National Assembly Service Commission appoints new Clerk to NASS
The National Assembly Service Commission has appointed Mr Kamoru Ogunlana as new Clerk to the National Assembly. The appointment followed…
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LG elections: NASS should avert imminent dictatorship in Nigeria – Jarigbe
The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has observed that the legal framework empowering State Independent…
BREAKING: NEC: Governors Advise Tinubu to withdraw tax reform bill from NASS
The National Economic Council, comprising members of the Nigerian Governors Forum has advised the presidency to withdraw the Tax Reforms…
NASS members demand bribe from universities during oversight visits – Deputy VC
The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) Lapai, Niger State, Prof Hassan Ibrahim has said members of the…
Akpabio denies DSS invasion of NASS over alleged impeachment moves
Senate President Godswill Obot Akpabio has denied reports that operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, stormed National Assembly…
Kano NNPP crisis: Gov Yusuf moves to reconcile with NASS members, others
In what appears to be a move to mend his fractured relationship with leaders of the New Nigeria Peoples Party,…
Constitution amendment: Lawyer, Idam writes NASS, demands independent candidates
Activist lawyer, Madubuachi Idam has called for the fast-tracking of the bill seeking to amend the Nigerian constitution to allow…
NASS trains 3, 500 legislative aides
The Management of the National Assembly set in motion machinery for career training of legislative aides to lawmakers at both…
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Bobrisky: Drama as VDM arrives NASS complex with chief priest [Video]
Social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has posted of his arrival at the National Assembly complex. DAILY…
Bribery saga: Bobrisky absent as VDM, Adeyanju, others storm NASS
The investigation into the alleged N15 million bribery involving controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, has commenced in the…
Clark warns against allowing anti-democratic groups hijack NASS
South-South leader Edwin Clark has called on the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio not to allow powerful politicians to…
Benue APC crisis: Alia’s refusal to honour Tinubu’s peace efforts not surprising – NASS Caucus
The Benue National Assembly Caucus has criticised Governor Hycient Alia for rejecting peace initiatives put forward by President Bola Tinubu…
NASS: Account for running costs or face legal action – SERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of…
Presidential Jets Seizure: Regulate international debts of Nigerian states – Idam to NASS
Activist, Madubuachi Idam on Friday urged the National Assembly to draw up legislation that would regulate the international debt of…
Stop living lavishly at the expense of ordinary Nigerians – Prophet El-Buba tells Tinubu, NASS
A group, the Initiative for Better and Brighter Nigeria, IBBN, has said President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly members and…
NASS Rivers caucus begs youths to shun nationwide protest, cites possible violence
The Rivers State House of Representatives caucus has called on Nigerian youths particularly those in the state to shun the…
Niger NANS distances self from planned August 1st to 10th nationwide protest
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, in Niger State has distanced itself from the planned nationwide protest slated for…
Police Act: Nigeria now endangered by NASS martial tendencies – Odinkalu
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, says Nigeria is now endangered by the martial tendencies of…
State creation: Return Nigeria to regional govt – Agbakoba to NASS
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Olisa Agbakoba, on Sunday charged the National Assembly to return Nigeria to regionalism and…
Bill to create extra 74 seats for women in NASS passes second reading
A bill seeking to create 74 seats for women in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a second reading in…
Insecurity: Over 277 guns close to NASS – Jimoh Ibrahim
Ondo South Senator, Jimoh Ibrahim, says there are over 277 guns and other assorted weapons in less than 1,000 metres…
Don’t scrap state electoral commissions – Yiaga Africa tells NASS
Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, has urged the National Assembly to look into the constitutional gaps that undermine State…
Customs explains how officer, Essien died during presentation at NASS
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has explained that its officer, Deputy Comptroller Etop Andrew Essien, who was in charge of…
Minimum Wage Bill: NASS not proposing seizure of states, LGs funds – Senate spokesman
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu has said the 10th Senate was not…
Nigeria’s democracy not only for politicians – Ezekwesili to NASS
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili on Saturday warned that Nigeria’s democracy is not for politicians alone. Ezekwesili accused the…
