•The protesters gather at National Assembly gate with placards A group of Nigerians today staged a protest in Abuja, decrying the spate of insecurity in the South-East region. The protesters gathered at the gate of the National Assembly with placards, reports Channels TV. Some of the placards bore the images of victims of attacks by […]...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Nigeria Senate The Lagos State Government has accused the National Assembly of attempting to subvert the Nigerian Constitution and a binding Supreme Court judgment through the proposed Central Gaming Bill, warning that the move could plunge the country into a fresh constitutional crisis. Speaking at a...
•Senator Opeyemi Bamidele The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday disclosed that the ongoing amendment of the Electoral Act, 2022 would be concluded in or before December 2025, assuring Nigerians that the amendment would be used for the 2027 general elections. Bamidele, also representing Ekiti Central in the Senate, expla...
•Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Olaolu Ali, has called on the National Assembly to remove the powers of courts to declare winners in election petitions. He said such powers erode the essence of democracy and undermine the sovereignty of the electorate, reports Daily Trust. The senior lawyer disclosed this in Ilorin [&h...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja A fresh bid by the National Assembly to shift the 2027 presidential and governorship elections to November 2026 has divided opposition parties. While some described it as an attempt to extend President Bola Tinubu’s stay in office, others agreed it could strengthen Nigeria’s electoral system if properly implem...
•Nigerian Senate Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the National Assembly has proposed that presidential and governorship elections be conducted in November 2026, instead of the usual February or March of the election year. The proposal is contained in the draft amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, which were discussed on Monday during a on...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja A joint public hearing on an amendment to the Electoral Act 2025 by the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Electoral Matters is expected to be held today. It was gathered from a source in the National Assembly’s Clerk’s office at the weekend that the hearing will be held in […]
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja Ahead of today’s plenary resumption, a planned protest over poor welfare and alleged management neglect has split staff at the National Assembly. But the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has distanced itself from the action, warning members against participating, reports The Guardian. The pro...
•Akpabio The National Assembly has announced new security measures restricting movement around the office of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. This was contained in a memo dated October 2, and signed by the the Sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly, Etido Ekpo. Ekpo stated that the corridor linking the White House lobby to the Senate Pres...
•National Assembly Complex, Abuja The Senate and House of Representatives yesterday shifted their resumption till October 7. On July 24, both chambers adjourned plenary till yesterday to enable lawmakers observe a two-month annual vacation. But, the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, said the lawmakers would now resume on October...
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