Politics

National Assembly Committed to Reforming Electoral Legal Framework –Alli

Web News 26 April 2024 294 0

By Iyabo Adebisi The Chairman, Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Sarafadeen Alli, says the National Assembly is committed to reforming electoral legal framework for positive, effective and efficient leadership recruitment process. He said this  in Ibadan at the 2-day Continue Reading

Politics

Tinubu Calls for More Tolerance, Charity during Ramadan

Web News 22 March 2024 219 0

President Bola Tinubu has told the leadership of the National Assembly not to lose sleep over the allegation that they padded the 2024 budget, saying that their integrity is intact. The President also said that the perpetrators of the killing of soldiers in Delta State will face certain justice, warning that his administration will not […]Continue Reading

Education

Falana Tasks N’Assembly on out-of-School Children

Web News 22 October 2023 410 0

Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the National Assembly to address Nigeria’s worrisome out-of-school crisis to save the future of the country. Falana made the call in a speech he read at a summit on Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis, hosted by the UK charity IA Foundation in Lagos at the weekend. […]Continue Reading

Politics

10th National Assembly for Inauguration Tuesday

Web News 8 June 2023 847 0

The 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This is according to an announcement, signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, on Thursday. According to the announcement, senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives are to visit the Senate conference room 231 and the […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Be Objective in your Reportage, Don Tells Journalists

Web News 24 February 2023 434 0

By Olusegun Folarin A university lecturer, Dr Ayo Odetoyinbo wants media professionals to exercise restraints in the coverage and reportage of the Presidential and National Assembly elections Dr Odetoyinbo made the call during a seminar put together by the State Council of Radio Television, Theatres and Arts Workers Union, RATTAWU, held at the June 12 […]Continue Reading

Security

Lawmakers Give Nod to State Police

Web News 14 September 2022 375 0

Ekiti State House of Assembly has approved the creation of state police and state judicial council in the ongoing fifth alteration to the Amendment to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Assembly presided over by the Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, also aligned with the National Assembly on the alteration to stipulated rules […]Continue Reading

News

BREAKING: National Assembly Workers Suspend Strike

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National Assembly workers under the auspices of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria have suspended their strike action on Tuesday.  The workers embarked on the strike action last Monday, thereby tripping activities at the National Assembly for a week. Details later… Punch / Titilayo KupoliyiContinue Reading

Politics

PDP’s Primaries Threatened by Delegates List, Court Case

Web News 20 May 2022 515 0

About 24 hours to commencement of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries, disputes over the authentic delegates list and litigation are threatening the exercises. Vanguard gathered that the Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee, NWC, spent a considerable amount of time deliberating on the issue at its regular meeting, yesterday. The party’s primaries Continue Reading

Politics

Buhari Assents To Electoral Bill

Web News 25 February 2022 378 0

 President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed into law, the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday, at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the […]Continue Reading

News

APC senators reject electronic transmission of election results

Web News 15 July 2021 487 0

Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of results. The Committee had, in the report, recommended in Section 52(3) that, INEC “may transmit results of elections by electronic means where and when practicable.” But an APC senator from Niger North, Sabi Abdullahi, amended the clause to read, […]Continue Reading

Security

President Buhari Pledges Improved Security

Web News 13 May 2021 518 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his administration will use all available resources and manpower to deal with bandits and ensure that they did not create havoc against access to farms and food production in the coming growing season. Speaking to reporters at the State House shortly after observing the Eid prayer, marking the end […]Continue Reading

Security

Boko Haram Attack Plot on National Assembly, VIP Locations Causes Scare

Web News 6 May 2021 479 0

Lawmakers have been notified of a possible attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the National Assembly complex and other public buildings in Abuja, Several members of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, confirmed to our correspondent that they had been notified of the imminent attack by the terrorist group. One of them, who is from […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Opinion: A Generation Swallowing the Other; Eclipsing Generational Assets

