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Governors, State Assemblies agree to hold public hearing on 1999 Constitution The Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Speakers of the State Houses of Assembly have resolved to hold public hearing on ongoing efforts to amend certain sections…

IMPEACH ANY GOVERNOR THAT REFUSE TO CONDUCT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS – DOGARA Impeach Any Governor That Refuse To Conduct Local Government Elections. – Dogara House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara has said that governors who refuse to conduct…

REPS REVEAL HOW CBN DIVERTS $5BN FROM FEDERATION ACCOUNT The House of Representatives said on Wednesday that over $5 billion had been diverted by the Central Bank of Nigeria from the Federation Account. The House stated that part of the…

SENATE THREATENS TO DUMP 2018 BUDGET Nigerians may not have heard the last about the passage of the 2018 budget presented to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 7. Senators in plenary Tuesday…

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERVENE OVER HIJAB CONTROVERSY On the raging controversy generated by the Nigerian Law School's refusal to call Amasa Firdaus to bar as a result of hijab, lawmakers in the lower chamber have reacted. House of…

NIGER ASSEMBLY SCREENS COMMISSIONER NOMINEES Protests and petition almost stopped the commencement of the screening of commissioner nominees by the Niger State of Assembly on Tuesday. The Concern Gbayi Youths of Munya local government…

SARAKI, WIFE, AHMED ABSENT AT SENATE PRESIDENT'S 55TH BIRTHDAY PRAYER The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; his wife, Oluwatoyin, and the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed were, on Tuesday, conspicuously absent at a special prayer…

EFCC SET TO DETAIN SENATOR MARK Senators who served in the 7th Assembly when Senator David Mark was the Senate President are now living in fear over possible invitation and harassment by the anti-corruption agency, Economic and Financial…

SENATE CONDEMNS 2018 BUDGET Members of the Senate at the plenary today took turns to criticise the 2018 Appropriation Bill presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as badly prepared. The lawmakers took turns to…

KWARA ASSEMBLY PASSES INTO LAW 'NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN BILL, 10 OTHERS The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed eleven Constitutional Bills including ‘Not Too Young to Run Bill’ transmitted to it by the National Assembly in the ongoing…