A bill seeking to provide pension for presiding officers of the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly after their tenures on Tuesday failed to scale...
The Presidency said on Sunday the National Assembly and the Executive would reach a consensus on the contentious Section 84 of the newly signed Electoral Act....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the National Assembly against devolving labour issues to the states amidst plans to remove it from the Exclusive Legislative...
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the Electoral Amendment Bill following reconsideration by the lawmakers due to the opposing stance of President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage...
A worker with the National Assembly, Abdul Olajide Abayomi, fell down from the stairs at the Assembly complex and died on Monday. Abayomi, 34, worked with...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Thursday, criticised the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, calling it...
A civic group, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has called on the National Assembly to use their veto power to sign the Electoral Bill...
A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has revealed that there is a possibility the National Assembly might override the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organizations has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021...
Dino Melaye a former senator in the 8th National Assembly on Wednesday supported the new mandate on direct primaries while criticising some governors who were in...
The National Assembly on Tuesday pledged to wade into the diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following disagreements between both countries. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presented the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. More details later…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the leadership of the National Assembly imploring it to reject the request of President Muhammadu Buhari...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has slammed reports by stakeholders and Nigerians that the National Assembly is a rubber stamp to the decisions taken...
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) who was also a presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has said the...
The National Assembly was plunged into a rowdy session on Thursday as plenary turned riotous over deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The bill seeks...
Some activists led by co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu, and Deji Adeyanju, have stormed the National Assembly complex in Abuja to protest proposed plans...
Two Biafran secessionist groups, ‘The Biafra Think Tank’ and ‘The Biafra Watchdogs’, have threatened to bomb the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the National Assembly complex, the...
The National Assembly (NASS) has approved the appointment of Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf as the Chief Public Complaint Commissioner of the Federation following the provisions of the law...
An Ogun State monarch, Eselu of Iseluland in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Ebenezer Akinyemi, has called on the National Assembly...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has commended the National Assembly (NASS) for passing a bill for the constitutional amendment of 111 special additional seats for...
The two chambers of the National Assembly was besieged by protesting legislative aides of lawmakers on Wednesday, who staged a peaceful protest in order to reiterate...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has beseeched the National Assembly to ensure the amendment of the provisions of the newly amended Banks and Other...
Omojuwa, Oby Ezekwesili The duo made a return appearance to Twitter’s trends list on Wednesday, after Nigerian blogger, Japhet Omojuwa responded to claims he listed former...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has clarified that the current legislative arm of government is not a rubber stamp National Assembly. This was in response to claims...
The Director-General, Defence Research and Development Bureau, AVM Ubrufih Uzezi, on Tuesday, March 30, appealed to the National Assembly to increase its annual budgetary allocation for...
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the National Assembly to fast track legislation that would allow Nigerians in Diaspora...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to partner with the National Assembly to ensure speedy passage of the Electoral Act amendment bill. Prof. Mahmood...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has issued a scathing critique of the National Assembly over the confirmation of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday appealed to the National Assembly to set aside funds for the rebuilding of the state in the 2021 budget....
The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Friday confirmed Mr. Ojo Olatunde as the substantive Clerk of the National Assembly. The Executive Chairman of NASC, Mr....
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, urged the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Petroleum...
A construction firm, Webster Global Ventures, accused of being used by some National Assembly members to engage in alleged contracts scams at the Niger Delta Development...
Transparency International, Nigeria, on Tuesday charged the National Assembly to reject future loan requests from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Executive Director of Transparency International, Nigeria, Auwal...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday warned ministers and heads of departments and agencies against undermining the National Assembly as an institution, its leadership and members. President...
The National Assembly Service Commission (NASSC) on Thursday accused the embattled Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori of “gross insubordination”. The NASSC stated this...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Power, Gabriel Suswam, said on Monday the National Assembly was working with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to put...
A civil society group, Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) on Thursday asked the members of the National Assembly to adhere to the principle of separation of powers....
The National Assembly on Wednesday suspended the Special Public Works programme conceived by the Federal Government for the engagement of 774, 000 Nigerians. The progamme which...
A human rights group has warned against efforts to ignore Federal Character principle and the Public Service Rules (PSR) in the appointment of a new clerk...
A few minutes after his meeting with the National Assembly joint committees on the 774,000 Special Public Works programme jobs ended in a fiasco, the Minister...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday succeeded in persuading the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to defer the planned tariff hike till the first quarter...
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said on Tuesday the Federal Government had submitted the proposed guidelines for the reopening of schools across the...
A Civil Society Organisation, Niger Delta Rights Advocates (NDRA) has called on the National Assembly to immediately commence its planned investigation into the activities of the...
A pro-Buhari group, the Buhari Media Organization (BMO) Sunday night described as unpatriotic, illogical and crudely partisan the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National...
A Civil Society Organization, the Niger Delta Movement for Peace and Justice (NDMPJ) Wednesday urged the National Assembly to withhold the 2020 Budget of the Niger...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Tuesday the National Assembly would re-work its Legislative Agenda to reflect the current realities in the...
The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (retd), Thursday hailed the decision of the National Assembly to investigate the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met with the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was attended by the Senate President,...