Web News 10 April 2021 562 0

I have a privilege of relating with appreciable number of ethnic groups in Nigeria by virtue of living in Federal Capital Territory,  FCT for close to 20 years and 15 years experience  as a union leader in the same Capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I have observed people of other climes , tribes and […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

NASS Member Wole Oke Mourns Yinka Odumakin

Web News 4 April 2021 654 0

The member representing Obokun Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State in the National Assembly, Dr Busayo Oluwole Oke has described the demise of renowned Nigerian rights activist, social critic and Afenifere Spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin as a painful loss to the nation.  Dr Oke made this known in a statement he personally issued in Abuja […]Continue Reading

News

NLC, TUC Rally against NASS over Minimum Wage Bill

Web News 10 March 2021 484 0

Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress in Ogun state have staged a protest against the move by the National Assembly to remove the national minimum wage from the exclusive to the concurrent legislative list. The state NLC chapter Chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Bankole while speaking with newsmen after the rally in […]Continue Reading

Economy

Minimum Wage Bill: NLC, TUC Take Protest to NASS, States

Web News 10 March 2021 674 0

A procession of large crowd of workers protesting against the bill before the National Assembly seeking to remove the minimum wage from the Exclusive Legislative list to the Concurrent have completely disrupted the traffic flow between Maitama via Federal Secretariat to the National Assembly Complex. Addressing the mammoth crowd of workers at the Unity Fountain, Continue Reading

Energy

National Assembly Decries Condition of Nation’s Refineries

Web News 25 February 2021 557 0

The National Assembly said it was working tirelessly to ensure the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, in April 2021. This came as the Joint Ad-hoc Committee of the National Assembly expressed regrets over the poor condition of the nation’s refineries, adding that PIB when passed would revive the refineries to function optimally. The […]Continue Reading

Energy

NAWOJ Tasks National Assembly on Quick Passage of PIB

Web News 13 February 2021 525 0

An expert in the petroleum industry, Dr Israel Aye, says the two proposed commissions for regulation of the upstream and downstream activities in the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, will allow transparency and boost nation’s economic growth. The two commissions in the Bill are the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Continue Reading

Judiciary

Oyo Law Makers on Working Visit to National Assembly

Web News 1 December 2020 813 0

Clerk of the National Assembly, Architect Amos Olatunde has advocated a strong inter parliamentary synergy among the state houses of assemblies in the country to create a common goal for quality legislation for Nigerians Arch. Olatunde made this known while receiving Oyo state House of Assembly  committee on Inter Parliamentary Relations’  led by its Continue Reading

Entertainment

FRCN DG Calls For Adequate Funding Of The Corporation

Web News 28 October 2020 1070 0

The Director General, DG, of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Dr Mansur Liman has called more funding for the Corporation to enable it deliver on its mandate.  He made the call at the 2021 budget defence of the corporation before the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values at the […]Continue Reading

Politics

Activists Want Review of Infectious Disease Bill

Web News 20 May 2020 648 0

A group of activists in Delta State have demanded a review of certain provisions in the controversial Infectious Disease Bill 2020, which they say could lead to abuse of power and undermine constitutionally guaranteed rights of the citizens. They made this known during a press briefing in Asaba, the state capital where they called on […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

National Assembly Loses Member, Senator Rose Oko

Web News 24 March 2020 890 0

Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade and Investment, Senator Rose Oko, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Cross River North is dead. Senator Oko, who died last night at a UK medical facility, was aged 63. The late Senator, who was one of the female lawmakers at the Hallowed Chamber, was elected into office as the first female […]Continue Reading

Politics

Senate, Rep. Should Politically Empower Youths and Women – Ogundoyin

Web News 9 October 2019 751 0

The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, OYHA, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin has called on the Nigerian Senate and the House of Representative to make conscious efforts towards politically empowering Nigerian youths and women. Speaking in Abuja, at the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit tagged, “Nigeria 2050: Shifting Gears”, Ogundoyin noted that the Nigerian government […]Continue Reading