathan, Flags Off Campaign
Barring any hitches, Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has decided to dare President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Headquarters…
Constitution Amendment ‘ll Correct Political Imbalance –Odubote
Mr. Lanre Odubote, a House of Representatives member, representing Epe Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, has expressed optimism that…
37 LCDAS: Arewa, Igbo Groups To Storm N/Assembly
The Arewa Community and Igbo Coalition Group in Lagos, South West Nigeria have concluded plans to embark on a protest…
Remi Tinubu Vs Etti: Tribunal Delays Ruling
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, deferred delivering judgement in the appeal filed the Labour Party candidate,…
Reps Plan Two Day Stakeholders Conference on Deregulation
The Federal House of Representatives will on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th November 2011 convene a two-day stakeholders’ roundtable on…
Tribunal Sacks Reps Member
The National Assembly/State House Of Assembly Eletions Petitions Tribunal sitting in Awka, the Anambra state capital, southeast Nigeria, has nullified…
Tribunal Sacks PDP Senator In Rivers
The two-time Senator representing Rivers East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator George Thompson Sekibo, of the ruling Peoples…
Why We Are Contesting –PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is participating in the forthcoming local…
Ekweremadu Denies Sponsoring Bill To Legalise Prostitution
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Sunday denied sponsoring a bill in the Senate to legalise prostitution in the country.…
Mark Charges Media To Partner With NASS
Senate President David Mark has charged the media to partner with the National Assembly for the progress of the nation.…
Ratify Lagos 37 LCDAs, CNPP Urges National Assembly
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has urged the National Assembly to ratify the 37 Local Council Development Areas…
Ojudu Calls For Salami’s Reinstatement
Senator Babafemi Ojudu, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has excoriated President Goodluck Jonathan for hastily…
Lawmakers Expressed Mix Feelings Over Tenure Bill
Some lawmakers in Abuja on Monday expressed mixed feelings over the proposed six-year single tenure for the President and Governors.…