President Bola Tinubu is currently hosting principal officers of both chambers of the National Assembly to an Iftar dinner at the State House, Abuja. The lawmakers arrived at the forecourt of the Villa in two Toyota Coaster buses at about 7 pm. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, joined the meeting afterward. Wednesday’s dinner is the second Iftar the President is hosting …

The National Assembly has refuted social media claims that President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 budget to a joint session on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Secretary of Research and Information at the National Assembly, Dr. Ali Umoru, described the reports as false. He urged the public to disregard the information, emphasizing that the legislative body …

The National Assembly has amended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, prescribing life imprisonment for drug offenders and traffickers. This decision followed the adoption of the harmonised report by the Senate and House of Representatives on the NDLEA Act amendment. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Senate Conference Committee, Senator Tahir Monguno, explained that the amendment seeks to …

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has partnered with the National Assembly, the United States Agency for International Development, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and the Jhpiego to sustain the gains from the HIV response beyond 2030. In 2016, United Nations member states committed to implementing a bold agenda to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 …

Scores of pro-democracy activists on Friday staged a solidarity march from the popular Unity Fountain to the National Assembly complex in Abuja to demand that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) suspend its planned two-day protest and return to the negotiation table with the Federal Government. They also vowed to mobilise Nigerians against the unionists if the lawmakers couldn’t convince them …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, and the National Assembly at the Federal High Court, Abuja over failure to disclose, clarify and explain the details of N344.85 billion National Assembly budget, and the rationale for several budget items, such as the N6 billion budgeted …

The National Assembly, through the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), has established ‘Democracy Radio’ in Abuja to propagate the activities of the legislature. On Tuesday, NILDS Director-General, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman conducted reporters on a tour of facilities of the station in Asokoro ahead of the formal opening today. According to him, the station is an independent body …

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the controversial National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) bill, before the National Assembly. The 2007 NITDA Act is currently awaiting passage, following its amendment at the National Assembly. President of the NCS, Prof. Adesina Sodiya, at a news conference in Abuja on Saturday said the bill lacked …

The management of the National Assembly, in conjunction with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, on Thursday, released dates for the induction of lawmakers-elect. In a statement, the Secretary to the Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity, Dr Ali Umoru said that the induction would hold in two batches. The statement read: “The induction is scheduled to commence from …

No fewer than 48 bills were introduced for the establishment of new universities across the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, according to an examination of the Senate and House of Representatives 2022 legislative proposals. Some of the bills were proposed at the height of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which lasted …