ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR. AT THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN COMMEMORATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY, 2025 THURSDAY, 12TH JUNE 2025 Protocol: With profound honour, I stand before this joint session of our National Assembly; a parliament that embodies the will of the Nigerian people....
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President Bola Tinubu has conferred posthumous national honours on notable figures, including the winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Moshood Abiola and the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, in recognition of their contributions to Nigeria’s democratic journey. The honours were announced during...
Security has been significantly beefed up at the National Assembly (NASS) complex in Abuja ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to mark the 2025 Democracy Day celebration. The President has been invited to address a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. The security measures...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will deliver a special address to a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday, June 12, 2025, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration. This was disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – National Assembly has revealed plans to initiate a bill to ensure that Presidents-elect are sworn in the arcade of the National Assembly, a move aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s democracy. Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele disclosed this while responding to questions on the June 12 anniversary....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will confer National Honours on selected legislators on June 12, in commemoration of Democracy Day. House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi Jr., confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. He said: The programme will also feature goodwill messages from former...
In Nigeria’s ever-volatile political theatre, leadership and succession remain the twin engines that either propel governance or grind it to a halt. Even those who say they are not interested in politics are aware that in the fiery, drama-rich political arena, betrayal is never a stranger. Today’s smiling deputy...
The Northern Patriotic Front, a socio-political pressure group, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to grant President Bola Tinubu an automatic ticket to seek re-election in 2027. The group’s convener, Ali Abacha, also advocated for automatic tickets for APC members in the National Assembly and incumbent governors...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied granting automatic tickets for National Assembly members for the 2027 election. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said: “The attention of the APC has been drawn...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged the National Assembly, legislating on FCT matters, to pay close attention to what the FCT area councils are doing. Wike made the call in Abuja on Thursday, while reacting to the ongoing strike by primary school teachers...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The lawmaker representing Borno Central at the National Assembly, Senator Kaka Lawan, SAN has commended President Bola Tinubu for assenting to the bill establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship (FUAE) Bama, Borno State. Senator Lawan spoke in a telephone conversation with journalists...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – There was a mild drama in court on Monday during thee resumes hearing of the case instituted by erstwhile Director, Table Duties in the Senate, Dr. Christopoher Vershima Ashiekaa against the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) and the National Assembly Management. The case with...
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele on Sunday opposed key opposition parties in the country for labelling the National Assembly a rubber-stamp parliament without any justification or proof. This is contained in a statement in Abuja by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs. Bamidele, who represents currently Ekiti Central, said...
President Bola Tinubu has sought the consideration and approval of the Senate for the N1.48 trillion 2025 Rivers budget. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu’s request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and read at plenary on Thursday. The president,...
The leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) on Thursday at the National Summit of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, held in Abuja, endorsed President Bola Tinubu as their sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The endorsement was moved by Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate,...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the National Assembly to approve the FCT’s N1.78 trillion Statutory Budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year. Wike made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, when he appeared before the Senate and House of Representative...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, has said that lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. Akpabio said this in an upcoming documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration, Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
The Chairman of the House Committee on Pensions, Hussaini Jalo, says plans are underway to amend the Pension Reform Act (PRA), which was last reviewed in 2014. Jalo made the statement at a stakeholders engagement session on the review of the PRA 2014, organised by the House of Representatives...
Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Dr Nnanna Kalu as a commissioner in the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) to represent the South-East geopolitical zone. The confirmation followed the presentation and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, chaired by Sen. Cyril...
A civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa, has kicked against a bill before the National Assembly seeking to introduce compulsory voting in Nigeria and prescribe six months jail term for any eligible voters who refuses to vote. Executive Director of the NGO, Mr Samson Itodo, in a statement issued on...