The National Assembly will hold a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 12, 2025, to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration, a significant national event honouring 26 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria. According to an official statement released by the Clerk to the House of Representatives, Yahaya
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally written to the National Assembly, requesting approval for a ₦1.48 trillion budget for Rivers State. The request follows the declaration of a state of emergency in the oil-rich state earlier this year, citing deepening political instability that paralyzed governance. In a letter addressed to the Senate President and read
The National Assembly has expressed its readiness to back sweeping reforms aimed at transforming the Nigeria Police Force into a more accountable, community-oriented institution. Speaking during the Police Service Commission (PSC) Board Induction and Strategic Management Retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who represented Senate President Godswill Akpabio, assured
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has asserted that the National Assembly remains the most financially under-supported arm of the Nigerian government, despite widespread public perception suggesting otherwise. Speaking through Hon. Amadi Victor Obuzor, who represents Ahoada West/Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Federal Constituency, at the launch of three new legislative digital platforms in
The Senate and House of Representatives have approved President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, along with the six-month suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The House of Representatives passed the proclamation earlier in the day through a voice vote, with 243 members in attendance. Along with approving the emergency rule,
