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National Assembly has suspended the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made on Wednesday…

National Assembly has stopped the proposed hike in electricity tariffs planned for July 1st, 2020, convincing the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021. In a statement, Ola Awoniyi, spokesman…

Senate has on Thursday passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion, the exact amount approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The budget was passed at both the Senate plenary and at the Committee of Supplies…

Eleven years ago, sometime around October, members of the Aba State creation movement paid a courtesy call to the Lagos State House of Assembly. The purpose of their visit was to get the buy-in of the assembly on their agitation for…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the discharge of 48 patients who were receiving treatment for coronavirus at various isolation facilities in the state. In a tweet on Thursday evening, the Governor said the…

No fewer than 15 ex-governors will be in the ninth Senate, which will commence in June. Some of the senators-elect are incumbent governors, while others are former governors. Based on the results of Saturday’s senatorial election…

There was pandemonium at the Anambra state House of Assembly complex this morning after some thugs tried to invade the assembly premises. Today was the first day for plenary after the impeachment of Speaker, Rita Maduagwu and mbile…

Lasun Yusuf, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has announced that the National Assembly will reconvene on Tuesday, August 14. He disclosed that the agenda will primarily be the presidential request for virement of funds for…

Ekiti State House of Assembly have adjourned sitting till the 8th of October, 2018 in protest of last Saturday's governorship election. The Leader of Business in the house, Honourable Akinyele Olatunji, who moved the motion for the…

The two chambers of the national assembly have agreed to hold a joint session over the political tension in the country today June 5th. The Cable reports that some members of the National Assembly held a meeting last night over the…

Popular member of the Ebonyi state, Maria Ude Nwachi, has been suspended from the state's House of Assembly. Nwachi, a member representing Afikpo North -East constituency, was today given a 2 week suspension from being a member in…

A new statue has been erected in Imo State but this time its not from governor Rochas Okorocha, rather its the residents of Amucha who built a statue in honour of their House of Assembly deputy speaker, Hon. Ugonna Ozuruigbo. …

The Osun State House of Assembly has issued a warrant of arrest on the immediate past Commissioner for Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Development in the state, Muyiwa Ige. Muyiwa is the son of the former Minister of Justice, Bola…

Idris Garba, the speaker of the Jigawa House of assembly has been impeached. Mr. Garba was removed from office on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeri-NAN reports. Isa Idris of Gwaram State Constituency was elected the new speaker.