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The controversial activist, VerydarkMan who was earlier summoned by the National Assembly alongside Bobrisky and EFCC Chairman to appear before the house today. Bobrisky and EFCC Chairman didn’t show up but VerydarkMan showed up with his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju and his bell ringer. It was really a rowdy session today as VerydarkMan insisted on not speaking
The National Assembly on Wednesday waded into Federal Government’s plan to set 18 years as the age limit for students to write the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE. The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, had on Sunday announced plans on the age limit saying that students below 18 years will not be
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says it is immoral for the members of the national assembly to determine their salaries and allowances. Obasanjo spoke on Friday when he hosted some members of the house of representatives in Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun state. The former president said it is the duty of the Revenue Mobilisation
There was chaos at the house of representatives on Wednesday over a bill seeking to raise the ways and means advances from 5 percent to 10 percent of the previous year’s revenue of the federal government. Ways and means is a loan facility through which the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) finances the federal government’s budget shortfalls. The CBN
The National Assembly Management have informed the National Assembly Legislative Aides’ Forum (NASSLAF) of strict security measures put in place around National Assembly (NASS) in view of the planned nationwide protest, and have urged the Forum to bring the information to the attention of our members. Accordingly, the following are security measures put in place
The Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives (NASS) have embarked on a seven-week recess and are set to resume on September 17. This break followed the passage of several bills, including amendments to the minimum wage law, President Bola Tinubu’s request to increase the 2024 budget by N6.2 trillion, and an amendment to the 2023 Finance
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have shut down the National Assembly in compliance with the indefinite strike declared by the organised labour. Our correspondent who went to the National Assembly to monitor the situation met the entrance and exit gates blocked with two
The National Anthem Brouhaha by Tinubu and his National Assembly flat mates is actually a well crafted ploy to distract Nigerians from the main issue at hand which is TINUBU’S ONE YEAR SCORECARD. The big question is, why choose today to assent to that bill? “If it didn’t dey… It didn’t dey”…. What exactly would
The House of Representatives has passed a bill to revert to the old national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee”. The bill was quickly passed through first second and third reading within minutes. The lead debate for a return to the old anthem by the House Leader, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, pointed to the need for Nigerians
The Nigerian Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi State for 3 months over allegations of budget padding, which the latter was said to have made over BBC Hausa service. In suspending Senator Abdul Ningi from the Senate for the next three months, the Senate relied on and invoked its powers under the Senate Rules