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- 12 May 2026
National Assembly to Review National Data Protection Act
Sen. Afolabi Salisu, the Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber Security, has said efforts were ongoing to review the National Data Protection Act (2023) to meet emerging threats associated with…
- 11 Oct 2013
National Assembly Plans Prayer against Plane Crashes, Terrorism
National Assembly will this month hold a prayer session to seek God’s intervention to end terror attacks and to avert plane crashes in the country, according to Senator Ita Enang, chairman,…
- 26 Sept 2022
National Assembly Vows to Pass Data Protection Bill in 30 days
The National Assembly has promised to pass the Data Protection Bill within 30 days once it receives the bill from the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The pledge was made by Yakubu Oseni, the…
- 29 Jul 2022
National Assembly Passes Copyright Bill
The National Assembly has passed the Bill for an Act to Repeal the Copyright Act, Cap C28 LFN, 2004 and Enact a New Copyright Act 2022. This was sequel to the passage of the Bill by the House of…
- 4 Dec 2024
Telecoms Subscribers to Petition National Assembly Over Controversial 5% Tax
The National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has announced plans to petition the National Assembly over the Federal Government’s renewed push to impose a 5% excise duty on…
- 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…
- 26 Jul 2024
National Assembly Moves to Strengthen NIMC’s Regulatory Functions
The National Assembly has moved to repeal the 2007 National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Establishment Act and enact a new bill to strengthen the regulatory functions of the commission.…
- 5 May 2021
National Assembly Moves to Grant NIPOST Commission Status
National Assembly (NASS) has concluded plans to repeal the establishing law of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) and re-enact the law to grant the agency the status of a commission. This,…
- 30 Mar 2025
SERAP Asks National Assembly to Drop Bill to Jail Nigerians who Fail to Vote
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Godswill Akpabio, Senate president, and Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the House of Representatives, “to immediately withdraw the…
- 27 Jan 2021
NITDA Urges National Assembly on Data Protection Bill Passage
Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called on the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Data Protection Bill into…
- 5 May 2009
National Assembly to assist NigComSat
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, deputy Senate President, has pledged the National Assembly commitment to assist Nigeria Communications Satellite (NigComSat) Ltd to appropriate adequate funds for NigComSat 2…
- 16 May 2023
NCS Asks FG to Withdraw NITDA Bill from National Assembly
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) bill before the National Assembly. Professor Adesina…
- 21 Dec 2022
PenOp Kicks Against Passage of Bill Exempting National Assembly Service from CPS
Pension fund operators and custodians have condemned the recent passage of a bill seeking for an Act to amend the Pension Reform Act, 2014, to exclude and exempt the National Assembly Service from…
- 28 May 2025
SERAP Urges National Assembly to Reject Tinubu’s $24Bn Loan Request Over Debt Concerns
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the National Assembly to reject the Tinubu administration’s request to borrow $24 billion, warning that the move would significantly…
- 2 Jul 2014
BDC Operators Meet National Assembly, CBN over Capital Base
Operators of the Bureau de Change yesterday met with the Committees on Finance of both chambers of the National Assembly to seek the intervention of the federal lawmakers on the recent N35m imposed…
- 17 Jul 2024
President Tinubu asks National Assembly to increase 2024 budget by N6.2trn
President Bola Tinubu has requested the National Assembly to consider a N6.2 trillion increase in the 2024 appropriation act. The President expressed his request in a letter that was read aloud by…
- 6 Jul 2021
FG Presents Executive Bill on Copyright to National Assembly
The Copyright (Repeal) Bill, as approved by the federal executive council, has been transmitted to the National Assembly for enactment into law. The federal executive council, at its meeting of June…
- 16 Oct 2017
Expert Urges National Assembly to Pass ‘Digital Rights’ Bill
By peter oluka A digital rights advocate, 'Boye Adegoke has called on the National Assembly to expedite actions on the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill that has been before the House of…
- 20 Sept 2018
NCC partners National Assembly to enact social media law
The Nigeria Communications Commission has said that it plans to collaborate with the National Assembly in enacting a law that will regulate the social media platforms. Mr Tanimu Bawa, the NCC…
- 26 Mar 2025
Heritage Bank Depositors Seek National Assembly's Help to Recover Trapped Funds
Depositors of Heritage Bank with deposits exceeding N5 million have appealed to the National Assembly to intervene and assist in the resolution of the bank’s license by the Central Bank of Nigeria…
- 29 Jan 2016
Airtel Commissions Retail Outlet in National Assembly Complex
As part of its commercial strategy to deepen its retail presence as well as deliver telecoms services to the doorsteps of its consumers, leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria,…
- 4 Dec 2012
NCC Asks National Assembly to Throw Out NigComSat Bill
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), telecom regulatory authority, the has requested the Senate to discontinue any consideration on the proposed bill on the Nigerian Communications…
- 19 Sept 2018
Digital Rights Bill: Group Sues National Assembly Over Delay
A foremost consumer rights attorney in Nigeria, Olumide Babalola of Olumide Babalola Legal Practitioners, has, on behalf of Laws and Right Awareness Initiative and Daniel J. Daniel, filed a suit…
- 12 May 2008
GSM Service: N4Bn Compensation Tears National Assembly Apart
The disbursement of the N4 billion awarded to Nigerian subscribers as compensation arising from poor quality of service by Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) operator would have to wait…
- 13 Mar 2018
Paradigm Initiative Commends National Assembly for Passing Digital Rights Bill
Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African digital rights organization, has commended the two legislative houses for passing the important Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into law; this was contained in a…
- 19 Nov 2017
NCC, National Assembly Hold Annual Retreat For The Legislature
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in partnership with the Senate Committee on Communications recently organised an annual retreat for the legislature, in line with its concrete expression…
- 27 Jan 2023
FEC Approves Nigeria Data Protection Bill for Transmission to National Assembly
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting on Wednesday January 25 th , 2023 approved the Nigeria Data Protection Bill. By virtue of this historic approval, the Bill will now be transmitted…
- 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…
- 8 Nov 2013
National Assembly Mulls BASA Treaties Review
The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed its Committees on Treaties and Agreements to review and appraise all Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASA) between Nigeria and other countries.…
- 7 Jun 2021
National Assembly Moves to Bar Bankers from Operating Foreign Accounts
House of Representatives is considering barring staff members of banks and other financial institutions from operating accounts outside the shores of Nigeria. Their spouses and children may also be…