Prominent Plateau State-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has vehemently condemned plans by the federal government to establish a state police to complement efforts of regular security agencies in combating insecurity in the country. Last week, President Bola Tinubu urged the National Assembly to consider tweaking the constitution to accommodate the creation of state…
The National Assembly has announced a postponement of its plenary resumption, moving the schedule from Tuesday, February 24, 2026, to Thursday, March 5, 2026. The decision was communicated on Monday through a statement signed by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana. The postponement is intended to allow committees sufficient time to complete ongoing…
The National Assembly has announced a postponement of its plenary resumption, moving the schedule from Tuesday, February 24, 2026, to Thursday, March 5, 2026. The decision was communicated on Monday through a statement signed by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana. The postponement is intended to allow committees sufficient time to complete ongoing…
Clerk of the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, says both chambers of the legislature have extended their resumption date by one week. Recall that senators and members of the House of Representatives began their latest recess on March 27 and were billed to return to legislative business on April 29. Ogunlana, in a statement on Monday,…
The N47.9tn 2025 budget presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, earlier fixed for Tuesday, December 17, has been shifted to Wednesday, December 18. Our correspondent in the Senate authoritatively gathered from top management staff of the National Assembly. The insider source said an official statement on the postponement…
Nigerian Senators from both Southern and Northern regions have expressed differing views over the agitation for the return to a regional system of government. They shared their opinions at the sidelines of a two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution, organized by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy…
President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday address a joint sitting of National Assembly to commemorate 25 years of unbroken democracy and legislative practice in Nigeria. According to a statement jointly signed by Senator Yemi Adaramodu, Senate Spokesman and Rep. Akin Rotimi, House Spokesman, the session will be marked by a series of events scheduled to…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris-Malagi, expressed optimism that the 2024 budget of N27.5 trillion will mark a transformative era in the country upon passage by the National Assembly. President Bola Tinubu had, presented the first full-year budget of his administration to a joint session of the National Assembly. The minister, while…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday expressed his desire that the 2024 Appropriation Act come into effect on January 1, 2024. The President, who addressed a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, charged both arms of the legislative arm to work assiduously and “conclude with reasonable dispatch”, their deliberations on the 2024 budget estimates…
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly ahead of the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu. Men of the Department of State Services deployed to man the entrance gates are restricting access to the complex. Security agents are deployed to ensure that only those with legitimate business at the…