Tag: National Assembly
PIB: How 9th National Assembly will break the jinx – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Ninth National Assembly will do things differently to break the jinx…
Senate seeks legal backing for Constituency Projects in National budget
The Senate on Wednesday sought to provide legal backing to the provision of Constituency Projects in Nigeria’s annual budget by…
Why INEC must work with National Assembly – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to work with the National…
National Assembly may pass 2020 budget Dec. 4 – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that both chambers of the National Assembly may pass the 2020 budget…
Election: What Abubakar Audu’s son wants National Assembly to do
Alhaji Mustapha Audu, son of late former governor of Kogi, Prince Abubakar Audu, and a member of the All Progressives Congress…
‘NASS, delaying budget is not hurting Buhari, but the people’
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, urged lawmakers in the country to always place the interest of the people first in…
Senate President advocates synergy between NASS, State Assemblies
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has called for synergy between the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly in…
Soyinka confronts National Assembly over death penalty for hate speech
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has written to the National Assembly, warning of the consequence of passing a bill which…
How NASS will ensure implementation of 2020 budget – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said amendment to the Public Procurement Act 2007 by the National Assembly will…
National Assembly releases date for passage of 2020 budget
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the National Assembly is working towards the passage of the…
How National Assembly, Executive are collaborating to tackle insecurity – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday disclosed that the National Assembly and the Executive are collaborating on the…
Let’s rather do away with House of Reps, it’s an unnecessary burden
The flatulent size of the National Assembly accents the orthodoxies and paradoxes of Nigeria. Nigeria’s lawmakers are some of the…
Know the Ministries with highest amount in Buhari’s budget
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented a budget of N10.729 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly…
NASS to receive Buhari’s budget presentation by 2.00pm
The Joint Session of the National Assembly will receive President Muhammadu Buhari's 2020 budget presentation by 2.00pm on Tuesday.
N5.5b for luxury cars: 6721 Nigerians, 3 groups sue National Assembly
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, Enough is Enough (EiE) and 6,721 concerned Nigerians have sued the National Assembly…
Lawan speaks on National Assembly’s readiness to work for Nigerians
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that, with the recent constitution of the relevant parliamentary committees, the…
Court stops National Assembly from taking over Edo Assembly
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the National Assembly from planned attempt to take over the Edo State…
Alaafin delivers damning verdict on Saraki’s 8th National Assembly
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, says the Eighth National Assembly(NASS) frustrated the appointment of Mr Ibrahim Magu as…
Takeover plan: Speaker Edo Assembly sues National Assembly
The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Mr Francis Okiye has filed a suit at the Federal High Court…
Transport commission bill: Ashafa calls for early passage
A former Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, has called for the early passage of the National…
Ministerial nominees arrive National Assembly for screening
Some ministerial nominees have started arriving the National Assembly for their screening by the Senate today.
National Assembly security on red alert as Shiites protest
The security personnel at the National Assembly Complex were on Monday positioned in strategic locations to prevent breakdown of law…
Photos of Shiites invasion of National Assembly
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as the Shiites this afternoon invade the National Assembly complex in…
Updated: National Assembly gates shut as Shiites shoot 3 policemen
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria- the Shiite on Tuesday invaded the National Assembly Complex throwing stones and injuring…
Police funding: NANS to storm National Assembly, official says
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) will soon storm the National Assembly to press for more funding for the…
APC takes total control of the 9th National Assembly
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recorded a huge victory last Tuesday, when lawmakers of its choice were…
Tight security in NASS as members-elect continue accreditation to elect leaders
All staff and visitors to the national assembly were critically checked before being allowed entry into the premises.
Gender equality bill: Abia lawmakers pledge speedy passage
Two newly elected members of the National Assembly from Abia have pledged to ensure speedy passage of the Gender and…
EU advocates passage of gender equality bill in Nigeria
Ambassador of Denmark and EU Gender Champion in Nigeria, Jasper Kamp has urged the National Assembly and other stakeholders to…