The National Assembly management on Friday extended the annual vacation of the federal lawmakers by two weeks. The Senators and members of the House of Representatives...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described the Water Resources Bill as an “obnoxious, draconian and imperialistic anti-people’s legislation. HURIWA in a statement...
A former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Friday said the controversial Water Bill was still a rumour at the National Assembly. Suswam, who represents...
The National Assembly has been advised to listen to the voice of reason and rest the Water Resources Bill. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) gave the...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that disrespect by President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointees would no longer be tolerated by the National Assembly....
Prof Pat Utomi Sunday claimed he had evidence of budget padding by the National Assembly. Speaking at a Channels TV programme Sunday night, he said members...
Senator Ike Ekweremadu has called for the scrapping of the Executive Order from the constitution. The former deputy Senate president stated this in a paper on...
That hurried vacation On August 19, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, made public the suspension of all investigative and committee hearings...
The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika on Monday enjoined the National Assembly not to slash the budgetary allocation for the ministry. Sirika made the appeal when...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended public hearings and other activities by its various committees till September 15 when the National Assembly resumes from annual...
Go! Please, go!! Senators, on July 21, bared their minds on the continued stay of Nigeria’s service chiefs in the face of the deteriorating security situation...
The National Assembly has been urged not to approve any further loan request from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CSLAC) made the...
Transparency International, Nigeria, on Tuesday charged the National Assembly to reject future loan requests from President Muhammadu Buhari. The Executive Director of Transparency International, Nigeria, Auwal...
Two groups of protesters have clashed at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, over the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) being undertaken by...
The former National Assembly clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, has responded to the query issued to him by the National Assembly Service Commission. He said his refusal to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday warned ministers and heads of departments and agencies against undermining the National Assembly as an institution, its leadership and members. President...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been asphyxiated. It is out of oxygen. It now runs on the noxious gas of corruption; its usefulness outlived...
The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Omolori has countered a directive by the National Assembly Service Commission for him and about 151 other...
The clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, and more than 150 senior management staff members of the parliament are set to retire. The development followed...
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Niger Delta Affairs has adjourned its ongoing probe of alleged corruptions in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to Tuesday,...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Pauline Tallen, has lamented the upsurge in rape cases across the country. The minister stated this when...
After several years of stomaching insolence from operatives of the Executive, Nigeria’s long-suffering National Assembly last week finally mustered the courage to bite, as it sank...
Former Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the immediate past Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Barrister Joy Nunieh...
A civil society group, Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) on Thursday asked the members of the National Assembly to adhere to the principle of separation of powers....
I came in full cognisance with the normality of influence peddling for jobs when I was covering the national assembly. It is a run-off-the-mill practice, which...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the legislature is the most misunderstood arm of government. Lawan stated this in his remarks sequel to...
Guilty as charged! Poor Nigerians got a rare mention at the National Assembly recently. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on June 21, shared...
The National Assembly has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the plan to recruit 774,000 Nigerians for Special Public Works across the country. This followed the...
A human rights group has warned against efforts to ignore Federal Character principle and the Public Service Rules (PSR) in the appointment of a new clerk...
Senator Ali Ndume has insisted that Nigeria would not move forward under the presidential system of government. According to him, there was a need to conduct...
A civil society organization, Centre for Liberty, on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to use this year’s Democracy Day celebration to recommit...
Members of the National Assembly from the North East geopolitical zone, have protested over the exclusion of the zone in the planned reopening of some airports...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an appeal to three United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs over the Federal Government’s cut in education and health...
The Senate vowed on Sunday the National Assembly would not back down on its probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) for alleged misappropriation of...
At least 4,000 parliamentary staff including those in the state Houses of Assembly have demanded the full implementation of the revised condition of service enacted by...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve plan by his administration, to borrow a fresh $5.513 billion external loan to finance the revised...
Cross River State All Progressive Congress(APC) has vowed not to participate in the state’s local government elections fixed for Saturday, May 30. The Cross River State...
The National Assembly has fixed Thursday May 28 as the new date for their resumption of plenary as against the former date of June 2nd, to...
The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Friday cautioned Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) against tampering with the 2020 Appropriation Act. The Chairman of the committee,...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has once again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to respect the rule of law and constitutionalism of the country,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Tuesday the National Assembly would re-work its Legislative Agenda to reflect the current realities in the...
Scenes around the National Assembly are never short of being boisterous. Last week, evidence of a people in a hurry to get something done showed in...
The Leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to be briefed by the latter on the...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, on Wednesday raised the alarm over the safety of the National...
The National Assembly has been charged to ensure the immediate passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and amendment of the 2020 Appropriation Act. The...
The All Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) has faulted the Federal Government’s strategy of disbursing palliatives to cushion the effect of Covid-19. In a statement on Saturday,...
The leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday dismissed reports that it labelled the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs) a failure as misleading. The NASS leadership...
The Nigerian House of Representatives have hinted that they would consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure a two-month free electricity supply to Nigerians to...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, said Sunday the Federal Government would require about N2 trillion to provide financial...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Works, Mohammed Adamu Aliero, said on Sunday the National Assembly has commenced moves for the downward review of the...