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    BREAKING: Soldiers, policemen occupy N’Assembly, cordon off Senate, Reps chambers – Punch Newspaper

    There is a huge presence of security operatives in and around the National Assembly Complex on Thursday, following the invasion of the Senate chamber with snatching of the mace by thugs on Wednesday. Apart from the presence of more policemen, soldiers were also deployed to … Read more via...
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    How Lagos Senator was kidnapped from National Assembly before mace was stolen – Daily Post...

    The Senator representing Lagos West, Solomon Olamilekan was abducted by unknown gunmen at the National Assembly on Thursday. Olamilekan also known as Yayi, was picked up in front of the building housing the two chambers, but he later escaped. An aide of the lawmaker told The Cable … Read...
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    Politics Stolen Mace: Atiku Abubakar Reacts To Thugs Invading National Assembly

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    Politics Mace theft is an act of treason – National Assembly – BellaNaija

    The National Assembly as described the theft of the mace, a symbol of their authority, as an act of treason, Punch reports. Suspended senator Ovie Omo-Agege along with hoodlums had stormed the senate while in session and stolen away the mace. Read more via BellaNaija –...
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    National Assembly’s 2018 budget will be made public – Senate Leader, Lawan – Daily Post Nigeria

    Majority leader of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has again assured that the 2018 budget of the National Assembly would be made public. He stated this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the objectives of the ‘Open NASS’ initiative designed to increase public access to the operations of …...
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    Politics Eight Nigerian Lawmakers In $96,000 Foreign Training Scandal - Premium Times

    A planned foreign trip for eight members of the National Assembly sponsored by the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) has continued to generate controversy, months after it was announced as cancelled. Activists have also condemned the practice where Nigerian lawmakers are sponsored on...
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    Politics National Assembly moves to reject President Buhari’s N4.2 trillion bonds – TODAY.NG

    Strong indications have emerged that fresh crisis may loom between the legislature and the executive as senators are poised to reject the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of a N4.2 trillion bond. It was gathered that the senators had taken this decision before they...
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    Politics Senate Begins Fresh Process Of Electoral Act Amendment - Channels TV

    The Senate on Tuesday said the amendment has been listed on its Order Paper for First Reading. However, it is not clear at this point what the specific areas for amendment are in this fresh exercise, or if the Senate is still holding firm to the proposed amendments in the ongoing exercise...
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    Politics NASS members ‘harassing’ us for bribes to pass budgets — heads, federal agencies - Premium Times

    Some Nigerian federal lawmakers are demanding bribes as conditions for passing the 2018 budgets of federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), some heads of these agencies have told PREMIUM TIMES. The officials say the unceasing demand for gratification is responsible for the...
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    Politics National Assembly united in opposition to electoral body’s schedule – Saraki, Dogara –...

    SENATE President Bukola Saraki and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, declared, yesterday, that, as Principal Officers of the National Assembly, they were working on the same page on the amendment to the Electoral Act regarding the 2019 general elections’ sequence. The two...
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    Politics Buhari meets leaders of National Assembly inside Aso Rock – Punch Newspapers

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening met behind closed doors with the leadership of the National Assembly. The meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja started at about 9.10pm with the arrival of the President. Those who … Read more via Punch Newspapers –...
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    Metro Court Orders National Assembly To Stop Election Re-ordering Bill - Punch Newspapers

    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...
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    Politics [BREAKING] Court orders National Assembly to stop election re-ordering bill – Punch Newspapers

    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 …...
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    Politics National Assembly lacks power to fix election dates – Vanguard News

    Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has conducted the general elections on a two-tier or three-tier basis. Even though the national assembly had attempted in the past to use the Electoral Act to alter the sequence … Read more via...
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    Politics Senators Clash Over Missing School Girls – OluFamous.Com

    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...
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    Politics Senate Probes $350m NBET Fund, Unearth Diversion Of $100m Into Abuja, Lagos, Other Airports...

    ….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...
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    Politics Group Gives Saraki And The National Assembly 7 Days To Begin Screening Of 60 Heads Of...

    A good governance advocacy organization, Human and Environmental Developmental Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), has given the National Assembly a seven-day ultimatum to start the process that will lead to the confirmation of nominees submitted by the Executive to it or face litigation. HEDA gave...
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    Business We don’t need National Assembly’s permission to subsidise petrol – NNPC –

    The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has given reasons for paying ‘subsidy’ on petrol without appropriation from the National Assembly. The Managing Director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC, Umar Ajiya, said the NNPC Act is a law on its own which the corporation...
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    Politics Why 2018 Budget Implementation May Suffer Setback – Boss Mustapha

    Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Thursday, said that the Federal Government might not fully implement the 2018 budget if the National Assembly fails to pass it on time. He also revealed that early preparation for the 2019 general elections, which he said...
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    Metro Pandemonium As Nigerian Police, Shiite Members Clash At N/Assembly Entrance

    Nigerian Police on Monday clashed with hundreds of Shiites in the central area of Abuja, teargassing the demonstrators as they made attempt to enter the National Assembly, Premium Times report. Members of the Shia group, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, are campaigning the release of their leader...
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