National Assembly

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to probe, and to refer to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted two executive bills to the National Assembly seeking to control proliferation of arms as well as regulate the importation of explosives into the country. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan…

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that National Assembly members that voted against electronic transmission of results in the newly-passed amended Electoral Act plotted a coup against Nigerians desirous of free, fair and…

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The president stated this at a Presidential Dinner…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja “to order the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC)…

The Senate has blamed a remark by an unnamed minister for the delay in the rehabilitation of the National Assembly complex. Chairman, Senate Committee on Services, Sen. Sani Musa Chairman, said that the minister made the remark at the…

The Senate is working currently on a bill to set aside 30 per cent of seats at the National Assembly and 40 per cent of seats at states’ houses of assembly for young people. The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, made the…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says legislative interventions must be stepped-up by the National Assembly to protect Nigerians against the rising state of insecurity in the country. Lawan made this known on Tuesday at plenary when the…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded a probe into "fresh allegations that N4.1 billion of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated, diverted or stolen, as documented in…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described as ‘ill-timed and uncalled for’ a bill currently before the House of Representatives seeking to institutionalise the use of hijab in the country. CAN made the assertion in a Monday…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila over “their failure to probe, and to refer to…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has challenged the National Assembly to publish details of the salaries and allowances of members if they must convince Nigerians that the institution is truly "broke". The…

The N16 billion allocated as annual running cost for the National Assembly is inadequate and should be doubled, a Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yunusa Abubakar, has said. Abubakar, who is a Member of the House Committee on…

The House of Representatives says the National Assembly is broke and therefore unable to fulfil its constitutional mandate. Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu stated this Thursday at his weekly…

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly to seek the confirmation of the nation's service chiefs. In a statement on Friday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Babajide…