Tag Archives: National Assembly

Constituents of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan have been teargassed at by the National Assembly while accompanying her to resume legislative duties on Tuesday. As at press time, no fewer than 20 women were rushed to the hospital as they were reportedly attacked by the police. Supporters of Natasha accused tue Senate President of ordering the attack on the women who were …

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…as Constitution Amendment Bill Passes Second Reading Nigeria may be moving closer to a potential shift in its governance structure as the House of Representatives advances a bill proposing the creation of a Prime Minister’s office. The bill, which aims to amend the 1999 Constitution to establish the Prime Minister as head of government while retaining the President as head …

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The House of Representatives Committee on Youth and Development, has expressed concern over the nature of existing facilities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Paikoro, Niger state and called on the state government  for  improvement on the facilities.

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Member, NDIC Board, Adewale Adeleke; MD/CEO, Bello Hassan; Chairman House Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters, Hon. Darlington Nwokocha; Deputy Chairman, Hon. Ahmadu Jahar; ED/CS NDIC, Hon. Omolola Abiola Edewor and ED-OPs, Mustapha M. Ibrahim at the 2021 Retreat for House of Representatives Committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters.

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The Nigerian Senate has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its efforts towards entrenching transparency and stamping out corruption from its system.

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By Kayode Akinrimisi II   Authority stealing, authority stealing a song popularised by Fela Anikulapo Kuti is the root cause of the #ENDSARS project rocking Nigeria at the moment. It is a situation where education sub sector is taking N40bn in the national budget and National Assembly is taking N120bn, this is not tenable. Some analysts will say Nigeria actually …

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The Senator, representing Niger East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Abuja, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa  has assured that the controversial Social Media Bill, if passed into law, will not deny Nigerians their rights to freedom of speech, describing the bill as   mere regulations, that did not mean  denial of freedom of speech.

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Senators are enraged. Honourables are furious. For real, they don’t know what hate speech is, but they actually know what its Bill will wreak when it revolves in a reality. It’s right that hate speech is brimstone and fire that decoy social media daily, fire with potentialities of razing, and speeches with power to spark violence and result to violent …

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Country Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Mr. Raymond Esebagbon has said that the Hate Speech Bill currently being discussed at the National Assembly is misdirected and unnecessary. Esebagbon, a lawyer of over 25 years’ experience made his position clear at a media round table in Lagos on Validation Meeting of the Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD’s …

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The Senate on Thursday summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, and the Acting, Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, Terhembe Nongo, over N15 billion allocated to a private company in the ministry’s budget.

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