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President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Electoral Bill in December because of the direct primary clause in the bill.

The new year brings closer the end of the ninth assembly and as lawmakers resumed legislative activities on Tuesday, PREMIUM ...

President Muhammadu Buhari had in December returned the Electoral Bill to National Assembly after declining assent to the bill.

“…..the country, at this stage of its democracy, does not appear to be sufficiently ripe and prepared for the direct ...

The child protection and the 2022 appropriation bills were passed by the Jigawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday.

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) recently introduced new fees for applicants.

The bill seeks to guarantee the rights of women to equal opportunities in employment, equal rights to inheritance for both ...

Lawmakers believe that the conduct of direct primaries will take away the power that governors currently have to determine who ...

The Zamfara Assembly spokesperson says the two members were 'celebrating' when the speaker's father and other relatives were kidnapped

The Senate and the House of Representatives recently constituted a seven-member committee each to harmonise the different versions of the ...

Yiaga says Nigeria risks losing any meaningful mileage in its quest for national unity and democratic consolidation if a new ...

Disagreement over rulings by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on voice votes have led some senators to demand division and eletronic ...

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila congratulates the 21st Olu of Warri, Oba Tsola Emiko, Ogiame Atuwashe III on his ascension to the ...

The Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives on Recovered Loots, Adejoro Adeogun, says lawmakers feel they are ...

The report on PIB was submitted about five months after the public hearing on the bill was held by the ...

The speaker said the power of the local councils was limited to the registration of bicycles as dictated by the ...

“If there was no National Assembly in the last four years, Nigeria would not have been any worse. There has ...

The Senate says providing concessionary loans and tax incentives to new investors would help reduce the price of cement in ...

Two members of the House, Haruna Maitala (APC-Plateau) and Suleiman Lere (APC-Kaduna), died on April 3 and April 6, respectively.

The House of Representatives says it is broke and cannot carry out its constitutional mandate effectively.

On Monday, the Speaker of the Ogun assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, constituted a committee to investigate his deputy.

The impeachment move against the deputy governor was unsuccessful because nine of the 26 lawmakers refused to support the process.

The Reps spokesperson says the Nigerian legislature is the poorest in the world, ''hence its members are dying from illnesses.

The PDP now has nine lawmakers in the 10-man assembly, while the APC has just one.

Despite the compulsory holidays and reduced number of work hours and activities forced by Covid-19, the National Assembly was full ...