The President and Chairman of Council, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Ladan, has urged the Federal Government and the National Assembly to develop...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has summoned a meeting of the top hierarchy of the party to discuss demands by...
Shehu Sani, who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has made a proposal on how the executive and the legislature can repair their current strained relations. He...
Federal lawmakers resumed duties on Tuesday to meet a motley crowd of protesters who had blocked the entrance to the National Assembly protesting alleged insertions into...
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) weekend, expressed displeasure over cutting of allocations worth N11.5 billion to critical infrastructure like roads in...
The National Assembly said it made cuts to 4,700 projects amounting to N347 billion to support the generation of employment for youths by Micro, Small and...
There were indications, last night, that President Muhammadu Buhari was unhappy with 2018 budget finally passed by National Assembly and transmitted to him to append his...
Concerned by the threats posed by the renewed executive/legislature face-off, Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed x-rayed the situation and cautioned that if the points of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to receive the resolution of the National Assembly asking it to release the result of the June 12,...
“Finally, the National Assembly will not hesitate to invoke its constitutional powers (against President Muhammadu Buhari led executive) if nothing is done to address the above...
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has praised the National Assembly for Tuesday’s joint resolution to sanction the President. The group stated that the move was an...
The fragile peace between the Legislative and the Executive arms of the Nigerian government seems to have finally collapsed as members of the National Assembly rose...
The Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday held a joint session at the National Assembly. The session was presided over by the Senate President...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said that the three new Petroleum Industry Bills (PIB) being considered by the Senate will boost economic...
A third term member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi) has faulted former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who accused federal legislators of...
The Divisional Police Officer stationed in the National Assembly, Sulu-Gambari Abdul, Wednesday blamed internal conspiracy for the April 18 invasion of the Senate and theft of...
THESE are not the best of times for real sector operators, particularly manufacturers. For a sector struggling to bounce back after a debilitating recession forced it...
Leaders of the South and Middle belt on Thursday condemned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Executive for what they said is a flagrant disregard for the...
Nigeria’s National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara paid out N5, 638, 664, 700 to 44 unqualified contractors, PREMIUM TIMES...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has warned that there will be chaos in the power sector if the National Assembly criminalises the issuance of estimated bills...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… When we were growing up it was a common wish that our children would do better and become more prosperous that we...
Contrary to reports that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was arrested after allegedly leading thugs into the Senate chambers to snatch the mace, the Police said the lawmaker...
The quest by the National Assembly to rework the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2010 (otherwise referred to as Election Sequence/Reordering Bill) suffered some setback on both...
Federal legislators are in a fresh push to ensure the completion of the multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta Steel Complex, ASC, as a public company. Sources at the...
As preparations by the leadership and some members of the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the amendments to the Electoral Act engage...
The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has mandated chairmen of all standing committees to submit reports of their various committees on the 2018 budget to the Senate...
By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu The expression of leadership in the current dispensation, from local government levels up to the federal government level, simply say one thing –that...
Fresh indications emerged last night, on why the Presidency might not rush to give assent to the new Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit Bill, when it is...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday said the prompt passage of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Bill by the National Assembly...
The National Assembly has passed a Federal Audit Services Bill which seeks to ensure the independence for the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. The...
WHILE supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari appear disturbed over the reordering of the 2019 election timetable by the National Assembly, NASS, an investigation by Saturday Vanguard...
In what appears to be getting more interesting by the day, the new sequence introduced by members of the National Assembly, for the 2019 general elections,...
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has announced a six-man committee of senators to reconcile the Senate’s version of the amended Electoral Act with...
The presidency, on Tuesday, indicted the leadership of the 7th National Assembly, over its alleged failure to carryout a proper oversight on Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
Some senior lawyers have cautioned the Federal Government against the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fund the war against the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday came down hard on the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for doing a shoddy job of the 2018 budget. In very unmistakable terms,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives that he would want to present the 2018 budget proposal to a joint session of the...
The unending frosty relationship between the Presidency and the National Assembly may deepen following renewed pressure on the former by the latter to as a matter...
Amidst concerns and rumours over the whereabouts of the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Leo Ogor, some of his colleagues have downplayed insinuations...
The ambitious bid by the Presidency to present its budget to the National Assembly next month may not materialise after all, due to several factors, chief...
Although calls from various quarters across the country have intensified in recent times in support of restructuring, the Senate, on Wednesday, in what will be interpreted...
The Senate at about 12.35pm today, voted against devolution of powers to States. Forty eight voted against it, while 46 voted in favour. It however voted in...
Expectations by the people of Niger Delta that the on-going constitution review would address their demands for total resource control may have been dashed. Indications to...
Speaking at a meeting with governors in Abuja on Thursday, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, asked those agitating for state police to consider the...
The group, Concerned Nigerians, has threatened to begin a daily sit-out at the National Assembly from the 90th day of President Buhari’s absence from Nigeria. This...
The acting president, Yemi Osinbajo has written the National Assembly for approval to redirect the spending of N135.6billion in the 2017 budget meant for 14 Federal...
The seeming battle of supremacy between Nigeria’s executive and legislative arms of government may soon fall to the judicial arm for settlement. Feelers emanating from the...
Feelers emanating from the presidency indicate that the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is frantic to resolve the rift between the executive and the National Assembly. There...
Senator Ali Ndume who represents Borno South was on Tuesday freed of the terrorism charges filed against him by the federal government in December 2011. Justice...
The ongoing face-off over the 2017 budget, may not be over soon, as the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu...