The Minister of Health has revealed that the ministry was unable to utilise capital component of its 2025 budget The Minister of Health, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, has disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Health was unable to utilise its 2025 capital budget after receiving just ₦36 million out of the ₦218 billion appropriated for the year. Prof. Pate made the disclosure on Monday while defending the Ministry’s 2026 budget proposal before the House of...
Protesters stormed the entrance gate of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja to demand the real-time electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Bill 2026 Protesters under the umbrella of a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) on Monday stormed the main entrance of the National Assembly complex in Abuja, demanding the inclusion of mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the proposed Electoral Bill 2026. The demonstrators, who described the action as...
A medical expert told the House Committee on Specialty Healthcare that the non-implementation of the Mental Health Act is discouraging foreign donors from partnering with the country’s health sector The Provost and Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Professor Afis Agboola, has warned that Nigeria’s failure to implement the Mental Health Act is discouraging foreign donors from partnering with the country’s health sector. This is even as mental health institutions struggle with...
In this episode of the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Tracker, we will focus on the budget defence sessions at the National Assembly, noting that attention is turning from headline figures to deeper questions of priorities. President Bola Tinubu’s proposed ₦58.47 trillion 2026 budget, presented on 19th December 2025, now enters a phase in which ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) must justify not just what they have been allocated, but also what those allocations...
The House of Representatives has summoned FCT Area Councils Chairmen as audit report by Auditor-General indicted Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali Area Councils over widespread violations of financial regulations The House of Representatives has summoned the chairmen and finance directors of the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over alleged financial infractions exceeding N100 billion. The summons followed the submission of the Auditor-General’s report on the FCT Area Councils...
#FixPolitics Africa has condemned the Senate over what it described as a “brazen betrayal of electoral reform and the rule of law” #FixPolitics has demanded immediate public clarification of the exact provisions passed by the Senate on the Electoral Act amendment, the restoration of mandatory electronic transmission of election results, and accountability from Senate leadership over what it described as a betrayal of electoral reform and the rule of law. In a strongly worded statement...
Ezekwesili has called on the Senate to reverse its decision of not making real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory, cautioning them to “stop playing with fire” Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said Nigerians are justified in expressing outrage at the Senate over its refusal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, warning lawmakers to “stop playing with fire.” Ezekwesili made the remarks on Friday...
The House Committee on Finance has raised concern over NBET’s utilisation of N4.099 billion generated from regulatory income in the 2025 fiscal year The House of Representatives on Thursday grilled the Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, Mr Johnson Akinowo, over the utilisation of ₦4.099 billion generated from regulatory income in the 2025 fiscal year. The scrutiny took place in Abuja during the review of NBET’s 2025 budget performance by...
Just like the Senate, the House of Representatives has constituted a bipartisan conference committee on the electoral bill to harmonise areas of difference between the versions passed by both chambers of the National Assembly The House of Representatives has constituted a bipartisan Conference Committee on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill to harmonise areas of difference between the versions passed by both chambers of the National Assembly. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on...
Senate passes electoral bill retaining controversial provision allowing transmission of results in a manner prescribed by INEC The long-anticipated approval of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill was granted on Wednesday, with the Senate passing the legislation after hours of intense debate. The Senate rejected a proposal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory, but approved wide-ranging amendments that significantly alter election timelines, penalties for electoral offences and voter accreditation procedures. A major point...
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