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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the move by the National Assembly to investigate President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged constitutional violations. This is just as the Ekiti State Governor, … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2vQx2vz Get More Nigeria Political News

The lawmaker representing Lagos Central in the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday asked her colleagues in the red chamber not to link President Muhammadu Buhari to the ongoing ordeals of another member, Senator Dino Melaye in the hands of the Police. The lawmaker, who is...

People of the Delta central senatorial district being represented by suspended senator, Ovie Omo-Agege have stormed the National Assembly to protest against the 90 legislative days suspension slammed on him by the Senate. They expressed readiness to continue their protests as long as the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has formally requested the House of Representatives to include the procurement of the Super Tucano aircraft to fight insecurity in the country in the 2018 Appropriation Act, after authorising the withdrawal of $462m from the excess crude account for the procurement...

Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly are set to take on the Executive over the withdrawal of $496 million (N151.4 billion) from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the procurement of 12 … Read more via Thisdaylive – https://ift.tt/2HXaCv9 Get More Nigeria Political News

A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Shehu Sani, has slammed a N5 billion counter-claim in a Kaduna State High Court against Gov. Nasir El-Rufai for alleged libellous broadcast. El-Rufai had in February sued Sani, demanding N500 million for alleged defamatory statement contained in a...

The Nigeria Police Force returned the Senate’s stolen mace it had recovered under a flyover before the city gate in Abuja The Nigeria Police Force said it had recovered the Mace stolen from the chambers of the Senate by unidentified persons on Wednesday. Click here to read more

The mace, which was stolen from the Senate on Wednesday, has been returned. The mace was stolen from the Senate chamber by some hoodlums believed to be working for a senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Wednesday. Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2HLJ7ob -- Get More Nigeria...

There is a huge presence of security operatives in and around the National Assembly Complex on Thursday, following the invasion of the Senate chamber with snatching of the mace by thugs on Wednesday. Apart from the presence of more policemen, soldiers were also deployed to … Read more via...

The Senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Olamilekan was abducted by unknown gunmen at the National Assembly on Thursday. Olamilekan also known as Yayi, was picked up in front of the building housing the two chambers, but he later escaped. An aide of the lawmaker told The Cable … Read...

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The National Assembly as described the theft of the mace, a symbol of their authority, as an act of treason, Punch reports. Suspended senator Ovie Omo-Agege along with hoodlums had stormed the senate while in session and stolen away the mace. Read more via BellaNaija –...

Majority leader of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has again assured that the 2018 budget of the National Assembly would be made public. He stated this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the objectives of the ‘Open NASS’ initiative designed to increase public access to the operations of …...

A planned foreign trip for eight members of the National Assembly sponsored by the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) has continued to generate controversy, months after it was announced as cancelled. Activists have also condemned the practice where Nigerian lawmakers are sponsored on...

Strong indications have emerged that fresh crisis may loom between the legislature and the executive as senators are poised to reject the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of a N4.2 trillion bond. It was gathered that the senators had taken this decision before they...

The Senate on Tuesday said the amendment has been listed on its Order Paper for First Reading. However, it is not clear at this point what the specific areas for amendment are in this fresh exercise, or if the Senate is still holding firm to the proposed amendments in the ongoing exercise...

Some Nigerian federal lawmakers are demanding bribes as conditions for passing the 2018 budgets of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), some heads of these agencies have told PREMIUM TIMES. The officials say the unceasing demand for gratification is responsible for the...

SENATE President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, declared, yesterday, that, as Principal Officers of the National Assembly, they were working on the same page on the amendment to the Electoral Act regarding the 2019 general elections’ sequence. The two...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening met behind closed doors with the leadership of the National Assembly. The meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja started at about 9.10pm with the arrival of the President. Those who … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the National Assembly to stop taking any further actions on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, which seeks to provide the order in which the Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections. The...