The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, last week, expressed deep-seated worries over the raging insecurity sweeping across different parts of the country. We also...
The lawmaker representing Kebbi South Senatorial District, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, has opined that the decision of the National Assembly on mandatory direct primary in the...
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 National Bar Association (NBA) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to work together towards ensuring the approval of the Electoral Amendment Bill...
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru, Jega, on Sunday warned on the danger of making direct primary compulsory for political...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, last week, boldly demanded that the Federal Government publish the names of those sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria....
The Parliament Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) — the body governing the National Assembly staff — has issued a memo over its scheduled industrial action regarding...
Nigerians with non-performing loans hanging on them, are set to be publicly disgraced as the one-month grace period ends today, Wednesday 5 January. Jude Nwauzor, spokesman...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola, has warned against conducting future elections under the current 1999 Constitution. Babalola...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concerns about alterations made in the 2022 Appropriations Bill by the lawmakers, after he signed it into law on Friday. Buhari...
Last week, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, appraised President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance in office and returned a pass mark. Lawan’s glowing assessment of the...
The National Assembly on Tuesday approved the 2022 Appropriation Bill and forwarded the document to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Ripples Nigeria had reported that the...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said on Friday the National Assembly would forward the 2022 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari next week. The National Assembly passed...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it will hold former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, responsible, if anything happens to its incarcerated leader, Nnamdi...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has submitted a list of its top 1,000 debtors to the National Assembly as part of its debt recovery...
The National Assembly on Friday forwarded the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. The Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Saturday, appealed to the National Assembly to ensure speedy passage of the Hunters Bill 2020 into law. Senator Biodun Olujimi,...
A journalist with the Vanguard Newspaper, Tordue Salem, who was declared missing on October 13 in Abuja, has been found dead. The late Salem who covered...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has prayed the National Assembly to remove the police from the envelope budgetary system of revenue allocation. Baba made...
The Nigerian Senate has given a one-week ultimatum to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), who are yet to appear before relevant Committees to defend their 2022...
The National Assembly on Thursday queried the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over the decision to construct a standard gauge for the Kano-Maradi rail line while...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Wednesday joined the growing call for President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists in the country. In a statement...
A suit filed by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) seeking a referendum to determine the fate of Biafra and other self-determination agitations has been adjourned...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday asked the National Assembly to allow the commission to determine what technology to...
Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has declared that the future of Nigeria has to be discussed now, while also harping on the need for a...
The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected the N134 billion allocated to the National Assembly in the 2022 Budget. The House Spokesman, Benjamin Kalu, who addressed...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has implored the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral...
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that a lawmaker in the National Assembly is a major financier of secessionist groups who have wreaked havoc in the country...
Aides to members of the National Assembly, have concluded plans to embark on a strike action that would shut down the National Assembly beginning from Tuesday...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday raised the alarm on alleged plans by unnamed individuals to rig the 2023 elections. Wike, who addressed the...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Ogun State, Olusegun Agbaje, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not need the approval of the...
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, on Wednesday, decried the deplorable state of the National Assembly complex. Elumelu, who addressed the lawmakers...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Saturday the National Assembly gets only two percent of the Nigerian budget. Gbajabiamila stated this...
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has responded to the threats by the leadership of the Miyetti Allah that it will sue governors in southern Nigeria...
‘On the mic’ On August 9, history was made when Akpabio received the Forensic Audit Report on NDDC in Abuja, and announced that it would be...
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, explained what transpired during the debates and eventual passage of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari signed the...
A former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ibrahim Mantu has died. Mantu is said to have have given in to complications arising from Covid-19 infection....
The National Assembly on Wednesday urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend the ongoing strike and resume negotiations with the Federal Government. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors on Monday urged the National Assembly to entrench electronic transmission of election results into the country’s electoral law. The governors...
The Senate has commenced the process of recovering N76 billion loans from some agencies via the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AuGF). In order...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has contradicted the position of the National Assembly on the electronic transmission of election results, saying it has the capacity...
In the wake of the resolution of the National Assembly to ensure a three percent allocation to host communities within the framework of the Petroleum Industry...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, urged members of the National Assembly to forgo partisanship and support the electronic transmission of election results in the...
Nigerian elections are among the most expensive in the world, and they may become much more so in the coming years. According to reports, the National...
The Senate has turned down a fresh request of $434.7m from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, for projects already captured in the borrowing plan...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday forwarded the 2022-2024 Medium Time Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) to the National Assembly for consideration and approval....
The House of Representatives and Senate have disagreed over the approval of another loan for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. President Buhari had sought approval for the...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly have declared their support for the recent resolution of the Southern governors on the electronic...
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB)....
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has urged any Nigerian who is not happy with amendments of sections of the Electoral Act, to channel their...
