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- 7 Sept 2025
NASS to Scrap NERC’s Electricity Tariff Bands Amid Public Outcry
National Assembly (NASS) has commenced a review of the 2023 Electricity Act with strong indications that the electricity tariff categories introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission…
- 8 Jul 2021
Substandard Products: NASS Insists on Return of SON to Ports
The National Assembly(NASS) has insisted on the return of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to the ports to checkmate substandard goods coming into the country. They also noted that the…
- 5 Mar 2014
NASS to Lift Embargo on Electronic Voting
Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, deputy Senate President, said the National Assembly was working towards amending the Electoral Act to allow for the use of electronic voting in the country. Ekweremadu made this…
- 10 Jun 2015
NASS Leadership: Intrigues As APC Fails to Enact Will
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered a crucial setback on Tuesday; as it failed to have its chosen candidates elected leaders of both arms of the National Assembly, according to Daily…
- 14 Jan 2024
SERAP to Akpabio, Abbas: Cut N344.85bn NASS budget
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, on sunday urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abbas, to reduce the National…
- 19 Sept 2021
SERAP Urges NASS to Reject Buhari’s Fresh Loan Request
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the National Assembly to reject the fresh loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari. Last week, at the resumption of plenary on the…
- 26 May 2025
Harmonised Tax Bills Ready, May Get NASS Approval Today
The National Assembly has hinted that it may consider passing the harmonised tax reform bills by Tuesday, following a successful review of the troubling clauses in the proposed legislation. This was…
- 28 Jul 2021
Eko DisCo Seeks NASS’s Intervention on N21bn Debt by MDAs
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has sought the national assembly’s intervention on N21 billion owed by some ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). Adeoye Fadeyibi, managing…
- 22 Dec 2022
Controversy Looms Over NASS Plan to Conduct Secret Public Hearing on NITDA Bill
A clandestine move by the Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology, ICT, to pass a controversial bill concerning the Nigerian Information Technology Development…
- 21 Mar 2021
SERAP Sues National Assembly Leadership over Missing N4.4Bn NASS Funds
Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has filed a lawsuit against Lawan Ahmed, senate president, and Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of House of Representatives, over “their failure to…
- 30 May 2013
NASS Decry Delayed Payment of Compensation to Dana Crash Victims
National Assembly has expressed displeasure over the delayed payment of compensation to remaining victims Dana Air June 3, 2012 crash. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, chairman, House of Representatives…
- 25 Aug 2008
BPE Sends Nine Bills to NASS
Mrs. Irene Chigbue, director - general of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has said that the Bureau has presented nine draft bills to the National Assembly which when passed, would create a…
- 15 Nov 2019
Soyinka Writes Long Letter to NASS over Death Penalty for Hate Speech
Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has written to the National Assembly, warning of the consequence of passing a bill which stipulates death penalty for hate speech. The bill, which is…
- 16 May 2021
SERAP Asks NASS to Identify Lawmakers Involved in Missing N4.1Bn
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the leadership of the National Assembly to probe the N4.1 billion budgeted for the parliament alleged to be missing. SERAP in a…
- 1 Feb 2013
NAAPE Cautions NASS on Withdrawal of Dana’s Licence
Irked by the incessant calls by both chambers of the National Assembly for the revocation of the Dana Airline operating licence and the sack of Dr. Harold Demuren, director general, Nigerian Civil…
- 17 Dec 2017
Experts task NASS on Legal Framework for Data Protection
African Academic Network on Internet Policy has requested that the National Assembly inserts the following in data protection framework or bill, “the use of personal data must be in accordance with…
- 8 Aug 2017
Comms Minister Urges NASS to Expedite Action On NIPOST Reform Bill
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, the minister of Communications, on Monday called on the National Assembly to expedite action in deliberating and subsequently passing the Postal Reform Bill and other…
- 30 Jan 2018
NASS to Amend Act Establishing Film Censors Board
Sen. Suleiman Adokwe, Chairman Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, says the National Assembly will soon amend the act establishing the National Film and Video Censors Board…
- 5 Feb 2013
ASCSREPs Says NASS Resolution on Demuren, NCAA Boss Pointless
Aviation experts have return damning indictment on the National Assembly for calling for the immediate sack of Dr Harold Demuren, director general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA); describing…
- 29 Jun 2020
DisCos Halt Tariff Hike after NASS Intervention
National assembly has convinced electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to halt the proposed increase in tariff for power consumers from July 1, according to Ola Awoniyi, special adviser to the…
- 8 Nov 2012
NASS Buys into Social Media for Constitutio Review
The National Assembly is employing the social media to enable Nigerians become part of the constitution amendment process. Contributing during a public discuss on the Constitution Amendment process,…
- 3 Nov 2020
SERAP Threatens to Sue Northern Governors, NASS over Social Media Bill
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has threatened to sue the Northern Governors’ Forum and the National Assembly if the social media bill is passed. SERAP said this in a tweet…
- 11 Sept 2019
FEC Raises VAT to 7%, Seeks NASS Rubber Stamp
Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a two per cent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) to move it from five to seven percent. Zainab Ahmed,…
- 13 Sept 2019
NFIU Writes Banks, Asks for Account Details of Judges, NASS Members
Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has written to banks in Nigeria, requesting account details of all legislative and judiciary officials in the country. NFIU is the Nigerian arm of…
- 16 Sept 2019
NFIU Admits Letter Seeking Judges, NASS Members Account Details
Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) finally admitted on Monday that the letter asking legislators and judicial officers to acquaint it of their bank account details indeed emanated from it.…
- 14 Nov 2019
NCC Begs NASS to Criminalise Telecom Facility Destruction
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on the Senate Committee on Telecommunications to pass the bill designating telecom infrastructure as a critical national infrastructure into law.…
- 13 May 2015
NCC Tasks Incoming NASS on Critical Infrastructure Bill
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged the incoming National Assembly to look into and ensure the passage of the Critical Infrastructure Bill to address the issue of vandalisation and…
- 18 Nov 2019
Telcos, NCC Tackle NASS as Rep Seeks Rejig of Communications Act
Isiaka Ibrahim, member of the House of Representatives, has called for a review of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA), which guides operations and regulations in the country’s telecommunications…
- 16 Dec 2022
AMMBAN Petitions Buhari, NASS over CBN Policy on Cash Withdrawal Limit
A group under the aegis of Point of Sale ( POS Operators ) in Nigeria Friday kicked against the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN ) that wants to cash withdrawal of money by…
- 29 Dec 2022
Foundation Calls on NASS to Stepdown NITDA Act
Cloud Network Foundation has urged the National Assembly to step down the NITDA Act 2021 currently under its consideration. The Foundation, whose membership is made of Nigeria's pioneer ICT media…