Tag: the National Assembly
Senate probes N14.7bn PHCN privatisation fund in secret accounts
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has begun investigation of N14.7bn proceeds of privatisation of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria allegedly hidden...
National Assembly leadership behind 2022 budget padding, aggrieved lawmakers say
Another budget padding scandal is quietly rocking the National Assembly following complaints by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), before signing the 2022...
Choosing Diri as Bayelsa gov spared me of moral burden –...
Senator Seriake Dickson, representing Bayelsa West at the National Assembly, has boasted that he made the right choice by choosing Douye Diri and Lawrence...
Curb Kwara Assembly’s anti-democratic tendencies, PDP urges NASS
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the National Assembly to urgently save democracy by curbing the anti-democratic tendencies of the Kwara State House...
N/Assembly workers set to down tool next week over 8 months...
National Assembly workers under the aegis of Parliament Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have announced their intention to embark on an industrial strike over...
AMCON lists 7,912 names owing N4.4tn as deadline expires today
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is set to publish the names of 7,912 debtors owing it a total of N4.4tn, it has been...
Turn over a new leaf, Marwa warns drug barons in New...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned drug barons and others still involved...
Lawmaker offers free medical services to 650 Nasarawa constituents
The member representing Lafia/Obi federal constituency at the National Assembly, Abubakar Sarki-Dahiru, has offered free medical services to no fewer than 650 people in...
Senate to review Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 1999 Constitution January —Lawan
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, said lawmakers will review the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the 1999 Constitution when it...
Why I’m happy Buhari didn’t sign electoral bill – Sen. Adamu
Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa West), said on Wednesday, that he is happy President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into...
Power Rotation To South Not Unconstitutional – Gov Masari
Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has thrown his weight behind a power shift to the South in the forthcoming Presidential elections in...
Nigerian Senate Passes 2022 Budget, Increases It By N1TRN
The Nigerian Senate has passed the 2022 appropriation bill on Wednesday, December 22.
President Muhammad Buhari had on the 7th October 2021, presented the budget...
Electoral Act Amendment: Buhari returns bill to NASS, faults direct primaries,...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the National Assembly to remove the clause that has to do with direct primaries from...
DSS Diverted Our N4m Monthly Allowance, We Fed Ourselves, Paid For...
Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ites, speaks with FRIDAY OLOKOR about his ordeal and that...
Former Zamfara NLC Chairman, Aliyu Zannah Is Dead
Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Zannah, a former chairman of Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has passed on after a protracted illness.
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FG has turned lecturers to farmers, taxi drivers, says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, lamented that the Federal Government has turned its members to farmers and taxi drivers.
The ASUU accused...
Anyone against my mandate’ll go down, says Plateau Senator, Gyang
Senator Istifanus Gyang representing Plateau North in the National Assembly, who was elected into office in 2019 as a first-time lawmaker on the platform...
No TIN-for-bank account requirement in Finance Bill – Presidency
The Presidency said on Sunday that there is no provision in the Finance Bill (2022) that states that banks will be required to request...
Vanguard Reporter, Tordue Salem For Burial In Benue On Saturday
It has been revealed that the remains of Vanguard reporter, Mr Tordue Salem, would be laid to rest on Saturday, December 11, 2021, in...
Buhari sends Finance Bill to National Assembly
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, sent the Finance Bill 2021 to the two chambers of the National Assembly for consideration...