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Nigeria’s $4.5 Billion Annual Vehicle Import Bill Highlights Urgent Need for Local Production

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Nigeria currently spends approximately $4.5 billion annually on vehicle imports, a figure that underscores massive unharnessed investment opportunities within the domestic automotive sector. Chibedu Oguegbu, Managing Director of Omma Automotive Company, disclosed this during a capacity-building workshop for the House of Representatives Press Corps in Abuja on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Delivering a paper titled […]

Catholic Bishops Ask National Assembly to Make Real-Time Election Results Transmission Mandatory

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National Assembly

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has asked the National Assembly to urgently review its position on electoral reforms. The religious body wants the federal lawmakers to make the real-time transmission of election results mandatory. Lucius Ugorji, the archbishop of Owerri and outgoing president of the conference, made this demand on Sunday. He spoke during […]

Electoral Act: How parliament engaged AGF, INEC, CSOs, others  for two years before enactment – Bamidele

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Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele revealed that the National Assembly worked assiduously behind the scene for two engaging with critical stakeholders before coming up with the widely acceptable amendments that form the bedrock of the Electoral Act 2026, signed into law by President Bola Tinubu, a few days ago. He gave kudos to […]

Coalition urges swift passage of women’s reserved seats bill

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The Reserved Seats for Women Bill Campaign Coalition has called for urgent legislative action following the release of the timetable for the 2027 General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, the coalition said the announcement of the electoral calendar has brought clarity to political parties, candidates, […]

NGO Urges Electoral Reforms, Greater Humanitarian Commitment

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A Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, De Norsemen Klub International, DNKI has called on the National Assembly to review certain clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill to safeguard the integrity of Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2027 general elections. Chairman of the organization, Abuja chapter, comrade Solomon Momoh made the appeal Saturday during the chapter’s 2026 Welcome […]

Two PDP lawmakers defect to APC

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Two more senators from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Wednesday announced their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The two.lawnakers from Taraba State, Haruna Manu ( Taraba Central)  and Shuaibu Lau (Taraba North) cited  crises in their former party as the reason for defection. They made their decision known via separate letters […]

Electoral Bill: Senate Rejects Mandatory E-Transmission of Results to IREV

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Tunde Opalana, Abuja  After a forth and back exercise, the Senate on Wednesday, retained the Electoral Act 2022 Amendment Bill for transferring  of election results to the INEC result portal. The upper chamber however failed to make electronic transfer of election results mandatory as majority of Nigerians would wish. Recall that the Court verdict in the […]

Reps Inaugurate Committee to Probe Port, Airport Concessions Since 2006

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The House of Representatives has inaugurated an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate and appraise the performance of concessionaires operating federal air and sea port terminals and related shipping activities between 2006 and 2025. Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas represented by Hon. Loari Kwamoti at the inauguration held Tuesday at the National Assembly, Abuja said the […]

10th NASS ‘ll intensify reforming of electoral regime, governance structure – Senate Leader

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    Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Leader of the Senate has assured the nation of renewed efforts at enriching the nation’s electoral regime and governance structure during the last 16 months of 10th National Assembly. The next 16 months, he said, though will be challenging as the last 32 months, the parliament has resolved to consider […]

NASS Orders Re-gazetting of Tax Laws Amid Alteration Allegations

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The leadership of the National Assembly has directed the Clerk, Kamoru Ogunlana, to immediately re-gazette the recently passed tax reform laws following serious allegations that the published documents were tampered with. The directive comes after Abdussamad Dasuki, a member of the House of Representatives, raised an alarm regarding significant differences between the bills passed by […]

Magaji reaffirms commitment to stronger, equitable healthcare system

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The Chairman of the House Committee on Healthcare Services, Amos Gwamna Magaji has reiterated the National Assembly’s commitment to strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system and ensuring that every citizen has access to quality, affordable, and equitable health services. Speaking at a public hearing organised by the Committee in Abuja on Wednesday, Magaji described the session as […]

Reps push law to digitise governance, boost transparency

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Nigeria is set to move from analogue to digital governance as the National Assembly considers the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill 2025. Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas said the bill will transform how the government delivers services, making governance smarter, more transparent, and citizen-focused. Speaking at a joint Senate and House […]

Digital economy, E-governance law, catalyst for $1trn economy actualisation – NASS

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The National Assembly has expressed confidence that the digital economy and E-governance Law will serve as a catalyst in realising the targeted one trillion-dollar national economy. The parliament was hopeful that the bill to that effect will receive the express assent of President Tinubu. This assurance was given on Monday at a one-day Public Hearing […]

Akpoti-Uduaghan: my invitation to Akpabio was procedural, not personal

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Senator Natasha

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, has said her invitation to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and other lawmakers for the commissioning of projects in Kogi was in line with legislative procedure. On Thursday, Akpoti-Uduaghan invited Akpabio and other lawmakers to the event, two months after returning from suspension. The senator, who marks her second year […]

Constitution Review: Nigerians Request Creation of 55 States, 278 LGs – Senate 

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Northern Senators Forum NSF

As the National Assembly begins a two-day joint retreat of the Senate and the House of Representatives’ Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Lagos, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has reiterated the National Assembly’s commitment to delivering people-centred and timely amendments to the 1999 Constitution. Setting the tone […]

NASS proposes November 2026 for presidential, governorship elections

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Proposals for electoral reforms ahead of the 2027 general elections took a new turn on Monday as the National Assembly suggested that presidential and governorship polls be conducted in November 2026, instead of the usual February or March 2027 dates. In draft amendments to the 2022 Electoral Act, both the Senate and the House of […]

National Assembly postpones resumption of plenary to October 7

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The National Assembly has shifted the resumption of plenary sessions by two weeks, moving it from September 23 to October 7, 2025. In a memo to senators, Chinedu Akubueze, Chief of Staff to the Senate President, apologised for the inconvenience caused by the change. “This is to respectfully inform distinguished senators that the resumption of […]

‘Working in national assembly is a calling’— Clerk tells new staff

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Kamoru Ogunlana, clerk to the national assembly, says democracy has continued to stabilise in Nigeria. Ogunlana spoke on Monday at the induction ceremony for 785 newly recruited staff of the national assembly at the A-Class event centre in Abuja. The new employees were recruited across grade levels 8 to 12 in December 2024. Represented by […]

‘Even Tinubu not bigger than Senate’ — Lawmakers order NNPCL CEO to appear over N210trn audit

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The Senate has declared that no public office holder — not even President Bola Tinubu — is bigger than the National Assembly. This comes as the upper legislative chamber issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Bayo Ojulari, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to personally appear before the Senate […]

Dan Amos: 10th Assembly’s Engine Room

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In the vibrant, often boisterous ecosystem of the Nigerian National Assembly, the names of prominent figures flash like neon signage, capturing headlines and attention. Yet, beneath the glare of publicity, quieter forces hum away, their vital contributions shaping the legislative landscape without fanfare. One such figure is Hon. Dan Amos, the Chairman of the House […]