Tag: National Assembly

The bill, if it becomes law, will grant the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly powers to summon the ...

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

"The people we put in uniform must never be placed in avoidable danger, outgunned or outnumbered by non-state actors."

The National Assembly is considering a bill that would change the way minimum wage is negotiated.

The governors also want monies meant for the NDDC to be put in an escrow account pending the constitution of ...

More than 1,500 candidates are vying for the votes of roughly seven million people in a contest for the 255-seat ...

The bill seeks to switch minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.

The Bayelsa governor says the communities should receive 10 per cent of derived oil revenue.

The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, had, on December 9, 2020, promised Nigerians of the passage of the Electoral ...

Lagos State remains the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria with 55,550 cases and 407 deaths.

As much as ‘we’ fervently want you to succeed, many factors that are akin to landmines are on your way ...

The House on Tuesday debated the bill and passed it for second reading amidst opposition.

The Youths Advocacy for Northern Political and Cultural Emancipation says the appointment is well deserved.

The senator argued that the six South-west governors did not "carry critical stakeholders along at the formative stages of operation ...

The violence against persons prohibition law also stipulates death penalty for rape convicts who infect their victims with HIV/AIDS.

The government is to sell or concession 36 of its properties between January 2021 and November 2022.

NDDC has been embroiled in allegations of corruption which has led to a series of probes by both Houses of ...

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

President Muhammadu Buhari recently nominated the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors.

Mr Gaya says the committee is doing its best to ensure an electoral act that will guarantee free, fair and ...

The Senate President says there will be significant reduction of violence during the 2023 elections because of the ongoing amendment ...

The National Assembly had in December 2020 proposed a review of the provision in the Electoral Act which pegged the ...

The amended Police Act, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari recently, pegs the retirement age of police officers at ...

The budget additions include N100 million for "empowerment for selected young ladies and girls in Nsukka, Enugu State" and N500 ...