A national officer of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Yekini Nabena has alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to retain the leadership of the National Assembly in the next dispensation, cautioning the leadership of the APC not to sit idly by and watch a repeat of its mistake in 2015. Nabena who […]
Read More In the mood of postponement, the Nigeria’s National Assembly has announced the postponement of its resumption scheduled for Tuesday February 19 to Tuesday Feb. 26. The Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori, made this known in a statement on Sunday. He said the postponement became necessary following the postponement of the Presidential and […]
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AS the House of Representatives begins public hearing on the bill for a new minimum wage, National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has mobilised its members to attend the public hearing at the National Assembly complex. Labour leaders during the rally to create awareness on the new Minimum Wage for workers organised by the Nigeria […]
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The President of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Wednesday, spoke ill of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. In his statement hours after President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2019 budget, Saraki opined that Nigerians have witnessed stunted growth in their respective businesses, lost their jobs during the recent recession and lost innocent citizens to insurgency […]
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The National Assembly, yesterday, resolved to receive President Muhammadu Buhari at a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives for the presentation of 2019 Appropriation Bill. At the Senate, yesterday, Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe North), moved that the Senate and the House of Representatives will sit in a joint session […]
Read More Activities at the National Assembly have been paralyzed as the staff under the aegis of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, yesterday, made good their threat to embark on a four-day strike. The workers who are demanding the payment of arrears of 28 percent increase in their salaries since 2010, stormed the National Assembly in the […]
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The former Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyuike has chided the management of the exchange, over move to seek the National Assembly approval for the demutualisation of the NSE. Demutualization, is a process, where the shares is listed and traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, after the general public have […]
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President Muhammadu has written the National Assembly, intimating them of his resumption of duty after a 10-days working leave. In the letter titled “RESUMPTION OF OFFICE” signed by the President on 18th August, 2018, President Buhari said “In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 constitution (as amended), I write to intimate the Senate (House […]
Read More The All Progressives Congress has asked the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki to urgently reconvene the National Assembly. The Part in a statement on Friday signed by Mr. Yekini Nabena, Ag. National Publicity Secretary said ‘The Electoral Amendment Bill passed by the National Assembly is alive and awaiting assent. However, assent to Bills in all […]
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Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed electoral processes, social and economic difficulties, and conflicts between farmers and herders in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad are members of the Lake Chad Basin on which the […]
Read More A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki, SAN, Tuesday, expressed worry that 28 out of 36 states in the country are engulfed in crises. He said this at a meeting he held with the PDP delegates in Ibadan. Warning Nigerians not to be deceived into voting for […]
Read More A member of the Senate, Sen. Isa Misau, says siege at the National Assembly on Tuesday by Department of State Service (DSS) operatives was a “bad example to other African democracies’’. Misau, who represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District, said that barricading the gate of the assembly complex and denying some legislators access into their offices […]
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