The Nigeria Police has insisted it would not withdraw its siege on the Abuja residence of Senator Dino Melaye until the lawmaker surrenders The senator has...
The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has called on the management of Etisalat and Keystone Bank to immediately publish the full...
Some lawmakers on Sunday said it would be impossible for the National Assembly to start and complete work on the national budget before next year’s general...
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has been able to meet all its promises to Nigerians. Mohammed made the...
More reactions have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s booing by some members of the National Assembly with the latest coming from Nigerian students. The students...
After a ding dong affair between the Presidency, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said N305 billion...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says ;lawmakers booing President Muhammadu Buhari was a vote of no confidence. During the presentation of the 2019 budget, some lawmakers...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has blamed Senate President Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the “wayward conduct” of Peoples...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s suggestion during the 2019 budget presentation that there would be a review of the N30,000...
Reactions have continued to trail the N8.83 trillion 2019 appropriation bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Wednesday. The national chairman of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday as expected presented the 2019 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari presented the budget in the...
Should the scheduled budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari before a joint session of the National Assembly fail tomorrow, the management of the National Assembly has...
According to a House of Representatives member who represents Ikpoba-Okha/Egor Constituency, Ehiozuwa Agbonnayima, the threat by the National Assembly to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the...
The federal government and the National Assembly are making efforts to avert fuel scarcity during the yelutide season over threats by oil marketers to shut down...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Sunday called on members of the National Assembly, especially those from opposition parties, to boycott President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has revealed that it will embark on a four-day warning strike beginning from Monday. Bature Mohammed, chairman of the...
The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli Ezekwesili, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Act, promising stiff...
With the National Assembly threatening to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the controversy seems to be growing. President Buhari insists that...
There were strong indications on Saturday evening that the Senate would, this week, begin the process to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold his assent...
President Muhammadu Buhari may present the 2019 Budget to the National Assembly next week. But the lawmakers said they have not received any official communication from...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if the National Assembly management does not meet its demands. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) has asked the National Assembly to save Nigeria’s democracy by overriding President Muhammadu Buhari on the electoral...
The National Assembly leadership has told protesting staff that their mode of protest, which saw them picket the assembly, is against the law. Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman...
The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, has said the country may be forced to rely on the 2006 electoral act as amended in 2015 if President Muhammadu...
The Presidency on Thursday said the non-passage of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper by the National Assembly is responsible for the delay in the...
A record, 84 members of both chambers of the 8th National Assembly have, so far dumped the various political parties on which they were elected during...
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has advised the Presidency to desist from playing politics with sensitive issues like the budgeting process. Senator Olujinmi noted that...
The Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori has confirmed that the controversial Electoral (amendment) Bill has been transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. “Yes, the...
The upper chamber of the National Assembly will today (Tuesday) probe claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the rationale behind the diversion of...
A sub-committee on Capital Market and Institutions of the House of Representatives has ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to take over Capital Oil Plc....
Security has been beefed up at the premises of the National Assembly on Wednesday, Daily Trust can report. Our correspondent who is on ground observed an...
The upper chamber of the National Assembly Wednesday embarked on another break, two weeks after resuming from its annual break. The Senators are billed to resume...
In order to attain stable, strong and effective governance in Nigeria, the National Assembly must receive priority attention in terms of capacity building. This was the...
Wednesday’s plenary of the upper chamber of the National Assembly was held up for more than 25 minutes as the session became rowdy over sitting arrangements....
The Senate Committee on Appropriation has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the virement of N242bn under the 2018 Appropriation Act to conduct the 2019 general...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday wrote to the Senate seeking approval to raise $2.78 billion Eurobonds as part of the capital funding for the 2018 national...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that contrary to speculations, funding for the 2019 general elections is not under any threat...
Senate President Bukola Saraki says the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chaiurman, Adams Oshimhole, has plunged the party into a civil war. He said as a...
Aides of lawmakers staged a protest over their unpaid allowances as the National Assembly resumed from recess on Tuesday. The aides, under the aegis of National...
Ovie Omo-Agege, the lawmaker representing Delta Central senatorial district, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) senators’ determination to remove Bukola Saraki as Senate President has not...
Senate Majority Leader, Ahmed Lawan, has said that the senators of All Progressive Congress (APC) remain the majority in the Senate and are resolute to impeach...
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Jonah Jang, has advised youths in Plateau State not to trust President Muhammadu Buhari...
The National Assembly has postponed its resumption of plenary earlier slated for Tuesday, September 25. The Clerk of the National Assembly, M. A. Sani-Omolori, announced this...
The Senator representing Borno South, Sen. Ali Ndume, has said Senate President, Bukola Saraki has lost all rights to remain in the position. Insisting that there...
In recent time there, had been speculations that forms for National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly elections forms were being hoarded, but this allegation was...
A planned campaign by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against vote buying in next year’s elections may be hampered by the continued delay in approving...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by President Muhammadu Buhari to effect a “violent change” of the...
The Senate and the House of the Representatives Joint Committee on Electoral Matters on Tuesday, adopted the fourth version of the 2018/2019 Electoral Amendment Act. The...
The presidency on Sunday asked Nigerians to ignore “fake news” being peddled by some media outlets suggesting President Muhammadu Buhari was opposed to the use of...
Members of the National Assembly have called on the leadership of both chambers to extend their resumption from September 25 to the second week of October....