Against the backdrop of the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill and as electioneering intensifies ahead of the 2019...
Aides of federal legislators on Tuesday, embarked on a protest for the non-payment of their salaries and other entitlements by the National Assembly and their principals....
There are indications that the 2019 general elections might face serious crisis if nothing is done urgently by the Presidency and the National Assembly to address...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to free and fair election as mere lip service, calling on federal lawmakers to override...
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari “will do the needful” on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill currently before him for assent. The Senior Special...
Former Ogun State governor and Chairman, Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Olusegun Osoba, has called on members of the National...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has put the blame for the delay in passing the 2019 elections budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) squarely at...
The suspended work on the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 general elections will resume on the 27th of August. The...
In order not to be caught napping, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators have been taking turns to sleep over at the National Assembly Complex in the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has blamed the aggravation of the crisis at the National Assembly on the circulation of fake news...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have shifted the date to reconvene the National Assembly indefinitely. Both officials in a...
The House of Representatives said on Monday the National Assembly never agreed to reconvene on Tuesday (today) to consider the budget for 2019 elections. The Chairman,...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Monday, continued what many consider to be high-level consultations with major political players in the country, as he met with former...
The National Assembly will no longer reconvene on Tuesday, August 14. This announcement was made by Mr Abdulrazak Namdas. He said the house was yet to...
The resumption of the two chambers of the National Assembly is hanging in the balance as senators and members of the House of Representatives say there...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has uncovered a fresh plot to arrest Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. The party also...
There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress senators and their Peoples Democratic Party counterparts are heading for a showdown as the National Assembly reconvenes...
For the umpteenth time, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) demonstrated some level of incompetence and inability to successfully manage an issue it deemed critical to...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Senate President Bukola Saraki engaged in a fiery exchange on Thursday. The APC fired the first salvo, describing Saraki...
The National Assembly has called off its recess and fixed a date for resumption of plenary. It is to reconvene on Tuesday, August 14. This was...
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has raised the allegation that some senators are plotting to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. He...
Some lawmakers at the National Assembly had knowledge that the National Assembly would be invaded long before it happened, Senate President, Bukola Saraki has revealed. Saraki...
Honourable Boma Goodhead from Rivers State, on Tuesday dared operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) to shoot her. She confronted the masked gun-wielding DSS...
The Department of State Security has reportedly blocked the entrance to the National Assembly. Returning lawmakers and even staff of the federal legislature have been refused...
The leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly are scheduled to meet in an emergency meeting on Tuesday. The emmergency meeting was called by the...
The presidency has resorted to begging the National Assembly to reconvene so as to save the 2019 general elections from running into troubled waters. The Presidency,...
The two major political parties are oiling their political machines for a showdown in both chambers of the National Assembly when the lawmakers resume from their...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has hinted at the possibility that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will challenge the decision of some...
Members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have alleged a secret plot to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki....
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday upheld an appeal brought before it by the National Assembly over a judgement given by an Abuja Federal...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has welcomed the recent decetion of some National Assembly members from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He...
As the battle for the control of the National Assembly rages between the federal lawmakers of the ruling All Progressives Congress and their Peoples Democratic Party...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Abu Ibrahim, representing Katsina South, says the State and Community Police Bill will not pass in the National Assembly....
The All Progressives Congress has offered its aggrieved National Assembly members automatic tickets in their constituencies in a last-ditch effort to stop the impending defection of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday condemned the presidency’s request for N242 billion to conduct the 2019 elections from the 2018 budget, saying it posed a...
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...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has stated that only the enthronement of justice would lead to the resolution of the crisis currently...
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has backed the National Assembly’s resolution to amend the constitution in order to include state police and community policing in the...
THE National Assembly ad hoc joint committee probing the theft of the Senate mace has concluded its sitting and may likely lay its report in both...
Details of the National Assembly’s N139.5 billion allocations in the 2018 national budget will not be kept secret from the public, Senate President, Senator Olusola Saraki...
The controversy trailing the 2018 budget may not have abated as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Electricity, Iron, Steel and Meteorology, Senator Eyinaya Abaribe says he...
Since 2016 when he presented his first ever budget as a civilian, President Muhammadu Buhari has had issues with the National Assembly such that questions now...
The Senate has denied lifting, through the back door, the embargo it placed on confirmation of appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari. The upper chamber of...
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) yesterday carpeted President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly on the delay in the passage and assenting to the 2018...
The Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project, the Campaign for Democracy, and a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), have berated the National Assembly for injecting...
From the presentation of the 2018 Budget to a joint session of the National Assembly to the signing of the budget by President Muhammadu Buhari on...
The presidency has put out a critical response to the National Assembly’s defence of its 2018 budget alterations, accusing the lawmakers of not being content with...
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...
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, has responded to President Muhammadu Buhari’s criticisms against the National Assembly’s alteration to the 2018 budget. He said President...