Contrary to popular expectations that the 2017 budget will be signed into law soon, Nigerians may have to wait a little more, as the Presidency has...
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is to sign the 2017 appropriation bill recently passed by both chambers of the National Assembly tomorrow( Thursday). It was gathered...
Senator Dino Melaye has called on the chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), to try and refrain from talking ‘when drunk’....
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been asked by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to reject the proposed “wasteful spending” of the National Assembly. In...
The National Assembly on Thursday, passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill. The two chambers approved a total budget of N7,441,175,486,758. The federal legislature also approved $44.50 as...
The National Assembly on Tuesday made an addition of N143 billion to the N7.298 trillion initially proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2017 Appropriation Act....
Over the years, there have been several debates, and agitations over the size of Nigeria’s federal legislative arm, the National Assembly, comprising the Senate and House...
The Senate has perfected plans to withhold the confirmation of nominees by President Muhammadu Buhari as part of the lawmakers’ strategies for a showdown with the...
An unimaginable constitutional crisis is looming over the 2017 Budget if the National Assembly fails to pass the budget this week, sources close to the legislature...
Thousands of people from Borno South Senatorial District, on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly to protest against the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume by the Senate....
The Federal Government, has revealed that more of its agencies have joined the loot recovery drive. According to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister...
Despite the row brewing between the Nigerian federal executive and its National Assembly, the lawmakers have given approval to the $500 million Eurobond sale for the...
A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi, says he will move for a law that will make only career civil servants head government agencies...
Strong indications have emerged that the passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill may suffer a major setback in the National Assembly as forty- four committees of...
Pictures don’t tell lies! President Muhammadu Buhari made a majestic return to office on Monday. It was his first day at work after a 50-day absence...
Senators on the Foreign Affairs committee, were on Wednesday, left speechless during the screening of an 82 year old ambassadorial nominee whose name was recently forwarded...
Baring any last minute change, the National Assembly will soon announce plans to grant life pensions to the Senate President, his deputy, as well as the...
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday sought formal approval from the National Assembly to commit a $500million Eurobond for the financing of the country’s 2017 budget...
In less than a month he functioned as Nigeria’s Acting President, following the medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in London, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has signed...
If the National Assembly passes President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2017budget of N7.298 trillion as proposed, the country will spend a hefty sum of N5.41 billion as cost...
Indications have emerged that some members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet, have initiated moves to lobby federal lawmakers to stay action against any possible gang...
Lawmakers from Cross River State in both chambers of the National Assembly, on Tuesday, frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in sending Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday denied that it collected funds from the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) as rent for their accommodation. It...
This week, the Senate is set to begin debate on the 2017 appropriations bill submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari. Both chambers of the National Assembly had...
Senator Ken Nnamani, Nigeria’s former Senate President, stirred the polity on Sunday with his high profile defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the...
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has revealed that the Red Chamber will commence debate on the 2017 budget document next week. Saraki who spoke on Tuesday...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, presented the 2017 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. The President also cashed in on the presentation...
The protest over unpaid allowances by the Super Falcons at the National Assembly on Wednesday was short-lived, as Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President...
The die is cast for embattled South Korean President, Park Geun-hye after the National Assembly voted unanimously to impeach her over alleged links to a corruption...
Indication emerged on Tuesday that the Federal Government had sent to the National Assembly, a bill seeking the establishment of a special anti-corruption court to try...
President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, after a close-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, revealed that the 2017 Appropriation Bill would be presented...
The suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has aligned himself with the scathing remarks of former President Olusegun Obasanjo...
The tussle between the National Assembly and the Presidency over passage of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework necessary for the preparation and the passage of the...
The National Assembly on Thursday, transferred the power of the President in controlling the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act (CCT)...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday asked Nigerians to oppose President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposed $29.960billion loan except he explains what he did with the recovered...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to consent to his administration’s plan to make an external borrowing of $29.960bn. According to the President, the...
The anti-graft war, spearheaded by President Muhammadu Buhari, may have reached a crisis head. No thanks to the current face-off between the Presidency, led by the...
If things go as planned, the 2017 Federal budget will be implemented from January 1 2017, the Presidency has said. The Presidency also disclosed on Friday...
The main entrance leading to the National Assembly was on Thursday grounded by protesting Abuja indigenous inhabitants. The protesters took over the entrance and exit point...
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wants the commission to retain a percentage of loots recovered by it to fund its...
The premises of Nigeria’s highest law making body in the country, the National Assembly, is gradually assuming a notorious position as a den of car and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that his wife, Aisha belongs in his kitchen, his living room, and the other room. Contrary to efforts by his media...
The two lawmakers favoured by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in last year’s National Assembly elections, Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, are to join...
Policemen attached to the National Assembly, on Tuesday arrested six alleged oil thieves who specialize in siphoning diesel from the heavy duty generating sets at the...
In an attempt to stem the current economic recession in the country, the Senate has completed work on eight ammendment bills it hopes to send to...
The embattled former chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Adbulmumin Jibrin has promised to expose more acts of corruption in the House. Jibrin who...
Despite widespread cries in the land, state governors in the country have said they have confidence in the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and her...
House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, had told President Muhammadu Buhari that it was needful for him to tell Nigerians how he wants to pull the...
Members of the National Assembly (NASS) will today resume plenary and continue their legislative duties after a long annual recess. Expectations are high but Nigerians may...
With the National Assembly expected to resume from its annual recess on Tuesday, Senate President, Bukola Saraki says the upper legislative chamber will dedicate more of...