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NASS to Resume February 26
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The National Assembly has announced the postponement of its resumption scheduled for Tuesday February 19 to Tuesday February 26. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori said the postponement became necessary following the postponement of the […] More
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NLC Holds Rally To Push For New Minimum Wage Bill
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow BThe Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC today, commenced a nationwide protest following President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to transmit a bill to the National Assembly for the implementation of the new minimum wage. Although the protest took place at the Lagos State secretariat at Alausa, […] More
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Saraki Faults Governors and Military On IPOB
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Senate president Bukola Saraki has said that the declarations made by the Southeast governors and the Nigerian Army on the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB contravene the Constitution of Nigeria. Saraki, a former governor said the two groups flouted the constitution with their […] More
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Half of Nigerian Senate Confirms Amaechi as Minister
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The rules of the Senate did not envisage that there could be a walk-out by all members of political party during a major consideration in the Senate. That is why when all senators elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, […] More
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Protesters Storm National Assembly
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Some protesters, on Wednesday, stormed the National Assembly complex demanding a legislation that would prescribe the death penalty as punishment for corruption in the country. Speaking under the auspices of a group called, Voice of the Voiceless, they said there was no way […] More
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NASS: The Bumpy Road Ahead of Buhari
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The campaigns were sweet, the promises assuring, Nigerians, hungry for change, held out as if the country will start getting better from the night of May 29, after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The reality is that Buhari is coming in at […] More
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in Big StoryINEC Shifts Date for Submission of Candidate List
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has moved the deadline for the submission of political parties’ candidates list for governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections from December 25 to December 26, 2014. This was disclosed by Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to […] More
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in NewsOkonjo-Iweala Presents 2015 Budget
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the minister of finance has presented the 2015 budget estimates of about N4.3trillion to the National Assembly. Okonjo-Iweala, who laid the document in separate appearances before the Senate and the House of Representatives, did not make any speeches while presenting the […] More
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in Big StoryChaos As Tambuwal Is Denied Access To National Assembly Complex
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow There is chaos in the National Assembly complex as Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives and other members of the House were on Thursday denied access to the assembly complex by security officials. TELL learnt that attempts by Tambuwal to access […] More
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in NewsSenate to Reduce FG’s Control over Labour
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly on Wednesday, moved for the enactment of a law that would establish three major institutions, aimed at whittling down the involvement of the Federal government in labour related issues. The bill, which went through the second […] More
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Victims Seek Life Imprisonment For Rapists
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Rape victims on Thursday besieged the National Assembly, demanding that bills that seek to protect women and children against violence are passed before the end of the current legislative session. The protesters, mostly young ladies, who shared their agonizing rape experiences, had female […] More
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Senate Promises To Pass 2015 Appropriation Bill This Year
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The National Assembly has given the assurance that it will pass the 2015 Appropriation Bill into law before the end of 2014 even as it awaits the Bill from President Goodluck Jonathan. This was disclosed on Tuesday by Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate […] More
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