NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N13.09 trillion budget estimate for 2021 fiscal year. The fiscal document was approved at a meeting of the council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, September 30.…

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2021 budget to the National Assembly next week. He said this in his welcome speech at the end of an executive session on Tuesday, September…

National Assembly has announced the postponement of resumption for plenary sessions by two weeks. Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Arc. Olatunde Ojo, in a statement in Abuja, said lawmakers would now resume on Tuesday 29th…

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has revealed that majority of contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are awarded to members of the National Assembly. He made the disclosure while answering…

Clerk of the national assembly, Sani Omolori, and 149 others have been forced into retirement after a failed bid to extend their tenure. The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) approved the compulsory retirement of Sani-Omolori…

Ondo State Assembly has commenced the impeachment process of the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi. The members of the Assembly are currently deliberating in the Assembly on the allegation of gross misconduct against Ajayi. On the…

Federal Government has reduced the N37bn budget for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to N27.7bn. In the 2020 revised budget proposal, the FG has cut N9.3bn from the initial budget for the renovation of the National…

The 2019 federal budget estimates approved last Friday by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, is to be presented to the National Assembly this week. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters…

The national assembly joint committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved N143 billion for the 2019 elections. The committee adopted the amount which President Muhammadu Buhari presented to the…

MOVES to reconvene the National Assembly remained unsuccessful yesterday, even as the row sparked by the long recess grew. Senate President Bukola Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara said there was no agreement that the National…

Contrary to public expectation, the National Assembly will not reconvene tomorrow Tuesday August 14th. Punch reports that the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, says that the House in truth, is yet to decide on…

The leadership of the National Assembly led by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, are currently in a closed-door meeting with the management of the Independent National Electoral…

The All Progressives Congress has dissociated itself from the early morning siege at the National Assembly by masked officials of the Department of State Services based on “orders from above.” In a statement signed by its Acting…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have left the national assembly after a siege which lasted over seven hours. This happened shortly after Acting President Yemi Osinbajo fired Lawal Daura, director-general of of the…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have blocked all the entrances into the national assembly. The operatives are turning away cars of lawmakers and one of those that have been prevented from gaining entry into the…