The National Assembly has proposed a bill titled the ‘Equity Trust Fund’ aimed at addressing the challenges faced by young Nigerians in accessing funding for their various endeavours. The assembly stated that, if passed into law, the dedicated fund would ensure sustainable job creation and economic growth. Chairman of...
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The Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, has called for partnership with the National Assembly to address insecurity and other economic challenges currently confronting the country. Ogundoyin made the call on Monday in Abuja at the opening of a day national dialogue on...
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has expressed his readiness to fully participate in the proposed national security summit being planned by members of the National Assembly. Badaru made this known while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. He specifically described the proposed summit as “a timely initiative...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Governors of the 19 Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and top traditional rulers met in Kaduna and called for urgent, coordinated action to tackle the rising wave of insecurity, economic challenges, and infrastructure deficits confronting the region, as a result called for creation of state...
Recent developments in Nigeria—particularly in Benue State—have brought to the fore an alarming pattern of constitutional violations by organs and institutions that ought to uphold the rule of law. Among the most egregious is the recent illegal summoning of the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly by...
President Bola Tinubu has communicated the Senate seeking confirmation of appointees for the South West, North Central and South South Development Commissions. Listed as appointees are nineteen persons for the North Central Development Commission, with Cosmas Akiyir as Chairman and Cyril Yeltsin as Managing Director. The South West Development...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas says the National Assembly will set up a reconciliation committee to address the political differences in Rivers. Abbas made this known while addressing members of the house at resumption of plenary from the Easter/Sallah break on Tuesday. According to...
The National Assembly has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to dismiss the suit filed by 11 governors from the Peoples Democratic Party, challenging the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. In its response, it contended that the suit was procedurally flawed and lacked merit. It...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerian youths to confront the challenges facing the country’s electoral process, including the manual collation of election results. Atiku stated this at the inauguration and conference of a political movement, Nigerian Youths for Atiku (NYFA) on Friday in Abuja. The 2023...
By Jacob Kubeka (ABUJA) – The National Assembly complex in Abuja, was easily overwhelmed by Friday evening’s downpour, causing the already compromised roof to leak in several points. This development may have exposed the shoddy job by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), which supervised the renovation project of...
The National Assembly has fired back at Pastor Tunde Bakare over his criticism of the legislature, describing it as biased. Bakare, the serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, had on Sunday condemned the senate’s suspension of Senator Natasha-Akpoti Uduaghan; the National Assembly’s ratification of the emergency rule...
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tunde Bakare, has decried the relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government under President Bola Tinubu, asking the Nigerian leader to “stop playing God”. Bakare, the Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), issued the...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has warned Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of government, against non-compliance with Senate resolutions. He said that compliance with legislative resolutions were not optional but binding on MDAs and other public institutions. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 2nd...
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central Senatorial District says she will soon present evidence of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. “At the right time and at the right space, I will present the evidence that I have,” the female lawmaker said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme...
Some determined constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Thursday vowed never to back down on the recall process of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly. Rather, they insisted that they would fine-tune the process. The constituents, in a statement issued on Thursday by Salihu Habib, said there...
The Cross River chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out automatic tickets for serving members of the National Assembly and state lawmakers for the 2027 general elections. The party, however, granted automatic tickets to Gov. Bassey Otu and his deputy, Dr Peter Odey. The News Agency...
President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described President Bola Tinubu’s vision and dedication to Nigeria as inspiring. Akpabio said this on Saturday in Abuja in a congratulatory message personally signed by him on the occasion Tinubu’s 73rd birthday anniversary. He described the president’s passion for Nigeria’s progress as contagious....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Kamoru Ogunlana, Esq., said that the management of the National Assembly (NASS) had established zonal offices in each of the geopolitical zones of the federation to make the services of the federal legislature accessible to the citizens. Ogunlana disclosed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- coalition of Ebira indigenes from across the five local government areas of Kogi Central has dismissed claims that the ongoing recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is being manipulated, insisting that it represents the genuine will of the people. In a statement issued on Thursday,...
A group of registered voters from Kogi Central Senatorial District on Monday submitted a petition to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the recall process of suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate. The constituents, in a letter signed by the Lead Petitioner, Salihu Habib, submitted at...