35 members of the House of Representatives have proposed a Bill for an Act demanding the constitutional alteration to provide for the rotation of executive powers among the six geopolitical zones. This according to them is to ensure equal representation and reduce the desperation and tempo of agitation...
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After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start on Monday, June 3, 2024. “For now, we don’t have the power...
A carefully choreographed political diversion has just carried the day. In the absence of any tangible results for his first year in office, Mr. Tinubu’s fertile political imagination came up with a potent diversion. A quick ruse of reverting to the old national anthem was the hit...
The House of Representatives is considering a bill to reserve seats for women in the National Assembly. This is according to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu. He spoke on Friday night in Owerri the Imo State capital while delivering his goodwill message at...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said that the 2025 appropriation bill would be ready before the National Assembly soon. The president disclosed this in Abuja, when he appeared at the joint sitting of the national assembly to celebrate the nation’s 25 years of unbroken democracy. “I will soon...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday inaugurated the National Assembly Library and Resource Centre in Abuja. The centre named after Tinubu was part of activities to mark the one year anniversary of the present administration in office. The Executive Secretary of the Centre, Mr Henry Nwawuba, described the library...
President Bola Tinubu will soon present the 2024 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly (NASS). “I submitted the last budget to you,” the President said when he addressed a joint sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday. “You expeditiously passed it. We are walking the talk. I will...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged the National Assembly to consult widely before passing the bill seeking the return of the old National Anthem. The Minister said this on Monday, at a public hearing by the Senate Committee on...
The legislature can be described as the assembly of the representatives of the people. It is seen as the heartbeat of democracy, to the extent that an appropriate aphorism on this organ of government reads “No legislature, no democracy.” The delivery of democratic gains, consolidation of national unity, good...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking an order restoring to full operation the 1963 Republican Constitution in Nigeria and repealing the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for being incompetent. Justice Ekwo held that 1963 Republican Constitution...
Police retirees have called for the exit of the police from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) following their inability to access their benefits. A spokesperson for the retirees, Mr Christopher Effiong, said this during a protest at the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday. Effiong, a retired Superintendent...
Rep. Dominic Okafor (APGA-Anambra) has denied receiving 140 million dollars bribe from Mr Nadeem Anjarwalla, the Binance Executive, who escaped from detention. Okafor, who represents the Aguta Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. An online media had alleged...
Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, once declared that “no nation ever grew more prosperous by taxing its citizens beyond their capacity to pay.” The reasoning goes that taxing people more than they can afford to pay will only make the economy worse since...
President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has assured Nigerian workers that the National Assembly and the Executive will work together toward giving them a living wage and better working conditions. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Eseme Eyiboh the Special adviser on media and...
Sen Chukwuka Utazi who represented Enugu North Senatorial District, has expressed shock over the death of Senator Ayogu Eze, whom he took over from in the National Assembly. Senator Utazi said this on Thursday while reacting to the death of Eze which occured on Thursday in a hospital...
The National Assembly has said it would come up with a robust legislation to support 18 years old as entry limit for admission into tertiary educational institutions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, said this at the ongoing monitoring of the 2024 Unified...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) for more funding to enable it complete ongoing projects. The Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, made the request on Monday when the Senate Committee on Power, led by its Chairman, Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe,...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mohammed Ndarani has called on the National Assembly to draft a new constitution instead of panel-beating the 1999 constitution made by the military regime. Ndarani said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while reacting to his submission...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly (NASS) caucus has insisted that there are no factions in the ruling party in the state. This was contained in a statement by Hon. Philip Agbese, the joint spokesman of the NASS members...
President Bola Tinubu has called for unity of purpose and more collaboration between the federal, state governments and members of the National Assembly to achieve national development goals. The President made the appeal while receiving state governors and the leadership of the National Assembly in Lagos on Friday....