Tag: National Assembly
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Coronavirus Update: Banji Okunomo urges Nigerian pastors to seek divine intervention
As the virus spreads to Aso rock, six states in Nigeria Many presidential aides in self-isolation 10 Senators, 15 Reps allegedly tested positive National Assembly shut down Garba Shehu, IG, two govs, others were allegedly in contact with Kyari recently As Nigeria’s government intensified efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus after cases of the…
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Lawan urges security agencies to beef up security at National Assembly over security threat
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday urged security agencies to beef up security at the National Assembly Lawan stated that he had received reports of security threat to the assembly complex. A statement by his spokesman, Ola Awoniyi, said Lawan at an emergency closed-door meeting the Senate leadership had with top security officials.…
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Dozens of protesters besiege NASS, ask Senate to stop social media bill
Dozens of protesters on Wednesday marched to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The protesters demanded that the Senate drop the bill it is considering to regulate social media in Nigeria. During the protest, a policeman, Adiogu Eyinnaya, seized the camera of a journalist who came to cover the protest. PREMIUM TIME reports that Mr…
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Finance minister, Nass, resolve issues of severance package for aides to lawmakers.
As Lawan, Clerk allegedly clash over secret recruitment at National Assembly The Director of Information in the National Assembly, Rawlings Agada, has hinted that the leadership of the National Assembly and the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, have resolved the issues of non-payment of severance package for the Aides of lawmakers. The Punch also reports…
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Oil Communities Petition N’Assembly Over Illegal Recruitment of Over 300 workers In NDDC
Stakeholders of the Niger Delta Area of Ondo State have petitioned the National Assembly in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, through the Senator representing Ondo South at the Senate, Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo (SNT), over alleged ongoing illegal recruitment of over 300 senior workers in the Niger Delta Development…
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NASS members receive payment, decry N12.3bn welcome package
Senators received over N30m each, Reps received over N25m each as welcome package including accommodation and furniture allowances payment hits Lawmakers account in batches as amount paid for running cost was not disclosed Lawmakers unhappy as allowances fell below expectations Members of the National Assembly have been paid their welcome package, including accommodation and furniture…
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Breaking: Shi’ite protesters shoot four policemen at National Assembly
Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday in the lobby of the National Assembly after Shi’ite protesters shot at least four policemen attached to the complex. The Nation reports that the incident occurred around 2pm while plenary was ongoing. A policeman, soaked in blood, was seen rushed into the lobby and to the National Assembly clinic. Another…
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DSS Clears 21 Ministerial Nominees As National Assembly Resumes Today
Uncertainty looms over National Assembly principal officers as both chambers resume today A total of 21 ministerial nominees have been cleared by Department of State Services (DSS), multiple sources told Daily Trust. The clearance by the intelligence agency comes ahead of today’s resumption of the two chambers of the National Assembly from their recess. It…
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Nigerians want court to stop N4.68b welcome pay for NASS
Some concerned Nigerians have filed a suit against the payment of over N4.68 billion as ‘welcome package’ to the incoming members of the ninth National Assembly. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos at the weekend, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE), are asking…
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N’Assembly leadership: PDP NWC meets lawmakers-elect Thursday, Friday
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Thursday begin a two-day consultation with the party’s members-elect of the ninth National Assembly. The consultation will end on Friday. The PUNCH had on Monday reported exclusively that the party’s leadership would meet with the 44 senators-elect as well as 118 members-elect of the…