•Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Governor Alex Otti Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has vowed that the Labour Party (LP) will thwart Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s attempt to return to the Senate in 2027. Otti made the remarks in response to a statement attributed to Kalu, in which the senator, speaking in Ebonyi State, […]
•Senate and Tinubu Barely five days after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presented a ₦58.18 trillion proposal for the 2026 fiscal year, the Senate today raised the size of the budget to ₦58.47 trillion, adding about ₦292 billion to the executive estimate, and passed the Appropriation Bill for second reading. The upward review aligns the budget [&...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today passed the sum of N43 trillion 2024 and 2025 Appropriations Act (repeal and re-enactment) Bills 2025. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration and approval of the recommendations of the report of its Committee on Appropriations, reports The Nation. The consolidated report was presented by the Ch...
•Ambassadorial nominees The Senate has confirmed all 64 nominees for career and non-career ambassadorial positions following consideration of a report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The confirmation came after the committee, chaired by Senator Sani Bello, presented its report, after which the recommendations were adopted, reports Channel...
•Nigerian Senate The National Senate yesterday passed for second reading ‘a Bill for an Act to Repeal and Re-Enact the 2024/2025 Appropriations Act,” which when enacted, would bring down the spending plan to a total sum of N43.56 trillion. The proposed expenditure framework, according to the Senate, comprises N1.74 trillion for statutory tra...
•Nigerian Senate A motion seeking to investigate alleged land grabbing, demolitions, salaries, sewage disposals and other administrative issues in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) suffered a setback on the floor of the Senate today after it was ruled procedurally defective. The motion, sponsored by Senator Ireti Kingibe, was presented as a ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday approved far-reaching recommendations of its Committee on Finance, endorsing a N54.46 trillion federal spending framework for 2026 and a new borrowing plan of N17.88 trillion which constitutes both domestic and foreign borrowings. It revised Nigeria’s crude oil benchmark price downward to $60 per barrel,...
•Godswill Akpabio The Senate today directed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to probe rumours alleging the collapse or death of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The Senate’s demands followed a point of order raised under order 42 by Senator Titus Zam, who expressed concern over the reports that had circulated within the last ...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate, through its Committee on Finance, today strongly disapproved of the federal government’s repeated practice of implementing multiple budgets within a single fiscal year — a practice that played out in 2025. The lawmakers also tasked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to raise its projected revenue target for ...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken aim at the Senate over what it described as the trivialisation of the ambassadorial screening process, following the decision to allow several high-profile nominees, including Femi Fani-Kayode, Reno Omokri and Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to simply ‘take a bow and go’ during today’s...
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