•Nigerian Senate chamber The Senate has issued a two-week ultimatum to the executive to submit a comprehensive, documented progress report on the implementation of the 2024 budget, as well as projections for the 2025 budget, before it will entertain the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Sena...
•Nigerian Senate A lawmaker in Ogun State, Bisi Oyedele, says Nigerian legislature, especially at the state level, has not ceased to be an appendage of the executive because the constitution which guarantees its financial autonomy has not been strictly adhered to. Oyedele, who is representing Ipokia/Idiroko at the House of Assembly, argued tha...
•Nigerian Senate The Joint Committee on Electoral Matters has proposed a slash in salaries of legislators and executive members by 30 and 40 per cent respectively. This was proposed today during an interactive session with Judiciary and political parties, reports Channels TV. The joint session was led by the Chairman, the Senate Committee on E...
•Tinubu, Akpabio and Abass Former National Vice Chairman, North West of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has taken a swipe at the leadership of both chambers of Parliament in the tenth National Assembly. In a today statement entitled, “Importance of Legislature to a Democracy,” the erstwhile chieftain of the APC lamented tha...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to introduce zero tariffs, excise duties and Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs, a statement by the coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate has said. Pate said the order introduced zero tariffs, excise duties, and Value-Added Tax (VAT...
•FEC meeting The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has stepped down consideration and deliberation on the memo on the new minimum wage to allow President Bola Tinubu engage in more consultation with stakeholders. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this today while briefing State House correspondents on th...
•FEC meeting in Abuja Barring any last-minute change of plan, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is expected to meet today to deliberate on salient matters aimed at tackling some of the problems bedevilling the country. It was gathered that the meeting is expected to consider some serious matters of state including the vexed issue of [&hellip...
•Tigran Gambaryan in court with EFCC operative The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, remanded a top official of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, in Kuje prison. Trial Justice Emeka Nwite remanded the defendant after he pleaded not guilty to a money laundering charge that was preferred against him by the Economic and Financ...
The House of Representatives yesterday tasked federal government on the need to ensure implementation and enforce compliance with Executive Order 003 of 2017 on the patronage of locally-produced products including textiles. The House resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on the ‘Need to compel Uniformed Government Organisati...
•Yahaya Bello Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has dissolved the State Executive Council and has announced the appointment of caretaker chairmen for the 21 local government councils across the state. Governor Bello deposed the Ohimege Igu, the paramount ruler of Koton Karfe and two other first class chiefs, just as he also appointed the Ohinoy...
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