Senate President Ahmad Lawan has expressed optimism that the 2023 general elections would be the best ever in Nigeria. Lawan expressed the optimism on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation of the European Union election observers and former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga who paid separate courtesy...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has urged lawmakers and Nigerians to show understanding, adding that the apex bank was out to combat the incidence of insecurity in the country. Emefele made the call in Abuja on Tuesday before the House of Representatives’ fact finding...
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the deadline of the use of the old naira notes, especially for those in the rural areas. Ortom made his feelings known when the Governing Council and Management of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Network Against Child Trafficking Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) on Monday submitted a Memorandum to the National Assembly House Committee on Human Rights on the amendment of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA) of 2015. Submitting NACTAL’s position during the...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will continue to collaborate with the Executive toward tackling Nigeria’s security challenge. He stated this at a ceremony marking his 64th birthday in Abuja. “We still have some new challenges. The new challenges are, when we came in 2015,that...
Barring any last minute changes, President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2023 appropriation bill on Tuesday (Jan. 3, 2023). Senate President Ahmed Lawan confirmed this to State House correspondents on Friday after a closed-door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Lawan revealed that he discussed some national...
The Senate on Wednesday, passed the N21.8 trillion 2023 budget. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriation at plenary. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Jibrin Barau said that the commitee did a thorough job by examining inputs from its...
e Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the National Assembly to support its implementation of transformational payments and financial industry initiatives in line with the mandate of the apex bank. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made the call in his briefing to the House of Representatives plenary...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the Senate decided to shifted the passage of the 2023 budget to Dec.28, due to some challenges. Lawan said this at the commencement of plenary on Thursday against the backdrop of an earlier announcement that the Bill would be passed before the...
A clandestine move by the Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology, ICT, to pass a controversial bill concerning the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has attracted harsh responses from the industry. Controversy began after an invitation for a public hearing, jointly signed by the Clerks...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, on Monday, said that the court was not consulted in the enactment of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2022 by the National Assembly. Justice Tsoho made the disclosure while delivering his speech at a special court session...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has disclosed that the new naira notes have already been disbursed to the various commercial banks and expect that banks would begin distribution to the public. Emefiele made the declaration on Thursday after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari...
A pro-democracy group, the OUK Movement, says Senate Chief whip, Orji Kalu will retain his Abia North seat at National Assembly in the 2023 general election. Chief Chukwuemeka Izuka, Chairman of OUK Movement, Bende Local Government Area chapter said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of...
By MBAFAN ADE – An Abuja-based civic-tech non-profit organisation, PROMAD, says the practice of making the government annual budget without quality needs assessment to harness citizens’ voices is responsible for the high poverty rate in the country. Founder and Executive Director of the organization, , Daisi Omokungbe, made known...
National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), on Friday, announced the appointment of Magaji Sani Tambuwal as acting Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA). The appointment of Tambuwal, who was Secretary, Directorate of Finance and Accounts in the National Assembly, has ended days of anxieties and confusion on the sensitive issue....
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is working toward handing over a secured Nigeria in 2023. Monguno said this when he appeared for 2023 budget defence at the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja. He said that Nigeria needed to rely...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the inadequate allocation of funds for projects by the National Assembly every fiscal year is responsible for project abandonment. Governor Wike made this known during the inauguration of the Dr Peter Odili Cancer Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Centre by the Emir of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Policy Alert, two front-line civil society organisations (CSOs) working on economic and environmental justice in Nigeria, have asked the legislature to evolve more devolved and corruption-proof criteria for accessing ecological funds in the country. The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on the National Assembly to include specific roles for traditional rulers in the ongoing constitution amendments. Governor Mohammed made the appeal in his speech shortly after presenting the staff of office to the 11th Emir of...
Adams Oshiomhole, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Edo North seat at the National Assembly, says his focus is to change the annual budget system of Nigeria in favour of the ordinary people. Oshiomhole, also a former APC chairman, stated this on Friday at the inauguration of the party’s...