LEGISLATURE

The Senate has passed for first reading a bill that recommends a fine of N50,000 to parents who default in providing their children with primary and secondary school education. The Red Chamber also recommended free meals for every child in the country. The bill…

The Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has slammed the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, for approving the passage of some executive bills without seeking the input of other members. In a video from Thursday’s sitting, Ndume knocked the Senate President for…

Members of the Senate Public Account Committee were shocked following the revelation that the former accountant-general of the federation (AGF) in 2019, Ahmed Idris, signed the financial statement of N26 trillion without the knowledge of the then finance minister, Ahmed Zainab. Idris was…

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a brief plenary session on Thursday, Ubah’s defection was due to…

The House of Representatives has screened the presidential nominees to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was made known in a statement jointly signed by the Chairperson, House Committee on NDDC, Hon. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, and Chairman, House…

The Senate on Tuesday started the amendments to the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act (NSIPA), 2023. It was aimed at moving the agency from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Presidency. The Bill, moved by the Leader of the…

House of Reproduction will revisit the five pro-women bills rejected by the 9th Assembly in the next constitution amendment, the deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu has said. Kalu gave the assurance yesterday in Abuja when the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its committee on banking regulation to investigate the use of the United States (US) dollar and other foreign currencies as legal tender for domestic transactions in Nigeria. The decision followed the adoption of a motion sponsored…

The Senate has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the ministers of Health and FCT Ali Pate and Nyesom Wike respectively over the death of Ms Greatness Olorunfemi at the Maitama General Hospital last Tuesday. Greatness Olorunfemi was a victim…