10th NASS: List Of Senators Without A Single Bill In One Year Almost one year after they were inaugurated, no fewer than 24 of the 109 senators drawn from all parts of the country are yet to sponsor any bill in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. However, each of the other 85 senators…
Reps Seek Single Tenure For Nigerian President, Governors Some lawmakers in the House of Representatives are seeking alterations to the Nigerian constitution to allow a President to serve a six-year tenure. If the alteration to the 1999 Constitution is done, the change will also apply to governors, who like the President, currently are eligible for…
Lagos State Sends Strong Warning NASS Lawmakers Over Regionalism Lagos State indigenes on Sunday vowed to reject a Bill seeking the return of Nigeria to the regional government. Speaking under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, the indigenes, in a statement by its Media Office, revealed that a proposed Bill, seeking approval of the…
Labour Demanded May Cause Collateral Damage To The Economy – Akpabio The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said a National Minimum Wage of N494,000 demanded by organised labour will force many private companies to dismiss their workers if implemented. Mr Akpabio said this on Sunday during his opening remarks at the ongoing emergency meeting with…
There’s Nothing To Celebrate After 25 Years Of Democracy, People Are Hungry, Rep Blasts Tinubu Visit Lilian Orogbu, a member of the house of representatives, says there is nothing to celebrate as Nigeria marks 25 years of democracy. Orogbu, who represents the Akwa north/Awka south federal constituency of Anambra, spoke on the floor of the…
Most Profound Act Of Tinubu Is Taking Nigeria Back To Old National Anthem, Says Akpabio Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the most profound act of President Bola Tinubu is taking the country back to the old national anthem. The bill seeking to reintroduce the old national anthem was recently passed by the national assembly, with…
Lawmakers Express Frustration Over Tinubu Visit, Say Visit A Waste Of Resources In what looks like a state of confusion, the visit of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the national assembly on Wednesday has left many lawmakers, particularly Senators in a state of lamentations, and bewilderment, as some of them who were visibly angry with…
Adoption Of ‘Old’ National Anthem Marks Beginning Of Nigeria’s Revolution – Says Akpabio Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the introduction of the old national anthem, ‘Nigeria we hail thee’ marks the beginning of the revolution that Nigerians have been yearning for. According to him, the development sends a sense of brotherhood despite differences in tribe…
Tinubu Sends 2024 Supplementary Budget To NASS Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has said that he will soon present the 2024 Supplementary Appropriations Bill to the National Assembly (NASS). The President made this known when addressing a joint sitting of the National Assembly to mark the Silver Jubilee Of Nigeria’s 4th Republic on Wednesday. “I submitted…
BREAKING: Tinubu Arrives NASS, Refuses To Address Joint Session President Bola Tinubu has arrived at the National Assembly Complex as part of his itinerary to commemorate the 25 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria. Tinubu’s motorcade arrived at the National Assembly at about 11:57am and he’s yet to enter the chamber. Shortly after the president’s…
