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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan By Kingsley Okoye The Senate says it received the cheering news that President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the repealed and re-enacted Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA). Spokesperson of the Senate, Sen.Ajibola Basiru (APC Osun), in a statement in Abuja on Saturday said Buhari’s assent of the CAMA bill had […]
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COVID-19, Health, House, Legislature
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila By Folasade Akpan Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and some African Speakers of Parliaments say there is an urgent need to push for debt cancellation for the continent from multilateral and bilateral partners. A statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Lanre Lasisi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
Umar Ghali Na’Abba By Soni Daniel Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has clarified his meeting with the Department of State Service, DSS, on Monday afternoon, saying it was to shed light on some grey areas over his claim that Nigeria was a failed state and that the people were free to […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, House, Legislature, State News
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Femi Gbajabiamila Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi A team of legal practitioners of the Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, and the leadership of the House to as a matter of necessity invoke the provisions of Section 68(1)(g) and (2) […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Friday, August 7th, 2020
Federal Lawmaker, Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has called on the Nigeria Immigration Service to investigate allegations of bribery against its personnel in land borders and at airports. Akande-Sadipe, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs said that allegations of bribe collection from irregular migrants leaving the country are gaining grounds already and cannot be ignored. […]
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Governors, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Monday, August 3rd, 2020

Chairman Senate Committee on Defence and Senator representing Plateau North, Sen. Istifanus Gyang said the National Assembly (NASS) will come up with a legislation to back Executive order No.10 to compel State Governors to grant financial autonomy for State Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary. He noted that it will be undemocratic for Governors to […]
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Corruption Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Niger Delta, Senate
Thursday, July 30th, 2020

By Kingsley Okoye The Senate on Thursday called on the Interim Management Commitee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) to refund the N4.923 billion payments, made to staff and contractors in breach of procurement process. It said that the refund should be made to the NDDC’s Account with immediate effect. The resolution of the […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, July 27th, 2020
By Vincent Ujumadu, AwkaBILLIONAIRE oil magnate, Prince Arthur Eze has fired back at the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim who accused him, (Eze) of being a contract chaser. Eze had in an earlier interview accused Anyim of concentrating his attention only in his area when he was in public […]
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House, Legislature, Niger Delta
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally taken up the challenge thrown at him by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Akpabio had on Monday, while appearing before the House Committee on the NDDC during an investigative hearing on the alleged […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Legislature, National Politics, NNP News, Senate
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

(NNP) The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill into law that would establish the Nigerian Army University in Biu, Borno State. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ali Ndume, the bill considered what he termed as “areas that are in conflict with other extant laws, those that have security implication and those that […]