NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The National Assembly on Wednesday declared that the most potent threat to the forthcoming 2023 general elections is the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through its badly implemented naira redesign policy. The legislative arm of…

The National Assembly (NASS) will on Tuesday (today) resume from its Christmas and New Year break to attend to pending issues of national interest, one of which is the request by President Muhammadu Buhari for restructuring of Ways and…

National Assembly has again allocated N850m for Constitution Amendment in the 2023 Budget. The National Assembly had recently raised the 2023 Budget by N1.3tn from the N20.5tn proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2022.…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly to extend the date for the implementation of the 2022 Budget to March, 31, 2022. The letter was read at the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker…

President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted a supplementary 2023 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, read out the content of the cover letter on…

The National Assembly (NASS) has revealed that the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution is bound to fail as the state Houses of Assembly have failed to vote on the amendment bills passed and transmitted to them for concurrence.…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advanced copious reasons to justify the current dispensation of collaboration between the National Assembly and the Executive. Lawan said the prevailing harmonious relationship between the…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Friday has commended the National Assembly for issuing a six-week ultimatum for President Muhammadu Buhari to step up the fight against insecurity or risk being impeached. Ortom gave the commendation…

National Assembly will on Thursday start its two-month annual recess ahead of the last lap of the 9th Assembly. The Assembly had clocked three years on June 11, 2022, shortly before the lawmakers embarked on a two-week Sallah break.…

Court of Appeal in Abuja has barred National Assembly from imposing statutory delegates at the All Progressives Congress (APC) convention. Statutory delegates are current and former public office holders — they include…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara, former speaker of the House of Representatives, from the National Assembly. The number four man in the country between 2015 and 2019 currently represents Bogoro/Dass Federal…

Some Nigerian women have on Wednesday staged a protest at the National Assembly, calling for a reconsideration of the gender bills rejected by the lawmakers. The protesters condemned lawmakers for voting against proposed gender bills on…

National Assembly has re-amended the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and approved both direct and indirect primaries. Both chambers made the re-amendment in separate plenary sessions on Wednesday. In the Senate, the lawmakers also added the…

President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking the approval of National Assembly to borrow another $4 billion ($4,054,476,863) and €710 million loans from bilateral and multilateral organisations to fund the deficit in 2021 budget. Buhari is also…

House of Representatives has on Thursday, July 5 stepped down controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) after an hour-long closed-door session. Further deliberation is expected to hold over the decision while the House is on…