The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has convened an emergency meeting of the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly. Issues expected on the agenda of the meeting, correspondent gathered, include the string of defections in the political space, rumoured plan to impeach the Senate President and the pending 2019 elections […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to signed 4 Bills passed by the National Assembly into law. The Bills were Corporate Manslaughter Bill of 2018; the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Skill Fund Amendment Bill of 2018; N.C.P.E.A (Child Protection and Empowerment) Amendment Bill 2018 and the Courts and Tribunals Standard Scale of Fines Bill of 2017. According […]
Read More National Assembly has disclosed that it was battling the Federal Government to clear the 33 per cent arrears of pension funds owed pensioners, mainly those under the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme. Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Pensions, Hassan Shekerau, disclosed this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday at the pre-retirement verification and enrolment […]
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The National Assembly has transmitted the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law, correspondent learnt on Tuesday. The PIGB seeks to unbundle the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, among others. A source at the Senate told our correspondent that the bill was transmitted to the President for assent on July 3, […]
Read More As the Nigeria’s 8th Senate rounds off its third year following its inauguration, June 9, 2015, it has so far passed 213 bills, just as it has also cleared 138 petitions from members of the public. This the Senate under Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said that the record has surpassed the records of of […]
Read More A National Assembly member, Sen. Ali Ndume, has cautioned against strain in National Assembly and the Executive relationship, saying it might put the country’s nascent democracy in jeopardy. Ndume gave the advice at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said that both arms of government were to be blamed for the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to receive the resolution of the National Assembly asking it to release the result of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The military government of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida halted the release of the results and the announcement of the winner after states had released the results. Gen. […]
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Chairman, United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has called on the National Assembly to pass progressive bills that will impact positively on the economy, following Nigeria’s exit from recession. Elumelu, who is also the chairman of Heirs Holding Limited, made the call in Abuja shortly after he was conferred with the Fellowship of […]
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The Nigerian Senate has withdrawn a report that largely exonerated South African telecoms giant MTN of accusations of illegally repatriating $14 billion and rebuked the Nigerian central bank for regulatory failures. The report, presented to the Senate on Thursday and reviewed by Reuters, was almost immediately sent back for further work because it did not […]
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The National Assembly has begun moves to review all intervention and laws that had been geared in the last one year towards improving the ease of doing business in Nigeria. The review by the National Assembly is part of the one year anniversary of the National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER). NASSBER is a public-private […]
Read MoreThe former Chief of Army Staff during the Second Republic, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd), has criticised members of the the National Assembly, saying they are a “bunch of clowns.” According to the 77-year-old, the federal lawmakers “are the most dishonourable people I knew in the world”. Gen. Akinrinade, who was also the Chief of […]
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Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday reacted to the allegation by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, that he (el-Rufai) only disclosed the security allocation in the budget and not his security votes. The governor said the state does not operate its security votes like the National Assembly “which […]
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