As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepares to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill today to a joint session of the National Assembly today, the security at the complex has beef significantly tightened, with police officers stationed at all key entry points…
A group, the Nigerian Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, has called for immediate investigations into alleged sabotage against the plan to turn around the petroleum refineries in the country. This is just as the group demanded the immediate removal from…
In a move to revamp Nigeria’s tax administration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sought the approval of the National Assembly to rename the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The President is also seeking the passage of three other bills to…
President Bola Tinubu has rejected a bill seeking to raise the retirement age of civil servants working in the national assembly. The bill aimed to increase the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service, whichever comes first.…
In a landmark lawsuit, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to court over their failure to end the “unlawful” practice of fixing…
The National Assembly has thrown its weight behind NNPC Ltd’s ongoing efforts to boost Nigeria’s crude oil production and grow its reserves, saying it will consider stiffer consequences for crude oil thieves and vandals of the nation’s critical hydrocarbon infrastructure.…
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has called on the National Assembly to probe the N90 billion released for 2024 Hajj subsidy operation. The governor made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim,…
Following claims by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government is a different version of the 2024 budget, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has stated unequivocally…
…To defend 2024 budget, borrowing plan at joint plenary session Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again sought the approval of the National Assembly for fresh loans to the tune of $8.7billion and €100 million. In a letter to…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has given account of how the Ninth National Assembly outper formed its predecessors. In a keynote address to formally declare open an induction programme for the members-elect of the incoming 10th National Assembly,…
