The Director-General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Aliyu Abubakar has said that Nigeria lacks sufficient correctional centers to accommodate inmates. Abubakar said out of...
Media owners, chief executives, editors and other categories of journalists are converging on Nairobi, Kenya for the biggest AllAfrica Media Leaders’ Summit (AMLS). Organised by AllAfrica...
Media owners, chief executives, editors and other categories of journalists will be converging on Nairobi, Kenya for the biggest AllAfrica Media Leaders’ Summit (AMLS). Organised by...
Solicitors to the National Association of Jukun Wanu (NAJUWA), Falana and Falana Chambers has complained to the chief judge of Benue State over the non-assigning of...
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has reacted to allegations of incitement from the Federal Government over his...
The Nigerian Peace Corps Establishment Bill, earlier passed by the House of Representatives on 29 February, 2024 and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence was...
The Senate has said that its president, Godswill Akpabio, has no power to recall suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central), adding that only the 108 lawmakers...
National chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, has commended the efforts of the federal government in tackling the insecurity menace in...
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Steel Development has summoned the Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, over alleged disobedience to President Bola Tinubu’s directive on...
Presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has taken a dig at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project of...
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has countered the claim by minister...
The Senate caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said the crisis rocking the party is beyond the rift between the PDP presidential candidate in...
A leading and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign in Zamfara State, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa,...
Dr. Boniface Aniebonam The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said that the move by Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and the...
Forty-five Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the platform of Justice for All (JA), have written the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the tenure...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called for parliamentary collaboration between the Nigerian Parliament and its Serbian counterpart. Akpabio made the call during a meeting...
All is now set for the election/appointment of a new National Chairman for People’s Democratic Party (PDP) following the withdrawal of court case against the party...
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has pledged the full cooperation and support of the National Assembly for better policing of Nigeria. Akpabio made the...
The intrigues ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting took a fresh twist yesterday as the PDP caucus in the Senate...
Former Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has called on military authorities to immediately investigate the killing of three innocent civilians by soldiers in Gashu’a, the headquarters of...
The spate of politically motivated impeachment of deputy governors since 1999 has become a threat to Nigeria’s democracy, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) warned yesterday. The CSOs,...
The Nigerian Senate is currently investigating the financial records of 774 federal agencies based on the queries raised against them in the 2019 report of the...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the South West has dismissed the claims that the adoption of its new logo didn’t follow due process. The...
A former deputy governor of Abia State and former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed shock and sadness over the death of the first...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has harped on the need for governments at all levels to collaborate with a view to delivering dividends of democracy...
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) have lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over its recent recovery...
National publicity secretary of the Labour Party (LP) Obiora Ifoh has said the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and what he described as cohorts, lacked power to...
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated Muslims in Nigeria for the successful end of the Ramadan fast. Akpabio also wished them Eid Mubarak...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been accused of breaching the principle of Federal Character in appointing officials in the ministry. The...
The Labour Party (LP) has described a proposed stakeholders’ meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) scheduled to hold in Abuja on Monday, April 8 as...
The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Women Campaign Council, on Friday, bemoaned what it called abandonment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu towards the team, saying that it is insensitive...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has reiterated the commitment of the National Assembly to continue partnering with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration in the...
Nigeria’s Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has emerged as the acting Speaker of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of...
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has replied legal luminary, Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on his petition over the suspension of the...
The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, and the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, were among other lawmakers inaugurated as members of the sixth Legislature...
The Labour Party (LP) has said that their National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure escaped assassination attempt on him at his Abuja residence but that his house...
The Labour Party (LP) has said that its national chairman, Barr. Julius Abure, survived a mysterious fire incident at his Abuja residence even though the house...
It was a joyful moment for the Ham people, in Jaba local government area of Kaduna State, as hundreds of dignitaries from diverse ethnic groups within...
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has said that the resilience of youth can affect positive democratic changes, judging from what happened in Senegal. According to the...
As Christians all over the world celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter, the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, has rejoiced with...
Chairman of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), based in Abuja, Alliance for Credible Legislative Conducts (ACLC), Afuye Clement, has said about 24 lawyers are ready to challenge...
A group, Arewa Defence League, has lampooned the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and northern senators for working against the interest of ordinary Nigerians through their alleged...
Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) has charged the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitutional Amendment to consider incorporating the group into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has commended President Bola Tinubu for conferring posthumous awards on soldiers slain by yet-to-be identified gunmen in Okuama...
The Ogun State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has urged the state governor, Mr Dapo Abiodun to stop interference in issues affecting their...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume has described the increased rate for the 2024 Hajj by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)...
Former deputy national chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Dr. Ajuji Ahmed has been elected as the new acting national chairman of the party....
Former Deputy National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Dr. Ajuji Ahmed has been elected as the new Acting National Chairman of the party....
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) to lend a strong voice to the restoration of lasting peace to war-torn Gaza.Akpabio...
President of Nigeria’s Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called on the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) to lend a strong voice to the restoration of lasting peace to...
The President of the Senate and chairman of Nigeria’s National Assembly, Godswill Akpabio, has made a strong case for increased efforts in parliamentary diplomacy. Akpabio, who...
The Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO), an umbrella group comprising of over 200 support groups, has expressed its support for Captain Isaac David Balami to become...
A civil society organisation (CSO), Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to create a national strategy...
The Senate has commenced investigation over the killing of 17 military personnel at Okuoma community in Delta State, an incident which has led to tension in...
The Senate has passed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund Bill. Sponsored by Senator representing Ekiti South and Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and...
President Bola Tinubu has sought the consideration and approval of the Senate for the review of Salaries and Allowances of Judicial office-holders through a Bill, to...
The Senate has expressed the fear that Nigeria may not recover N358 billion about 30 per cent of the N1.1 trillion Anchor Borrowers.The Senate said the...
The National Assembly has through its Joint Committee on Agriculture Production Services and Rural Development engaged the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari...
The Senate has passed the sum of N446, 342,656,992.00 as the total 2024 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The passage by the Senate...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said the legislative agenda of the 10th National Assembly will ensure tremendous improvement in the standard of living of...
The Labour Party and its caucus at the National Assembly are engrossed in fight over the planned national congresses and convention. The LP caucus leader in...
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has called for provision of study grants for Nigerian students in the bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Education Loan...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for provision of study grants for Nigerian students in the bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Education...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to collaborate with the National Assembly in the ongoing constitution review process. Akpabio made...
Following the resignation of Senator Abdul Ningi as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, the lawmakers replaced him with Sen Abdulaziz Yar’adua (APC Katsina Central) as...
Senator representing Katsina Central in the upper legislative chamber, Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, APC, on Thursday, emerged as the new Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum. Sen Yar’Adua’s...
Labour Party (LP) standard bearer in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has admonished the Senate to come clean and clear all the allegations of...
President Bola Tinubu has transmitted to the Senate for confirmation, the appointment of Dr Ruby Onwudiwe as member, Board of Directors of the Central Bank of...
Consequent upon his suspension on Tuesday by the Senate, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi has resigned from his position. Ningi was...
Senators Isa Jibrin (Kogi West), Sahabi Ya’u Alhaji (Zamfara), Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central) are among lawmakers that will unravel the mystery behind the spending of the...
More senators from the 19 northern states have disassociated themselves from the claims by their chairman, Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi South) that the President Bola Ahmed...
Senators from the 19 Northern States have disassociated themselves from an earlier claim made by their chairman, Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi South) that Nigeria runs two...
The chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Senator Abdul Ningi, has said that he was quoted out of context over his claim of N3trillion 2024...
A non-governmental organization, Rachael Averik Foundation (RAF), has shared N10,000 cash each to over 100 Almajiris people living with disabilities around Kano Road Mosque in Kaduna...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to lead the Federal Government to protect the lives of pastoralists...
The chairman, senate committee on media and publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, has reacted to the claim by the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, that...
The main opposition voice and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has decried the worsening security situation in...
The Senator representing Bauchi Central in the Senate, Abdul Ningi, has said that things were getting worse under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. According...
A Civil Society Organization, Alliance for Credible Legislative Conduct has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sign into law a Bill on an upward review...
The Union of Nigerian Students under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement (BEA) Scholarship in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, China, Hungary and a few others, has appealed...
The Senate has ordered the service chiefs to end the killings in Benue State communities. The Senate told the service chiefs including the Inspector General of...
A leading and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has condemned the killing of a prominent Islamic scholar, Imam Abubakar...
Power outage in the National Assembly delayed the commencement of plenary in the Senate chamber as the lawmakers waited for about an hour before power was...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that he was not desperate to be Nigeria’s...
The Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States (BRAC) coastal aborigines have declared total support for former Nigeria’s military Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon,...
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has called for urgent action to end trafficking of children and the rescuing of those missing....
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has charged lawmakers – both at the federal and state levels, to deliver on their mandates by ensuring quality representation...
The Senate has in a surprise move extended the service years of the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), a move which will make over 200...
The Senate Wednesday summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT, Abuja), Nyesom Wike, and the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igwe, to appear before it...
The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igwe, to appear before it...
Bayero University Kano (BUK) has concluded arrangements to confer honourary doctorate degrees on the deputy president of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin and the president...
Nigeria has been rated far behind Gabon, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone and South Africa in gender balance in governance, a human rights lawyer, Abubakar Marshal, has...
The Senate has ordered an investigation into the N30 trillion ways and means facility disbursed in the last administration.The committee is chaired by Sen Jibrin Isah...
In a proposed legislation, the National Assembly is seeking to make the tenure of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor a six-year non-renewable term. The ongoing...
The Bayero University Kano (BUK) has concluded arrangements to confer honourary doctorate degrees on the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin and the President...
A member representing Ezza North/Ishielu federal Constituency of Ebonyi State on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) Hon Joseph Nwobasi has called on...
The Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation (TP-MPF) has called on the leading religious leaders through the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) to meet over a threat...
The former chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna State who is Nigeria’s representative at the Global Peace Foundation, Rev John Joseph Hayab,...
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has declared that he has not left the party. There were...