•Godswill Akpabio The Senate has issued a one month-ultimatum to the contractor handling the renovation of its chambers one month to rectify the frequent breakdown of the audio communication installed in the building or face its wrath. Senate President, Godswill Akpabio issued the deadline during plenary yesterday, reports Channels TV. He was ...
•Nigerian Senate The National Assembly will resume plenary today, with plans to expedite action towards passage of the tax reform bills. Following its first sitting of 2025 on January 14, both chambers adjourned until January 28, to allow various committees to conclude work on the defence of the 2025 Appropriation Bill presented to the parliam...
•Tinubu presents Appropriation Bill to National Assembly Indications emerged today that the 2025 Appropriation Bill will no longer be passed by the National Assembly at the end of January 2025. According to the Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi, the House leadership has approved the ext...
•Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presents the 2025 Police budget in Abuja today A heated exchange erupted in the National Assembly today during the 2025 budget defence session as Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presented the Nigeria Police budget. Tensions rose when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s pr...
•Tinubu and National Assembly complex, Abuja There was drama in the National Assembly today as Senators Jimoh Ibrahim (APC Ondo North) and Abdul Ningi (PDP Bauchi Central) took themselves up over the 2025 budget defense of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development which led to a brief halt in the budget defense. Ningi […]
•Nigerian Senate The Senate and House of Representatives have resolved to remove the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from the federal government’s 2025 budget grant, citing concerns over the board’s financial management. Lawmakers argued today that it is unjustifiable for JAMB to remit N4 billion to the federation account while...
•INEC Chairman, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the N40 billion earmarked for it in the 2025 budget. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, rejected the estimate during budget defence before a joint committee session on INEC and Electoral Matters, at the National A...
•Nigerian Senate Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Comrade Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafisanjani, today expressed serious concerns regarding the N49.7 trillion proposed in the 2025 budget proposal, urging the federal government to prioritise transparency, accountability, and alignment with the needs of Nige...
•Nigerian Senate The Union of Retired Police Officers, Kaduna State Chapter, has issued an ultimatum to the National Assembly to remove its members from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) by the end of January 2025 or face a prolonged occupation of the assembly complex. The union has vowed to bring mattresses, mats, cooking utensils, and [&...
•Godswill Akpabio The National Assembly has extended the implementation of the 2024 Budget by six months, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said today during the 2025 Budget presentation by President Bola Tinubu. “We shall continue on the part of nationalism and service to our country,” Akpabio said before a joint sitting of the Senate and the...
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