Tag: National Assembly
Pondei bombs National Assembly: NDDC coerced to pay rogue contractors
National Assembly members have been accused of blackmail and coercion, in forcing the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC pay rogue…
Corruption probes: SERAP sends message to Lawan, Gbajabiamila
Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila have been sent a request by…
Senate confirms Adesina, 39 others as Ambassadors
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of 39 Non-career and one Career Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Asari Dokubo, Edwin Clark, why no outrage over iniquity at NDDC?
Why is Chief Edwin Clark, the foremost Ijaw leader, taciturn over NDDC? Where is Asari Dokubo, the defender of the…
We will not allow ourselves to be distracted – Senate President
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Monday that he and his colleagues in the ninth National Assembly will…
National Assembly commission queries clerk for insubordination
The National Assembly Service Commission has queried Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori, Clerk of the National Assembly for 'gross insubordination'.
National Assembly Clerk rejects retirement by commission
The National Assembly Clerk, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori has rejected his forced retirement by the National Assembly Service Commission.
JUST IN: Senate okays life imprisonment for kidnappers
Anyone convicted of kidnapping in Nigeria will now face life imprisonment, the Nigerian Senate prescribed on Tuesday.
What NASS will do to prevent wanton killings in Kaduna – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly will engage security agencies in the country with…
Don’t usurp powers of Executive, lawyers tell National Assembly
Lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) have advised the National Assembly (NASS)
Provide timelines for community policing, Lawan tells I-GP
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday charged the Inspector-General of Police to provide timelines for the implementation of…
Senate considers N10.51trn revised budget for 2020
The Senate on Thursday reconvened to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for approval of the revised 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure…
National Assembly members return tomorrow for 2020 budget
The National Assembly members will tomorrow resume from their Eid-el-Fitri break to consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s Appropriation (Amendment) Bill 2020..
Senate begins amendment of Nigeria’s local content law to strengthen economy
The Senate has commenced amendment of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010, following the consideration of…
The facts about Senate’s approval of Buhari’s N850bn loan request
My brother, Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, once observed that those who believe…
NASS backs down on allegations that NSIP was a failure
The leadership of the National Assembly has dismissed reports that it labelled the National Social Investment Programmes a failure, stressing…
COVID-19: FG seeks National Assembly’s approval for N500bn Intervention Fund
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Saturday met with the leadership of the National Assembly…
Nigerians blast National Assembly over generators bill
Nigerians have begun to call out their representatives at the National Assembly following the introduction of a bill to ban…
$100m loan: National Assembly approves Kogi’s request
The Kogi State government says it has received the approval of the National Assembly to obtain a foreign loan of…
Electoral Offences Bill: INEC wants NASS to hasten passage
Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of…
Immunity for lawmakers will leave Buhari’s anti-corruption agenda in tatters
When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was named by the African Union as its first “anti-corruption champion in Africa” in 2018,…
Don advocates passage of Disability Education Bill
Prof. Florence Banku-Obi, Prof. of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Education, University of Calabar, has called on the National Assembly…
TUC supports immunity bill for National Assembly
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, on Wednesday, disclosed that it supports the bill seeking to provide immunity to…
JUST IN: Lawan raises security threat alarm at National Assembly
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday tasked top security officials to beef up security measures at the National…
CSO calls for speedy passage of Electoral Reforms Bill
The Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of…
NASS open to suggestions on ways to deal with hate speech, fake news – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly is open to suggestions from Nigerians on the…
Buhari, NASS leaders to collaborate in tackling security challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari and leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) on Monday in Abuja expressed serious concern over security challenges…
Terrorism rating: Summon Buhari, PDP tells NASS
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the National Assembly to upon resumption on Tuesday urgently use its legislative…
No blackmail will stop NASS from working with executive – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, for the umpteenth time on Friday, dismissed the insinuation that the ninth National Assembly…
Is N37b Buhari’s largesse for rubber stamp National Assembly?
It is really puzzling. Is the extra ‘’N37 billion’’ a backhand package to the National Assembly for being a good…