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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...
IMC paid N33billion, before NASS embargo – NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has again debunked allegations of missing funds, saying only N33 billion has been paid to its vendors since...
You are trying to stone-wall NDDC Forensic Audit, Pondei Accuses Lawmakers
The National Assembly’s committees responsible for overseeing the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been accused of trying to stone-wall the...
National Assembly receives amended 2020 Budget
The Committees on Appropriation, Finance and National Planning of both chambers of the National Assembly said they have received the budget estimates for the...
Court Hears Melaye’s Suit Against Infectious Disease Bill
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday has fixed June 1 ti hear the suit brought before it against the National Assembly...
Bill to prohibit casualisation of workers passes 2nd reading
A Bill for an Act to amend the Labour Act to criminalise casualisation of workers after six months of engagement by employers in Nigeria...
APC NEC to ratify zoning of N’Assembly posts this week
The National Executive Committee of the All Peoples Congress will meet this week to ratify the zoning of key posts in the National Assembly.The...