Senate Approves N3.6 Trillion Petrol Subsidy And N8.4 Trillion Borrowing Plan
President Muhammadu Buhari will present the N19.76 trillion 2023 Appropriations bill to the joint session of the National Assembly on Friday. On Wednesday, the Senate...
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Senate Seeks 3-Month Jail, N1m Fine For Defaulting Landlords Over Rent
If the proposed bill by the senate scales through, landlords who default will spend three months in prison or pay a one million naira fine....
38 Kidnapped In Katsina: Senate Tasks Security Agents To Rescue
The Senate has on Wednesday tasked Nigerian security agencies to comb the nooks and crannies of all known hideouts of kidnappers to rescue the 38...
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INEC Commissioners: Senate Confirms Mohammed Haruna, 6 Others
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of six nominees as National Commissioners, and one other as Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral...
Drop Introduction of Consensus As Model For Candidates’ Nomination, CSOs Tell Senate
Thirteen of the nation’s leading Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have urged the Senate to drop the introduction of consensus as a model for the nomination...
INEC Umpire Says No Electoral Act Amendment Bill Assent, No 2023 Elections Timetable
The umpire of Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said it will not release the 2023 general election timetable until the Electoral...
Lawan, Gbajabiamila Behind 2022 Budget Padding – Lawmakers
Another budget padding scandal is quietly rocking the National Assembly following complaints by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), before signing the 2022 Appropriation...
Nigeria Senate Passes N17.126trn Budget For 2022
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a N17.126trn budget for the 2022 fiscal year, raising the figure by N800 billion. The passage of the budget followed...
Nigerian Senate Confirms Sambo As Minister
Nigerian Senate has on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, from Taraba State, as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He...
Lessons For Nigerian Govt From China/Uganda Loans Clauses
BY DAYO ADESULU In 2015, the Ugandan government got a loan from China through the Exim Bank in order to finance the expansion and upgrade...