The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider placing a travel ban on countries with high risk of coronavirus. The request was...
Senator Shehu Sani has advised South East leaders to articulate their positions ahead of National Assembly’s approval of Muhammadu Buhari’s request for a foreign loan of...
The fear of the spread of Coronavirus to the National Assembly has forced the House of Representatives to adjourn for two weeks. The green chambers took...
While Nigerians continue to endure the pains of economic quagmire, security breakdown, subversion of majority will on the ground of technicality at the alter of the...
A group of protesters on Friday stormed the National Headquarters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in solidarity with the National Chairman of the party,...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday reacted to the public outcry that trailed the planned purchase of exotic cars for members of the National Assembly, saying...
The quiet rumblings in President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet fully exploded last week. The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno, in a leaked memo, published by...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has informed that he has received reports of security threat to the assembly complex urging security agencies to...
A fierce critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Aisha Yesufu, on Monday accused the President of being the number culprit of hate speech in the country....
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, D. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, said on Wednesday the National Assembly (NASS) is committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UCH)...
The issue of Amotekun, the local security outfit recently set up by South-West governors, has landed at the National Assembly. This followed the directive by the...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has debunked claims held in some quarters that the ninth National Assembly is a rubber stamp legislature to...
An FCT High Court, in Jabi, Abuja, has fixed February 25 to hear a suit challenging the qualification of the Speaker of the House of Representatives,...
An election observer group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) on Friday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to leave a legacy of credible election for the country. The...
The year 2019 was one that shaped the politics of Nigeria in many ways, both positively and negatively, depending on which side one belongs, except the...
The Senate Monday faulted the decision of the Socio-Economic Right And Accountability Project (SERAP) to file a lawsuit over the N37 billion earmarked for the renovation...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, on Tuesday urged the National Assembly (NASS) to reject the $29.9 billion loan request presented by President...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described criticism that the 9th Assembly was a rubber stamp to the executive as unfair. He insisted...
The National Assembly has sent the Tax and Fiscal Law (Amendment), also known as the Finance Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The president had...
The Nigerian Senate has adjourned plenary till January 28, 2020 The lawmakers announced this on Friday during a short plenary, where it delibrated and passed the...
The Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), on Thursday described the allocation of N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly Complex as a misplaced priority....
The news of the approval of a budget of N37BN billion for the renovation of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari has drawn the anger...
President Buhari on Tuesday directed the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure the presentation of the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly latest by...
The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to provide details on the visa on arrival policy for Africans coming into Nigeria introduced...
The Nigerian Senate on Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has given his approval for its N37 billion request for the renovation of the National Assembly...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in a report has accused National Assembly members of stealing billions in public funds all in...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase, said on Sunday the late former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Solomon...
The National Assembly has passed on the 2020 budget to the presidency for final assent. According to reports, this was confirmed Thursday night by Umar el-Yakub,...
The joint Conference Committee on the Finance Bill of the National Assembly has adopted the House of Representatives version of Finance Bill. The Finance Bill seeks...
Political Officer of the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Jerry Howard, on Tuesday described the Hate Speech bill before the National Assembly as an “impressive” piece...
A former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba has urged the National Assembly to include electronic voting as part of the amendment to the Electoral Act....
A former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has condemned the controversial Hate Speech Bill being considered at the Senate. Osoba, a Chieftain of the...
The member representing Jos-South/Jos-East Federal Constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has said the controversial Hate Speech Bill will die on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the National Assembly against relinquishing its statutory powers of checks and balances by honouring all requests from President Muhammadu...
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Power, Gabriel Suswam, said on Friday the upper legislative chamber is working with the Federal Government to solve the country’s...
The Electoral Act Amendment Bill passed Wednesday scaled through its second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill which was read for the first time on...
The House of Representatives has ordered another round of investigation into the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over allegations of spending without approval...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has declared that the National Assembly lacks the legislative competence to pass the bill for the establishment of Hate Speech...
Lawmaker representing Imo East Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has again called for the reduction in the number of federal legislators in the country. He insisted that...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Tuesday, expressed optimism that the National Assembly would pass the 2020 budget by November 28. This development came after the...
Spokesman for the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia), has addressed reports of a rift among members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. In...
Worried by the growing menace of kidnappers and criminal bandits in various parts of the country, the Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to purchase...
The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, on Wednesday dismissed insinuations in some quarters that President Muhammadu...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed 15 people for the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) out of the 16 nominees sent to...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Bill amending the Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract) Act. The President, who is on a private...
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said that members of the National Assembly were in support of the closure of the nation’s border. He said they...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it is set to create additional polling units across Nigeria. The electoral body revealed on Thursday that...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South West, Chief Olabode George, on Wednesday, decried the possible implication of the planned “operation...
The Joint National Assembly Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned 17 oil companies over their alleged N72billion and $273million indebtedness to the commission....
The Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors (ANED) has said Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) will need N8.7 billion to comply with the remittance order by the Nigerian...