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…
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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…
Contract Abuse: EFCC seeks anti-corruption strategies from Presidency, NASS, MDAs
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has asked the Presidency, the National Assembly Commission, the Federal Judicial Service Commission…
Address revenue shortfalls or foreign debt may climb to N107.38trn – CISLAC to NASS
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC has called on the National Assembly, NASS, to genuinely address Nigeria’s revenue shortfalls,…
Alia: NASS Caucus warned against politicising insecurity in Benue
Benue State’s National Assembly Caucus, led by Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, has faced criticism for its recent remarks…
Economic crisis: NASS to support manufacturing industry in Nigeria – Akpabio
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said the 10th National Assembly will support the manufacturing industry in Nigeria to…
Lawmakers oppose bill to increase education qualifications of president, governors, NASS members
A member of the House of Representatives has initiated constitutional amendments to raise the education qualifications required to contest elections…
CSO begs Tinubu, NASS to address economic hardship, bring succour to poor Nigerians
A human rights group has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and members of the National Assembly to find ways of…
AFCON: NASS principal officers, committee members to watch Super Eagles in Cote d’Ivoire
Ahead of the crucial quarter finals clash between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Palancas Negras of Angola, the…
Data privacy: ‘Tinubu has mandated us to automate public service’ – NASS
The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Information Communication Technology, ICT, and Cyber Security, Stanley Olajide, said President…
Saraki plotted with Dogara, Ekweremadu to seize NASS leadership – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has disclosed that ex-Senate President, Bukola Saraki plotted to seize the leadership…
Slash N344bn NASS 2024 budget – SERAP tackles Akpabio, Abbas
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has asked the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of…
Kogi Police to charge six suspects to court over attack on Sen. Echocho, NASS members
The Nigeria Police said all suspects arrested in connection with the attack on a serving lawmaker, Senator Isah Jibrin Echocho,…
N300m palliative: Ministry releases Bill of Quantity for FG’s palliatives to NASS constituencies
A breakthrough has emerged for National Assembly members facing public criticism regarding the controversial Federal Government palliatives for distribution in…
Osun NASS members urged to fairly distribute Tinubu’s palliatives to residents
The Chairman of the Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, Wale Adebayo, has urged members of the National Assembly from Osun State…
NASS, not Tinubu, jerked up 2024 budget – Orji Uzor Kalu
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that the National Assembly was responsible for jerking up the 2024 budget. Kalu made…
NASS will back Tinubu to implement 2024 budget – Speaker Abbas
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said the National Assembly will support the 2024 budget implementation process…
Senate President Akpabio pledges NASS support for Renewed Hope Agenda
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has pledged the support of the National Assembly for the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola…
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu’s family lauds Ohanaeze, S’East govs, NASS members, others
The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday applauded the President-General and leadership…
NASS tasks Polytechnics, College of Education on technical skills to drive Nigerian economy
The Joint Committee on Education has tasked Rectors and Provosts of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education to work toward enhancing…
NASS demands more budgetary allocation for FERMA
The National Assembly has advocated increased budgetary allocation for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, for better roads. This is…
Court orders transfer of suit seeking NASS takeover of Rivers Assembly to Abuja
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt on Monday ordered that a suit seeking the takeover of the functions of…
Ndume defends rendition of Tinubu’s campaign song at NASS
Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has defended the rendition of President Bola Tinubu’s campaign tune at the hallowed chamber…
FCT: Wike presents N61.5 billion 2023 supplementary budget to NASS
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has presented a N61,553,778,259 billion 2023 statutory supplementary budget proposal for…
NASS urges NSE partnership for manufacturing sector growth
Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, has stated that the National Assembly will collaborate with the Nigerian Society of…
Lagos demolition: ‘Support Biafra Independence’ – IPOB to S’East govs, Ohanaeze, NASS
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday urged the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Southeast governors, and National Assembly members to support…
Group lauds NASS on bill for establishment of Youth Development Commission
A pressure group, the Youth Assembly of Nigeria, has commended the leadership of the National Assembly for considering the bill…
NASS restates commitment to providing Nigerians affordable housing
The Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District, Aminu Tambuwal has said the National Assembly is dedicated to giving all Nigerians…
Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa: Enact laws ending off-cycle elections, overhaul INEC leadership – Ohanaeze tells NASS
The apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Monday urged the National Assembly to enact laws that would abolish off-cycle…
2023 polls: Court sends Elisha Abbo, Bagos, 16 others packing from NASS
Many members of the National Assembly have received the big stick from the Court of Appeal after losing out in…
Benue: NASS contemplates military base in Katsina-A/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency
The National Assembly (NASS) is considering the establishment of Forward Military Bases (FMB) in Katsina-Ala/Ukum/Logo Federal Constituency due to the…
Appeal Court slammed for sacking several PDP NASS members
The Coalition for Justice in Africa, CJA, has decried judgements of the Court of Appeal which sacked several members of…
NASS to partner CSOs on constituency projects’ implementation – Barau
The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin has reiterated the commitment of the National Assembly to partner with Civil…
NASS ready to partner MTN on human capital development – Akpabio
The National Assembly on Monday said it is ready to partner with Mobile Telecommunications Nigeria, MTN, on human capital development.…