NIGERIA – Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has accused President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly (NASS), and state governor of indulging in the worst display of fiscal rascality. Ezekwesili’s remark is coming after presidency procured a presidential jet worth N150million for Tinubu’s usage. She accused Tinubu, NASS, and state governors of spending scarce public […]
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Wednesday, criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari led government for allegedly compounding the security challenges of the country by allowing the strike by lecturers in public universities to linger for over four months since it started on February 14, 2022. HURIWA, in a statement by its National […]
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has urged striking workers of the National Assembly to call off their industrial action and embrace dialogue for speedy resolution of the disputes. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by Mr Ola, Awoniyi Special Adviser on Media to President of Senate, in Abuja on Friday. Lawan made the appeal […]
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday invited President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it on Thursday, 19th May for a hearing in a suit he instituted against the National Assembly challenging Section 84 (12) of the 2022 Electoral Act. Also invited to be in court on the same day are the National Assembly and its leadership […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to four bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The bills include the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Act, 2022 and the Nigeria Law Reform Commission Act, 2022. Others are the National Biotechnology Development Agency Act, 2022 and the Federal Medical Centre, Hong (Establishment) Act, 2022. The […]
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Staffs working in the National Assembly, operating under the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), on Monday, embarked on a protest over the non-implementation of minimum wage. According to reports that the workers converged on the lobby of the white house of the National Assembly with placards condemning the action of the Chairman of the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned appointees that he would not tolerate any act of disrespect to the National Assembly. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said in a statement that Buhari issued the warning while receiving Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, at the […]
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A member of the house of representatives, Bamidele Salam, has opposed the plan to spend N37 billion on the renovation of the National Assembly Complex. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Salam, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who represents Ede federal constituency, said the complex does not need any renovation more than […]
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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 accused the national assembly of inflating the debt of the federal government to states. The national assembly had approved the refund of N488.7 billion to state governments for projects they executed on behalf of the federal government. But in a letter read on the floor of the upper legislative chamber by […]
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