The Senate has passed the 2018 Budget of N9.12 Trillion following the consideration and adoption of the Budget report laid on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. This is coming 6 months afterthe budget document was presented to a joint session of the National Assembly in November. The Budget document passed on […]
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The National Assembly (NASS) has increased the size of the 2018 budget to N9.120 trillion from N8.612 trillion. The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the senate. The budget was laid by Danjuma Goje, chairman of the senate appropriation committee. Yusuf Lasun, speaker of the house, who presided over […]
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The Nigerian National Assembly complex is flooded with fully masked and heavily armed security officers from different agencies ranging from the Departmental State Service (DSS), Civil Defence, to Nigerian Police, among others. The officials could be seen parading the entire complex as movements were restricted. It is believed that the heavy security presence is linked […]
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The Nigerian Police has recovered the Senate’s stolen mace that was carted away from the Senate on Wednesday. The stolen item was discovered at a flyover before the Abuja City Gate, where according to ASP Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters a patriotic passer-by saw it and alerted the Police. According to […]
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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who allegedly led unidentified persons to the upper legislative chamber to seize the mace, says he has left the custody of the police. He was arrested when he returned to the senate after accompanying the suspected thugs to an unknown destination. Omo-Agege sat with his colleagues who reconvened the session after a “spare mace” […]
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The majority leader of the senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said the 2018 budget of the national assembly would be made public. Lawan said this while briefing journalists on the objectives of the “Open NASS” initiative designed to increase public access to the operations of the national assembly. Lawan heads the special committee set up […]
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A joint section of the Senate and the House of Representatives, making up the National Assembly (NASS) has fixed April 24th as the day it will pass the 2018 budget. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, made the announcement in plenary. He said the budget would be laid on April 19 […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the Amended Electoral Bill sent for his signature by the National Assembly. The bill provides for the Presidential election to come last after National Assembly and Governorship elections. Buhari notified the Senate about his action in a letter dated March 3, 2018, which was read by the President of the […]
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The National Assembly Conference Committee on Electoral Act (amendment) Bill on Tuesday adopted the re-ordered sequence of the 2019 General Elections, making presidential poll the last election to be conducted. The House of Representatives had few weeks ago amended the Electoral Act 2010 with the inclusion of section 25(1). This was to reorder the sequence […]
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Elder statesman and former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has accused President Muhammadu Buhari not following the principle of federal character in the appointment of heads of security agencies. The former president who spoke at the unveiling of Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Thursday, asked the National Assembly […]
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