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    Why NASS retained ages for Senate, governors – Ekweremadu – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper...

    Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has explained that the 35 years age qualification for the Senate was retained to correct the initial disparity in the 1999 Constitution between the age qualification for the Senate and that … Read more via The...
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    Senator Saraki: PIB’ll be ready before end of 8th National Assembly – TODAY.NG

    Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has assured Nigerians that the Petroleum Industry Bill law will be ready before the end of the Eighth National Assembly. Giving the status of the bill, which has passed through various readings in both chambers of the National Assembly, the senate president...
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    Welcome To Our Party, No Trauma Or Intimidation – Ben Bruce Welcomes Dino Melaye To PDP – Tori News

    Senator Ben Murray Bruce has publicly welcomed Senator Dino Melaye who reportedly ‘defected’ from the ruling party, APC, to the opposition party, PDP. News made the rounds on social media earlier today that... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2JhkAL2 Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Bribe taking NASS: Saraki reacts to Jega’s allegation – Daily Post Newspaper

    President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the allegation raised by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, that..... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2IYBf6E Get More Nigeria Political News
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    nPDP rolls out Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, Kwankwanso, 20 senators, 30 Reps to salvage - Topix News

    The New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, bloc in the All Progressives Congress, APC, is rolling out a list of high profile politicians to help it achieve the goal of rescuing the country from the security and economic challenges facing it as it........ Read more via Nigeria News –...
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    INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s deputy speaker implicated in abandoned billion naira water - PremiumTimes

    After about four months of investigations, New Telegraph’s reporter, MOJEED ALABI, exposes alleged corrupt practices in the execution of controversial N1.7 billion mini-water schemes in three communities in Osun State by members of the National Assembly, including the Deputy Speaker, Lasun...
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    PMB Can’t Query NASS’ Role In Governance – Reps – Leadership Newspaper

    The House of Representatives has faulted reports that President Muhammadu Buhari questioned the institution of the National Assembly saying that such will be detrimental to the survival of the nation’s democracy. Spokesman for the House, Hon. Abdulrazaq Namdas, said this yesterday while...
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    Buhari yet to receive Budget 2018 from N’Assembly –Udoma – The Sun News

    The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, yesterday, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, was yet to receive the 2018 budget said to have been transmitted to him for assent one week after it was passed … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2s2NLYf Get More...
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    President Buhari to take actions on IGP/Saraki issue, others – Senate Leader – TODAY.NG

    President Muhammadu Buhari would soon take appropriate actions aimed at addressing the “not too cordial” relationship between the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government. The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, revealed this on Tuesday when he briefed State House correspondents on ...
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    Thug who stole Senate mace yet to be arrested – Police – Premium Times Nigeria

    The police are yet to arrest the man who grabbed and made away with the Senate mace when he and his accomplices attacked in April. A commissioner of police, Habu Sani, said this when he appeared before members of the National Assembly ad-hoc committee investigating … Read more via Premium...
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    2019 election timetable: Federal High Court dismisses suit against National Assembly – Naija Ng

    A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on Tuesday, May 22, dismissed a suit filed against the National Assembly over call for a change in the 2019 election sequence. The court ruled that the suit filed by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Anike Nwoga, is not...
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    Politics Senator Omo-Agege Drags Saraki And The National Assembly To Court Over Mace Theft – Stella Dimokoko

    The lawmaker representing the Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has dragged the National Assembly to court over its investigation into the invasion and mace snatching at the Senate chamber on April 18, 2018. The senator made this known to our correspondent on Monday...
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    Senate committee summons Ndume, Omo-Agege over NASS invasion – Nigeria News today &...

    The probe panel investigating the recent invasion of National Assembly by thugs has summoned Ali Ndume and Ovie Omo-Agege for questioning . The two senators have been invited to explain the role in the attack recently launched on … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read...
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    Abdulmumin Jibrin hints at ‘fresh budget padding’ – Premium Times Nigeria

    A former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has hinted at the possibility of a fresh budget fraud in the 2018 Appropriation Bill recently passed by the National Assembly. Mr. Jibrin, representing Kiru/Bebeji, who barely three months ago...
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    Senator Akpan sues EFCC over alleged rights abuse – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East District in the National Assembly, Bassey Albert Akpan, on Friday said that he has filed a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for breach of his fundamental human rights and personal rights as well as abuse of … Read...
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    Oil price hits $80 per barrel, highest since 2014 – Vanguard News

    Despite the huge N500 billion mark up on the Federal Government’s expenditure outlay in the 2018 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly earlier this week, the government is still going to hit budget surplus at end of the fiscal year … Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Documents Confirm Senate Paid Saraki’s Aide’s Wife N150,000/Month For Doing Nothing –Shara Reporters

    Since 2015, Abiola Aiyegbayo, wife of Bamikole Omisore, Special Adviser on International Relations to Senate President Bukola Saraki, has been receiving monthly salaries of N151,788 from the Senate without rendering any service to the National Assembly, documents obtained by SaharaReporters...
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    Politics Why we jerked up 2018 budget to N9.12tr — NASS – Vanguard News

    National Assembly, yesterday, passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion for the 2018 fiscal year, explaining while it increased the budget estimate by N508 billion from the N8.612 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari late last year. Presenting the details of the 2018...
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    2018 Budget: Each Police Station To Get Just N1,017 To Fuel Vehicles Per Day – Sahara Reporters

    Civic Media Lab, a media-tech foundation in Lagos, has revealed that its analysis of the 2018 Appropriation Bill now under consideration by the National Assembly revealed that each police station in the country will get only N1,017 daily to buy fuel for vehicles. While making this revelation...
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    Omo-Agege: Security beef-up at National Assembly ahead of resumption – Premium Times Nigeria

    Security was on Monday beefed up at the National Assembly, Abuja, ahead of expected resumption of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege following Thursday’s Abuja High Court nullification of his suspension by the Senate. Strengthening of security arrangement at the complex, especially around the Senate...
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