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National Assembly Approves Life Sentences For Drug Offenders

Akanji Philip November 22, 2024 0 Comment

The National Assembly has amended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, prescribing life imprisonment for drug offenders and traffickers. This comes following the adoption of the harmonised report by the Senate and...

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Bauchi gov presents 2025 budget to assembly

Akanji Philip November 21, 2024 0 Comment

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Thursday, presented a ₦465.855 billion budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. The proposed budget, an 18 per cent increase from...

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2025 Budget: Oyo gov presents N678.86bn to Assembly

Akanji Philip November 13, 2024 0 Comment

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, presented a proposed budget estimate of N678,086,767,322.18 to the State House of Assembly for legislative review and approval. Makinde, while presenting the budget tagged “Budget of...

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JUST IN: Retired police officers storm N’Assembly, protest over unpaid pensions

Akanji Philip May 21, 2024 0 Comment

Retired Police Officers of Nigeria under the contributory pension scheme on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly in Abuja, in protest over several months of unpaid pensions. The retirees representing various state chapters lamented...

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Drama as trouble brews in N/Assembly over tenure elongation plot

Akanji Philip February 15, 2024 0 Comment

Trouble is brewing in the National Assembly as some members of the administrative staff are perfecting strategies to thwart moves to give legislative backing to an alleged plot by outgoing Clark and over 200...

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NASS: We’ll end interruption of academic activities in Nigeria

Akanji Philip December 13, 2023 0 Comment

The National Assembly has promised to end the incessant interruption of academic activities in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Education made the pledge when Vice Chancellors...

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Shettima: Why Tinubu can’t go to war with National Assembly

Akanji Philip September 23, 2023 0 Comment

Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the composition of the Federal Government as well as the leadership of the National Assembly as historical, unique and a major pathway to Nigeria’s unprecedented development. Shettima...

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BREAKING: National Assembly approves N819bn for subsidy palliatives, projects

Akanji Philip July 14, 2023 0 Comment

Lawmakers will get up to N70bn in the N819bn supplementary budget passed by the National Assembly on Thursday. The Senate also approved the $800m World Bank loan request by President Bola Tinubu. ...

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10th Senate inauguration: Why We Entered National Assembly At 4am

VAM News June 14, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Revelation! Senators in camp of eventual winner of the race, Godswill Akpabio, arrived the National Assembly complex at anout 4am on Tuesday to avert what happened in 2015 Senate...

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Politics

APC anointed candidates, rebels to slug it out— National Assembly

Akanji Philip June 13, 2023 0 Comment

AHEAD of today’s inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, President Bola Tinubu, on Monday mobilised support for Senator Godswill Akpabio, who is contesting the Senate presidency. The President, as part of efforts to...