Tag: national assembly
INEC pledges credible, technology-driven 2027 general elections
Abuja, March 2, 2026 (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed commitment to credible, transparent and technology-driven elections ahead of the 2027...
2027: Agbakoba says opposition lacks serious policy discussion
Lagos, Feb. 25, 2026 (NAN) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has urged opposition politicians in the country to make 2027 politicking a policy-based conversation instead...
NAWOJ Anambra backs call for Special Seat for Women Bill
Awka, Feb. 20, 2026 (NAN) The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Anambra State Chapter, has called for full support for the Special Seats...
Ex-legislators hail Tinubu for signing 2026 electoral act amendment
Abuja, Feb. 18, 2026 (NAN) The National Forum of Former Legislators (NFFL) has described the 2026 Electoral Act amendment as a boost to Nigeria’s democracy...
INEC urges NASS to expedite action on Electoral Act amendment
Abuja, Feb. 4, 2026 (NAN) Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the ongoing amendment of the...
Situation Room decries Senate’s delay on Electoral Act, demands immediate action
Abuja, Jan. 22, 2026 (NAN) A CSO, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, has decried what it called delay by the Senate to conclude passage of the Electoral Act...
Bills recycling, slow progression characterised 10th national assembly — Report
Nigeria’s foremost parliamentary monitoring organisation and public policy think-tank, OrderPaper, says slow progression and recycling of bills has defined the first year of the...
Can 10th National Assembly lay petroleum industry challenges to rest?
Nigeria is a leading producer of crude in Africa and a major crude exporter in the world. Oil receipts are the major source of...
The Price We Pay When Legislators Die
We met last on April 21. I went to Asaba from Lagos to promote my new book, Writing for Media and Monetising It, at...
Emmanuel Macron announces dissolution of National Assembly
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, following defeat of his party in 2024 European Parliament (EP) elections, according...
Senate rejects Bill to extend years of service for NASS workers...
The Senate has rejected the controversial bill seeking to extend the service year for employees of National Assembly by additional five years.
During Thursday's plenary...
Senate to complete 1999 constitution amendment in 2 years
The Senate Committee has committed to finishing the 1999 Constitution review process within the next 24 months.
Sen. Barau Jibrin, the committee's chairman, made this...
LP flays imposition of candidates for Assembly election
Labour Party members in Badagry, on Monday, decried the imposition of candidates on the party for the March 18, House of Assembly election.
Addressing newsmen...
National Assembly caucus orders Nigerians to ignore Twitter ban
The joint minority caucus of the National Assembly on Wednesday have instructed users of suspended microblogging platform, Twitter to ignore the decision of the...
National Assembly Staff protest failure to regularize their appointments
A group under the aegis of Concerned Staff of National Assembly, whose appointments have not been regularized by the National Assembly Commission, NASC, since...
National Assembly may declare emergency rule in 2023 – Umahi
Ebonyi state Governor Dave Umahi has subsumed that the National Assembly may declare emergency rule in the South-East region if 2023 general elections would...
Senate President refutes media report on alleged N-Power job slots
The Office of the Senate President, has denied media reports that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, had allocated N-Power recruitment slots...
