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Breaking: Commotion In National Assembly As Buhari Presents 2019 Budget

NewsBreakNG Dec 19, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has appeared before the joint session of the National Assembly (NASS) to present the 2019 budget. Earlier, there was commotion among the lawmakers who created a scene shouting "freedom come, by…

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Fuel Crisis: FG, NASS To Meet Oil Marketers

NewsBreakNG Dec 17, 2018

The federal government has proposed a meeting with the independent oil marketers as one of the measures aimed at averting fuel crisis this Yuletide season. The oil marketers have threatened to shut down their depots over continued…

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Electoral Law: Presidency, NASS In Fresh Battle

NewsBreakNG Jan 25, 2018

A new battle line appears to have been opened between the two presiding officers of the National Assembly and the Presidency over the new amendments to the 2010 Electoral Act. The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed…

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Senate Vows To Punish Those Responsible For Fuel Scarcity

NewsBreakNG Jan 16, 2018

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has stated that fuel scarcity phenomenon being witnessed by Nigerians at the moment is man-made, assuring that those responsible would be punished after the Investigative Panel must have completed…

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2018: Relationship Between Executive, Legislature Would Be Robust – Enang

NewsBreakNG Jan 10, 2018

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Sen. Ita Enang, on Tuesday assured that there would be a very good relationship between the executive and the legislature this year. Enang said Nigerians…

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Gunshots As Police Block Shi’ites From N’assembly

NewsBreakNG Jan 8, 2018

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) clashed with the police at the National Assembly Complex on Monday. They had arrived at the entrance of the national assembly around midday but were prevented from…

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OPINION: Nigeria’s NASS, Anti-NGO Bill And Authoritarianism, By Kolawole Olaniyan

NewsBreakNG Jan 4, 2018

Nigeria’s National Assembly has turned its sights on NGOs, which are bracing for a crackdown in 2018. The Yakubu Dogara-led House of Representatives is desperately pushing to pass the “NGO Regulatory Bill” that many analysts…

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Gbajabiamila Backs Govs Over Plan To Fund North East Insurgency With $1Bn

NewsBreakNG Dec 18, 2017

... says NASS Has No Power To Stop Decision Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila has thrown his weight behind the decision of the National Economic Council, NEC to withdraw $1 billion from the…

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Drug Scarcity Hits National Assembly Clinic

NewsBreakNG Dec 16, 2017

By NEWSBREAK The National Assembly clinic appeared to have been hit by a strange scarcity of drugs which doctors and officials on hand are finding hard to explain. Check conducted by NEWSBREAK indicated that common drugs are now a…