LEGISLATURE

Chairman of the National Assembly Constitution Review Committee, Ovie Omo-Agege says six months after 44 constitution bills were passed and transmitted to State Houses of Assembly, only 11 out of the 36 State Houses of Assembly have demonstrated independence and loyalty to…

The Senate has asked the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to present a supplementary budget to the National Assembly following the destruction of farmlands and crops by the current flooding across the country. The Chairman of, the Senate Committee on Agriculture,…

The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, has faulted the alleged delay in delivering the judgment on his case against a former deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi, over the outcome of the senatorial primary of the Peoples…

The 2023 appropriation bill of N20.5 trillion on Wednesday passed through the second reading in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The upper chamber referred the bill to its Committee on Appropriation for further legislative action and expressed dissatisfaction over the rise in…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled plans to investigate the circumstances leading to the security agencies’ decision to set ablaze oil vessels allegedly involved in oil theft. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on a matter of…

The House of Representatives has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the sale of Polaris Bank Plc.   The House gave the directive on Wednesday during plenary after adopting a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Henry Nwauba…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday threatened to invoke its constitutional powers to compel Chief Executive Officers of International Oil Companies (IOCs) to account for their stewardship on the Joint Ventures agreements since 1990 to 2022 and alleged tax evasion and capital…

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged favouritism, lopsided recruitments and promotions in the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps over the last 10 years. At the plenary on Tuesday, the House mandated its committees on Interior, Federal Character, and Public…

Senators across political party lines have said the National Assembly would not pass the proposal on petrol subsidy removal as presented by President Muhammadu Buhari in order not to create crisis for the new administration that would succeed him next year. Buhari had…