By Tunde Opalana Battle for the presidency of the 10th National Assembly, NASS may end up producing a dark-horse as top elder statesmen from the North and leading traditional rulers from the North and the South West weighed in to stem the tide of bad blood growing among the legislators and further polarization of the […]
..as Senate President, Speakership, protest party’s choices By Tom Okpe As protests of aspirants for the Senate President and House of Representatives speaker in the 10th Assembly, NASS against the choice of Godswill Akpabio and Tajudeeen Abass for the positions rages, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) said it will go back to the drawing board, […]
…Wase, Betara, say two presiding officers can’t emerge from one region By Tom Okpe The All Progressive Congress, (APC) is facing the repeat of what happened in 2015, giving room to a repeat of history, when the party could not have those it backed, emerged presiding officers of the National Assembly. The party had in […]
Opposition plots takeover BY ORIAKU IJELE The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is witnessing so many dissenting voices, an aftermath of the decision of the National Working Committee, NWC which on Monday threw its weight behind Godswill Akpabio (South South) and Tajudeen Abass (North West) as Senate President and Speaker respectively. The decision which has […]
….says sycophants misleading Tinubu By Haruna Salami In his opposition to the imposition of leaders, New Nigeria People’s Party senator-elect, (Kano South), Suleiman Kawu said “in the 7th Assembly during President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, you are all aware how the executive intended to stop us from exercising our constitutional right. We fought them and they […]
By Tom Okpe The Chairman, Joint Task, 10th National Assembly NASS, Rep Usman Bello Kumo said driving force of the forum is stability of the 10th House of Representatives. The forum comprising members-elect from the All Progressives Congress, (APC); Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP); Labour Party, (LP); New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP); All Progressives Grand Alliance, […]
By Haruna Salami The management of the National Assembly NASS has expressed readiness for induction and subsequent inauguration of Senators and Members-elect of the 20th National Assembly. This followed the conclusion of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, and the formal release of the authentic list of Senators and Honourable Members-elect by the Independent National […]
By Haruna Salami The National Assembly NASS has forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent , the harmonised version of the bill on Nigerian Peace Corps after passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives . Transmission of the bill for Presidential assent by the Clerk to the National Assembly ( CNA) , […]
…APC chieftain cautions against cash and carry leadership BY TOM OKPE and ORIAKU IJELE Politicians eyeing leadership positions in the 10th National Assembly are currently at sea, regarding President Buhari’s position on their individual aspirations. Daily Times learnt that in spite of playing host to a number of them who have visited to intimate him […]
With the expiration of the 9th Assembly, the need becomes imperative for the incoming 10th Assembly to elect a new speaker for the house of representatives. With the sterling performance of the outgoing speaker of the house, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, it becomes highly imperative for the house of representatives to elect a new speaker who […]
By Tunde Opalana The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN NASS Chapter) has described as unfounded, baseless and imagination, an allegation of fraudulent activities to the tune of N500 million levelled against the leadership of the National Staff association. Reacting to a report in a section of the media on the alleged misappropriation, Chairman of […]
The battle to head the incoming House of Representatives has commenced in full force as lawmakers are now meeting to navigate the thorny journey. Lawmakers from different geopolitical zones have been meeting to mobilize both the old and the new members to give them momentum. The race appears to be favouring the Northcentral, Northwest and […]
Over 2000 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, under the auspices of Coalition of Civil Society Organizations on Good Governance, CCSGG, Friday, staged a protest that blocked gate of the National Assembly, and called for arrest of a Member of House of Representatives from Jigawa State, Hon Gudaji Kazaure, over unfounded allegations on the alleged N89 trillion […]
The National Assembly says the Data Protection Bill will be passed into law within 30 days of receiving it from the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The Chairman Senate Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime, Yakubu Oseni, made the promise at a one-day sensitisation workshop on data protection organised for members of the National […]
By Tunde Opalana The Finance Act may again be subjected to amendment by the National Assembly NASS. The proposed amendment to certain provisions of the Act is coming on the heels of concern by the Senate to tackle the huge N11.03 trillion deficit expected in the 2023 budget of the Federal Government. The Chairman, Senate […]
By Tom Okpe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila has informed that the National Assembly (NASS) projected subsidy for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, to over N4 trillion in the year 2022 Repeal and Re-enactment Appropriation Act. Gbajabiamila in his remarks, while declaring open, investigative hearing of ad-hoc committee […]
By Andrew Orolua The National Assembly NASS has asked the National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja to allow an out of court settlement in a suit instituted against it and three others, challenging poor salaries of Judicial officers in the country. The NASS through its counsel, Mr. Charles Yoila told Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osagie that […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, had disclosed that over N359 Billion has so far been expended on the 657km East-West dual carriage road, stretching from Calabar in Cross River State to Effurun in Delta State since it was initiated in 2006. He disclosed that “bearing in mind the objectives […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja The South-East Caucus of the National Assembly (NASS), joined its voices of leaders and major stakeholders in the region to sadly observed the sudden spike in violence in the region known for its calm, love, and peaceful disposition to visitors irrespective of tribe and religion. The caucus recalled that it had cause […]
Former President – General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, has appealed to National Assembly to support the South East in actualising the creation of Adada out of the present Enugu state. Nwodo made the appeal in a presentation at the Public Hearing on Review of 1999 Constitution in Enugu on Thursday. He said the demand should […]