LEGISLATURE

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.), in separate letters to the Senate, sought approval for the issuance of promissory notes totaling over N402bn to three states. The first of such requests read in plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, was…

The House of Representatives has begun its investigation of the Joint Ventures and Production Sharing Contracts entered into by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the last 32 years. The House’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Structure & Accountability of the Joint…

The Senator representing Kogi-West, Smart Adeyemi; the Senator representing Kebbi North, Yahaya Abdullahi, and three other senators have been appointed as committee heads. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during the plenary, announced minor changes to the chairmanship of the Senate standing committees Five out…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the parliament is committed to doing everything possible to end the lingering crisis between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Already, Gbajabiamila had summoned a stakeholders’ meeting to…

THE Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, All Progressives Congress, APC, Abia North has described as dead on arrival the Impeachment threat on President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of the Senate. He stated that the impeachment threat is a…

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday. Lanre Lasisi, special adviser to Gbajabiamila on media and publicity, confirmed the development to press on Sunday evening. The…

AHEAD of next week Tuesday’s resumption the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the confirmation of the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola and the consideration of the anticipated budget proposals for 2023…

The  Senate, through its Committee on Finance, on Wednesday, said over 400 out of 541 Federal Government owned Ministries , Departments and Agencies (MDAs) , are to be scrapped as recommended by Stephen Orosanye-led Presidential Committee on Rationalisation of Agencies. Chairman…

The Senate Committee on Finance has threatened to summon the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, if need be. Senator Olamilekan Adeola, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, stated this on Wednesday during a…