The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has accused the leadership of the 8th National Assembly of hijacking the national budget in the last fours. In a statement on Sunday, the former governor while noting that the National Assembly’s positions are important to the fulfillment of the President’s agenda, lamented […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Chartered Institute of Training and Development of Nigeria Bill. The President also declined assent to the Nigerian Aeronautic Research Rescue Bill. The communication from the president to the House of Representatives was read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, at Tuesday’s […]
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Senators and members of the house of representatives have adjourned plenary over the death of Funke Adedoyin, a lawmaker in the lower legislative chamber. While members of the lower legislative chamber will resume on Thursday, those in the senate would reconvene on Wednesday. Adedoyin passed on in Abuja on September 28 after fighting with cancer. […]
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The National Assembly has shifted its resumption from its annual recess from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, according to its Clerk, Mohammed Omolori. Omolori announced this on Sunday, attributing it to the primary elections by political parties. “This is to inform all Distinguished senators and Honourable members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for […]
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The Joint Committee on Electoral Matters in the National Assembly, has rejected the N189 billion proposed Budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Arising from a closed-door meeting at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, the committee directed the electoral body to revert to the N143 billion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his letter […]
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A former Delta State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Sunny Onuesoke has called on the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to stop intimidating Senate President, Bukola Saraki and leaders of the National Assembly. Onuesoke, who spoke to newsmen at the end of the […]
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The national assembly has yielded to the cry of the executive by cutting short it recess to reconvene on Tuesday, Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, disclosed on Thursday. Lasun said the agenda will primarily be the presidential request for virement of funds for the operations of the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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The British Government has said that it is closely monitoring political developments in Nigeria following reports of blockade of National Assembly entrance by officials of the Department of State Service (DSS). The British Government made this known in a statement from its High Commission in Abuja on Tuesday. Operatives of the DSS took over the […]
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A report by TheCable has shown that Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of executive power, failed to remit taxes, such as pay as you earn (PAYE), value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax (WHT), to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in 2016 — despite deducting at source. The two chambers of the national assembly also failed […]
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At the end of a closed-door session of the national assembly on Tuesday, it was resolved that President Muhammadu Buhari must be held accountable for the actions of his appointees. The senate president who is chairman of the national assembly said the persecution of perceived political opponents must stop. He added that the lawmakers would […]
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