Tag: National Assembly
Vietnam opens party meeting to elect new president and prime minister
dpa/GNA – Vietnam kicked off a 12-day National Assembly meeting on Wednesday, one that will see the country's ruling Communist Party vote to...
Stray elephants storm villages and destroy crops in southern Tanzania
A Tanzanian Member of Parliament (MP) told the National Assembly Monday that stray elephants were causing devastation in parts of the country's southern villages.
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Cameroon targets creation of 500,000 jobs next year
Cameroonian Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said Wednesday the government plans to create 500,000 jobs in 2021.
Cameroon will adopt new pro-employment measures and enhance...
French radical left leader Melenchon to run for presidency in 2022
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of France's radical left opposition, said Sunday he would run for the presidency in 2022 if 150,000 people support his...
Mutinous Malian soldiers set up transitional governing body
Mali's mutinous soldiers on Wednesday announced the creation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) to lead a political transition...
Canada condemns coup d’etat in Mali
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that Canada condemns the coup d'etat in Mali.
"Canada strongly condemns the coup d'etat...
Zambian lawmakers to undergo COVID-19 testing
Zambian lawmakers will undergo COVID-19 testing following the increase in COVID-19 cases both in the country and at the National Assembly, the country's health...
3 killed, 74 injured in two-day Mali protests
Death toll of the two-day violent protests in Mali's capital Bamako has increased to three, and at least 74 others were injured, local...
Cameroon to revise 2020 budget amid COVID-19, cutting revenues by 11 percent
The Cameroonian government sent to parliament on Wednesday a draft of its revised state budget for 2020, reducing revenues by more than 10 percent...
Burundi to start electoral campaign
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Saturday signed a decree that the campaign for elections of the president, members of National Assembly and district councillors...
Voting for Cameroon general elections kicks off
Voting for the municipal and legislative elections in Cameroon began early Sunday.
Polling started nationwide at 8 a.m. and will end at...
Cameroonian House Speaker urges full implementation of decentralization reform
Cameroon's House Speaker of National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril on Friday urged the Cameroonian government to fully implement the new law on decentralization that...
Cameroon PM solicits support of national assembly to end conflict in troubled regions
Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on Monday solicited the "support and solidarity" of the country's National Assembly over a national dialogue to end...
S. African Parliament receives list of designated lawmakers following elections
Parliament on Wednesday received the list of 400 designated parliamentary members for the sixth National Assembly (NA) following last week's general elections.
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Undeterred by Dissolution of NDDC Board, Magnus Abe Vows to Intensify Fight Against Oppression
The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Abe, vowed to intensify fight against oppression in the APC calling...
SERAP Accuses National Assembly Of Engaging In Crimes Against Millions Of Nigerians
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has accused the leadership and members of the National Assembly of “apparently engaging in crimes against humanity against...
Francophone lawmakers’ association visits Burundi
Delegates of the International Association of French-Speaking Parliamentarians (APF) Monday started a two-day visit in Burundi to eyewitness the east African country's situation to...
SERAP demands the scrapping of banks directives
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr...
SERAP and Saraki Confer on Lawmakers’ Yearly Pay’
Representatives from Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) will on Thursday 21 September 2017 visit the National Assembly to meet with the Senate President...
Fashola makes peace with National Assembly, says 2017 budget is clean
Following a recent fallout between the Minister of power,works and housing, Babatunde Fashola and the National Assembly (NASS) over the 2017 budget, the Minister...
The Assembly has trivialised my comments – Fashola
Nigeria’s minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has lashed out at the National Assembly, stating that it was regrettable that the...
Magu can only be removed when Saraki is President – Femi Falana
The Nigerian Senators seeking to remove Ibrahim Magu as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) can do that when...
Nigeria would be better off without Fashola – Senator Goje
The Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Danjuma Goje, said the minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola would be doing Nigeria...
The senate should be more responsible with spending – Minister Fashola
Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola Monday said the National Assembly’s response to his observation on the 2017 Budget failed to address...
Hundreds of anti-Buhari protesters storm National Assembly
Hundreds of anti-Buhari protesters marched through the National Assembly complex Thursday demanding for an independent National Assembly. Carrying signs that said, 'Don't...
South Africa’s Zuma refers controversial expropriation bill back to National Assembly
South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday referred the controversial Expropriation Bill back to the National Assembly for reconsideration.
The president made...
Budget Padding: Who will bring the National Assembly on its knees?
One of the most recent additions to the seeming endless lists of dictions in Nigerian political dictionary is “Budget padding”.
A friend of mine...
Zuma wants to be informed of process by Parliament in passing Expropriation Bill
The Expropriation Bill was passed by Parliament in May and referred to the president for assent and signing into law. The Bill, amongst others,...
Federal Court Grants Saraki, Ekweremadu Bail
The controversy surrounding the alleged conspiracy has recently caused tension and a lot of diversion among the Senators.
In Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, the...
Ekiti Governor And His Deputy To Face Court Today For Forgery
The duo will be arraigned before Justice Yusuf Halilu, on two counts of forgery and criminal conspiracy.
The former Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu...