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- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 23 Mar 2022
Digital Evolution: NITDA, Others Partner to Sustain National Socio-Economic Development
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has partnered with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) National Assembly (NASS) and Cyber Future Academy (CFA) to ensure that…
- 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…
- 2 Apr 2018
ALTON Seeks Judiciary Interpretation over NA Oversight on Telcos
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has instituted a legal action in court seeking interpretation of the provisions of the constitution on the extent of the…
- 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…
- 26 Jun 2018
Senate Moves to Regulate Social Media
AbdulFatai Buhari, chairman Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime has said that the National Assembly will make law to regulate what Nigerians do on social media. Senator Buhari, who…
- 10 Jun 2020
ITREALMS Digital Rights Series Harps on Women Rights in Digital Era
Concerned by the frequency of rapes in the country of late with some orchestrated through social media platforms, ITREALMS Online would this weekend stage its second edition of the Digital Rights…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 Dec 2022
Nigerians to Pay More on Calls, Data In 2023
The 160 million mobile phone users in the country, are expected to pay more on calls and data in 2023 as the federal government infused 5 per cent excise duty on telecoms services in the 2022 Finance…
- 9 Jul 2017
NBC, ITS Renew Hope of Digitization of Broadcast Industry
The long awaited digital switch-over (DSO) in Nigeria has become a reality as stakeholders are putting finishing touches for its take-off in Kwara. In March, the National Broadcasting Commission…
- 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…
- 22 Dec 2025
Oyedele Warns Delay in Tax Reforms Will Keep 98% of Workers Overtaxed
Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, has cautioned that failure to implement Nigeria’s new tax laws by January 1, 2026, would leave the vast majority…
- 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…
- 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.…