There is tight security at NASS as Buhari presents 2023 Budget. EKO HOT BLOG reports that security has been beefed up in and around the NASS complex as President Muhammadu Buhari presents the 2023 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday. Combined teams of security agencies have been deployed at … Read more
The N19.76 trillion 2023 budget will be presented by President Buhari to the Joint National Assembly legislature on Friday. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the plenary on Tuesday, said that the presentation would take place at 10:00 am at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives. EDITOR’S … Read more
Recommit To Transparency, Declare Your Assets—SERAP Tells Buhari EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “recommit to transparency, and demonstrate leadership by publicly committing to publish” so as to encourage other members of his administration to do the same. The call is … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has planned to publish the final list of candidates for Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives seats on 20 September ahead of the 2023 poll. EKO HOT BLOG reports that INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the ”Expert Meeting on Conducting Nigeria’s 2023 General … Read more
NASS Clerk has underscored impeachment powers of Legislature and called for its protection EKO HOT BLOG reports that the minority caucuses in the Senate and the House of Representatives have threatened to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, but Olatunde Amos Ojo, the clerk of the National Assembly (CNA), has stated that the National Assembly has … Read more
Impeachment Threat: Kwankwaso Urges NASS To Exercise Patience EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged members of the National Assembly not to be in a hurry to impeach President Muhmmadu Buhari. EDITOR’S PICK APC 2023: Bola Tinubu Shortlists El-Rufai, Oshiomhole For … Read more
NASS minority caucus in closed door meeting ….lawmakers threatened to impeach the president if he feels to solve the security challenges in the country within the given time EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Shock As Hon Yakubu Impeached Over Gross Incompetence APC 2023: Tinubu Shortlists El-Rufai, Oshiomhole For Campaign DG –Reports Don’t Be Distracted With … Read more
Labour storms NASS over ASUU strike …staff use smaller gate at the Assembly Annex, about one kilometre from the main gate to the complex as a result of renovation EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Shock As Hon Yakubu Impeached Over Gross Incompetence APC 2023: Tinubu Shortlists El-Rufai, Oshiomhole For Campaign DG –Reports Don’t Be Distracted With … Read more
192 Aggrieved NASS Members Set To Dump APC. This follows the outcome of the party primaries in May and June where some top members failed in their bid to secure their return ticket… EDITOR’S PICK Obi Reacts To Tinubu’s Labourers’ Comment, Says ‘There’s Dignity In Labour’ BREAKING: IGP Bans Use Of Spy Number Plates Nationwide … Read more
Reps Set To Extend Service Year Of Legislative Staff. Reps are set to consider a bill seeking the extension of the service year of legislative staff. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: Drama As PDP Gives Ex-President Obasanjo 48hrs To Clarify Atiku’s ‘Regret’ Remarks BREAKING: Tinubu Jets Out To France [See Why] 2023: APP Drag Tinubu To … Read more
NASS workers suspend strike after one week ….the workers however threatened to resume the industrial action if agreements reached were not implemented by the end of July EDITOR’S PICK Lagos TESCOM Set To Conduct Promotion Exercise For Education Officers BREAKING: Nationwide Blackout As National Grid Collapses Burna Boy: IGP Directs Lagos CP To Investigate … Read more
Buhari’s Top Aide Resigns Over 2023 Race. Senator Ita Enang had served as special assistant to President Buhari on National Assembly (Senate) between 2015 and 2019. The EDITOR’S PICK BREAKING: Arsonists Raze LG Secretariat, Magistrate Court In Anambra SERAP Sues Buhari For Spending N1.48trn On Maintaining Dead Refineries 2023: I’ll Replace Sharing Formula With Production … Read more
Buhari Seeks NASS Approval For Fuel Subsidy Raise To N4trn. The president explained that an adjustment to the 2022 fiscal framework became imperative in view of new developments in both the global and domestic economies. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: FG Declares Easter Holidays JUST IN: Tears As Pregnant Woman, Baby, Others Burnt To Death In … Read more
National Assembly (NASS), has transferred 44 bills to the 36 States for concurrence. The Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Olatunde Ojo, on Tuesday, distributed the copies of the bills to clerks of the state legislature at a ceremony in Abuja. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Assembly has transmitted 44 constitution alteration bills … Read more
Women in their numbers have, again, stormed the National Assembly following the rejection of women-related bills. The women, under the aegis of Nigerian Women Groups, had last week protested against the action of the lawmakers. EKO HOT BLOG reports that they had promised to return if the decision was not reversed. They made good their … Read more
Nigerian students have embarked on a nationwide protest over the lingering ASUU strike. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have staged a protest in different states calling on the federal government to end the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU’s strike. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the students led by the national president, Sunday … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is leading a protest to the National Assembly (NASS). NLC is demanding overwhelming votes from the federal lawmakers, ahead of the clause by clause voting on the ongoing constitution alteration process. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the labour leaders are demanding that the lawmakers vote in favour of autonomy for … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill till Friday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the President will now sign the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill on Friday, February 25. According to a source close to the Presidency, who had earlier disclosed that the President would assent to the bill on Wednesday, … Read more
Electoral bill: NASS given one month to override Buhari EKO HOT BLOG reports that a coalition of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, has called on the National Assembly to either override the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari or remove the contentious clause(s) from the 2021 Electoral Amendment Bill and transmit it back to the President for … Read more
INEC was still operating with the existing electoral legal framework because the new one was not ready… EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the onus of having a new electoral framework ahead of the 2023 general elections resides with the National Assembly and the Presidency. Festus Okoye, the … Read more