Land seizure: Tiv communities protest, seek intervention from NASS, AGF
Tiv communities in Nasarawa State have raised the alarm over the alleged forceful acquisition of 10,000 hectares of their ancestral…
NASS urged to intervene in non-swearing in of Plateau lawmakers
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has called on the National Assembly to urgently intervene in…
Benue: NASS, stakeholders support bill to establish Federal College of Agriculture, Agila
The bill seeking to establish a Federal College of Agriculture in Agila, Benue State has received acceptance amongst members of…
NASS members’ jumbo salaries exaggerated, mere propaganda – Reps
The House of Representatives says the narrative about the remuneration of members of the National Assembly by Organised Labour is…
BREAKING: Activities at NASS totally grounded over strike action
Following the commencement of indefinite strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, activities…
BREAKING: NLC, TUC insist on indefinite strike despite meeting with NASS, SGF
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have resolved to proceed with their indefinite strike. This…
PDP, LP lawmakers not visible in NASS – Shehu Sani
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has slammed lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, LP, for…
Old National Anthem: Bring back regional, parliamentary systems – Bishop tells NASS
The Lead Bishop of Worldwide Anglican Church, WAC, in Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Seun Adeoye has urged the National Assembly to…
“Misplaced priority” – Tinubu, NASS under fire over return to old national anthem
President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly have come under heavy criticism over the law returning the old National Anthem…
Tinubu to present 2024 supplementary budget to NASS
President Bola Tinubu has indicated he will soon present the 2024 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly (NASS). The President…
Ganduje, APC leaders storm NASS amid confusion of Tinubu joint session address
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, arrived at the National Assembly complex in…
National Anthem law not enacted through legislative debate – AGF, others warn NASS
The Nigerian National Assembly was informed on Monday that the law regarding the National Anthem should not be enacted through…
APC leadership crisis: Ex-NASS member, Esiaga asks NWC to set up caretaker committee in Abia
An All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart and former member of the House of Representatives, Nze Chikwem Esiaga, has decried the…
40 Nigerian lawmakers may lose seats over concurrent membership of NASS, ECOWAS Parliament
Over 40 Nigerian lawmakers are likely to vacate their seats for concurrent membership of the National Assembly and ECOWAS Parliament…
NASS to probe safety issues in aviation sector
The Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Aviation has announced plans to probe the Safety…
State Police: NASS will enact laws, reforms for collective welfare of Nigerians – Kalu
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has said that the principal aim of the…
Benue APC crisis: No faction, Akume remains leader – NASS caucus
The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Assembly caucus in Benue State has debunked claims that there are two factions of…
Pass laws establishing separate cells, toilets for transgenders – Lawyer writes NASS
Activist lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam has called on the National Assembly to pass a legislation for the establishment of a separate…
NASS oversights promote transparency, accountability in MDAs – Minister
The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam, has clarified that the oversight functions of the National Assembly help to…
N3trn budget padding: We demand explanation – Peter Obi to Presidency, NASS
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has called on the Presidency and the National Assembly to explain the…
Court asked to halt passage of bill extending retirement age of NASS staff
A Federal High Court has been asked to halt further proceedings at the National Assembly, seeking to extend the retirement…
President Tinubu urged to sign bill on reviewed retirement age for NASS staff
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to sign into law the reviewed Bill for the National Assembly staff, which was…
Insecurity: NASS leadership to meet Tinubu as terrorists kill 50 in Benue
Following the killing of over 50 people in fresh attacks on some communities in Benue State by suspected terrorists and…
South-East Development Commission: Ohanaeze youths laud NASS, seek Tinubu’s assent
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has lauded the National Assembly over the passage of the South-East…
Gov Lawal begs NASS members to intervene in security challenges in Zamfara
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has urged the National Assembly to intervene to ensure an end to the insecurity bedevilling…