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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted eight governors to gag the National Assembly not to veto President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the amended Electoral Act by the National Assembly. The party also said Nigerians...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the National Assembly to stop taking any further actions on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, which seeks to provide the order in which the Independent National Electoral Commission must conduct the 2019 general elections. The...

Benue Media Forum, BMF, Kaduna State chapter has called on the National Assembly not to deliberate on the Bill on Hate Speech until lasting solution is found to the indiscriminate killing of innocent Nigerians by herdsmen. A communique of the meeting of Kaduna chapter of the forum … --Read...

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Any person found guilty of any form of hate speech that results in the death of another person shall die by hanging upon conviction, reads a new bill by the Senate. According to Guardian, the bill, which reflects the growing concern over the spate of violence in the nation, was sponsored by the...

The Senate on Wednesday threatened to pass the 2018 budget without submissions from recalcitrant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This threat followed the observation by the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Sunny Ogbuoji. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the National Assembly to immediately commence full-scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 school girls in Dapchi, Yobe. Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2ClBZyY -- Get More Nigeria Political News

Two senators representing Yobe State, Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North) and Mohammed Hassan (Yobe South), yesterday clashed over the missing secondary school girls from the state. The row started when Lawan, who is also the Senate Leader, praised President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Ibrahim Geidam for...

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, ‎representing Delta central senatorial district, has apologised to the Senate over his comments on the amendment of the Electoral Act to order the sequence of polls during general elections. The Nigerian Senate had on Tuesday, February … Read more via Nigeria News...

The Northern Senators Forum has sacked Senator Abdullahi Adamu as it’s chairman. He was replaced with Senator Aliyu Wamakko. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, made the announcement of the leadership change at the close of plenary on Wednesday. Adamu had last week led … Read...

The Senate on Tuesday condemned the demolition of a structure housing a faction of Kaduna State All Progressives Congress (APC) Secretariat. It is reported that the building belonged to Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi representing Kaduna North Senatorial District. The demolition was carried out under the...

….Summons Amaechi, Adeosun, Oniha Senate yesterday revealed that $100 million Euro bond which was meant for the rehabilitation of the power sector has been diverted by the Ministry of Transport for the remodeling of the Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt Airports. The Upper Chamber is probing...

As bill to stop medical tourism passes 2nd reading By Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, mandated its Committee on Aviation to liaise with relevant agencies of the Federal Government to ensure that the rights of airlines’ passengers were respected by the operators...

Tinubu laments party’s loss of goodwill Romanus Ugwu, Abuja National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has admitted the party has a lot of issues to resolve within the ranks of its members in the National Assembly, Benue, Kano, Kogi states, among others. …...

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce the monthly salaries of the National Assembly members and ministers. The Emir also lamented that military personnel defending the country are earning meagre salaries while lawmakers and ministers earn a lot. Sanusi...

The Senate on Thursday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate a replacement for the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, in line with the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which affirmed its powers to confirm or reject the...

Presidency Lists steps he’s taken to end conflict, improve security Ortom imposes curfew on Gboko after mob kills seven herdsmen Damilola Oyedele in Abuja and George Okoh in Makurdi President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate on the killings in Benue State and conveyed his disagreement...

The Senate has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to explain the steps taken to prevent further killings in Benue state. Lawmakers in the upper chambers of the nation’s National Assembly took the decision after Senate President Bukola Saraki read a letter from President...

Sen. Suleiman Adokwe, Chairman Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, says the National Assembly will soon amend the act establishing the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB). Adokwe stated this on Tuesday while delivering his goodwill message at the opening of the...

The senate has said that any plot to remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, would fail as other senators are ‘not ready to remove him.’ Senate Spokesperson, Sabi Abdullahi, made this known while speaking with reporters at the weekend. Mr. Abdullahi noted that the senate president has …...