The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has described the legislative arm of government as a key partner in efforts to entrench sustainable democracy in Nigeria. Abbas stated this on Monday during the presentation of the Parliamentary Development Programme of the Green Chamber to the diplomatic corps, development partners, and donor agencies, held at the National …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday called on governors in Nigeria to avoid seeing state legislatures as appendages of the executive but instead, treat lawmakers as partners in the progress and development of states. The House, which described the legislature as the bedrock of democracy, further called on the National Assembly to criminalise any action that violates the …

If President Muhammadu Buhari assents to a set of constitutional amendment bills about to be sent to him by the Senate, the Houses of Assembly and the judiciary in the 36 states will receive their financial allocations directly from the Federation Account. Two proposed laws making this mandatory are among the 35 Constitution Alteration bills that the Clerk of the …