The Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stated that the issue of local government autonomy was not for the National Assembly to address. Gbajabiamila...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, on Thursday, appealed to striking resident doctors to return to work, saying “any soul that dies as a...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Monday, revealed that sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency are the progenitors of the escalating banditry in the Northwest and kidnappings...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has accused former Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (Rtd), of working for the All Progressives Congress (APC), against the...
A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has called on Nigerians and the government to listen to the...
For those who have followed, closely, the Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, they would attest that he shoots straight from the hips, especially...
The Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital (UCH) Chapter, Ibadan, has embarked on a five-day warning strike over unpaid two-month salaries of its 370 members....
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...
The National Assembly and the organised labour are scheduled to meet today (Tuesday) over issues pertaining to the national minimum wage. Ripples Nigeria gathered that the...
Nigerians on social media Wednesday greeted with shock and disbelief, the reports that public school teachers in Rivers State were being owed salaries for a whooping...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will commence a nationwide strike on Wednesday, March 10 (today) over the decision by the National Assembly to remove the national...
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Tuesday protested at the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The workers during the protest...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that revision of electoral constituencies/adjustment of their boundaries are joint responsibilities of the commission and the National Assembly....
Popular Nigerian comedian, Okey Bakassi has called out state governors and religious clerics for supporting and vindicating the actions of bandits. Ripples reported earlier that some...
Last week, Senator Muhammad Enagi Bima, speaking on the floor of the National Assembly (NASS), in Abuja, lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Bima...
The Joint committees of the two chambers of the National Assembly (NASS) on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), have assured of a speedy passage of the...
Unhappy with the Health Ministry’s lack of specific plan on the local production of COVID-19 vaccine, the National Assembly has asked the ministry to suspend spending...
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) at the weekend backed the quit notice handed down by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State for herdsmen to vacate the...
The National Assembly on Saturday postponed its resumption of plenary till February 9 over the All Progressives Congress (APC) registration exercise. The lawmakers were earlier scheduled...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday urged the National Assembly to urgently review the 2021 Appropriation Act to stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration...
To say Nigeria’s National Assembly is expensive is no news, but the disparity to the harsh reality of over 200 million Nigerians is quite baffling. In...
The National Assembly on Monday transmitted the 2021 budget of N13.5trillion to President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Assembly passed the 2021 budget on December 21. The Federal...
There was rage in the National Assembly (NASS) past week as Senators boiled in anger over perceived disregard, by President Muhammadu Buhari, of their resolutions on...
The Nigerian government has sent a written request to the National Assembly, seeking a new review of the 2020 budget. Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance,...
Trouble looms in the National Assembly as legislative aides have written a petition to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of the...
A former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Farouk Aliyu, believes that the Service Chiefs are in a better position to address the National Assembly...
Human Rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before the National Assembly and address Nigerians on his...
The Nigerian Senate, dumping all forms of affiliations and sentiments, is unyielding in its call on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack his underperforming security chiefs. The...
The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, said on Wednesday the National Assembly has the power to summon President Muhammadu Buhari on...
The National Assembly may compel the country’s next president to constitute his cabinet at least 30 days after inauguration or risk impeachment by the parliament. The...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has insisted that the National Assembly does not have the power to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address...
President Muhammadu Buhari will address a joint session of the National Assembly on his government’s efforts at addressing the country’s security challenges on Thursday. The president’s...
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) has urged the National Assembly to organize a public debate for the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as...
Just when it appeared that the dust had settled on claims that former President Goodluck Jonathan left an empty treasury in 2015, top lawmaker in the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched the Finance Bill 2020 to the National Assembly for review and legislative assent. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Thursday presented its budget to the House of Representatives, marking the first time the state-owned firm would do so in...
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has given reasons why a draft bill on restructuring was dropped in 2018. El-Rufai, who was the Chairman of the...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Friday the National Assembly is doing everything within its power to ensure the passage of the 2021 Budget by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has suspended former governor of the state, Sam Egwu, and 23 others for alleged anti-party activities. Also suspended...
Probe. This is another word for political manoeuvring, horse-trading, chicanery and blackmail – in the Nigerian milieu. Probes are launched here not for righteous ends but...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday presented a budget of N29,861,694,947 billion to the National Assembly for its operations in 2021. A breakdown...
Nigeria will borrow $1.2 billion from Brazil to fund various agricultural schemes next year, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed told the House...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Northern Governors and the National Assembly if the social media bill is passed and...
EndSARS protesters have taken their protest against police brutality in Nigeria to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The EndSARS protesters, majorly youths, barricaded the entrance...
#EndSARS realities On October 7, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, argued that banning the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would not bring a solution to...
The National Assembly has promised that the 2021 Appropriation Bill would be passed before the end of this year. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan...
President Muhammadu Juhari on Thursday presented the 2021 budget estimates of the federal government to a joint sitting of both chambers of the National Assembly. Buhari...
The National Assembly has said that it would limit the number of people to accompany President Muhammadu Buhari to its chamber during the 2021 budget presentation...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday present the 2021 budget estimates to a joint sitting of the two chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday. Buhari...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that the National Assembly would not mind if the price to pay for having a cordial relationship with the executive...
