LEGISLATURE

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the current salary of the National Assembly members is a ‘far cry’ from what Nigerians think and 50 percent of it cannot be sacrificed to solve the economic hardship. Amidst the…

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has highlighted some of the things the constitution amendment by the National Assembly aims to achieve. Kalu was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, hours after the inauguration of the…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has said that the number of policemen which is placed at about 400,000 is not sufficient to provide security to over 200 million Nigerians. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the…

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 12 persons as members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This confirmation comes after a report of the Committee On Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions Committee of the CBN…

A bill for an Act to establish the South east commission has passed third reading in the 10th Assembly. The Senate unanimously took the decision at the Committee of the whole chaired by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio after consideration…

Senate has urged the Federal Government to stand down the idea of increasing electricity tariff. It also resolved to investigate the over 2trillion naira subsidy requirement as stated by the minister of power. The issue was raised as a matter of urgent public importance…

The House of Representatives has asked the Council of Legal Education to suspend the increment in fees of the Nigerian Law School. The lawmakers, through a motion sponsored by four members on Wednesday, said the country is currently facing a 27.33% inflation rate,…

The Nigerian Senate is currently in a heated debate over the N29 trillion Ways and Means funds by the immediate past administration. Although a debate over the funds had progressed seamlessly, trouble started when Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, insisted…

A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second  reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who  believed that concerns of…

Tension is at its peak at the National Assembly among the staff over plans by the Senate to give concurrence to a controversial bill on the extension of the retirement age for civil servants in the nation’s Parliament and across the 36…