Four Rivers lawmakers in the House of Representatives defected to APC one week after Governor Siminalayi Fubara joined the ruling party Four Rivers State lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Speaker of the House, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, announced their defection during plenary after reading letters from the affected lawmakers, who cited internal crises and...
The Senate has confirmed Ibas, Mahmood Yakubu, Reno Omokri among 64 ambassadorial nominees The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointments of 64 ambassadorial nominees comprising 34 career and 30 non-career after adopting the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. The confirmation followed the presentation of the committee’s report during plenary, with the Senate sitting as the Committee of the Whole. President Bola Tinubu’s request for the confirmation of the nominees had earlier been...
The House of Representatives Committee has vowed to subject all MoUs through legislative scrutiny The House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements has resolved to subject all treaties, agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) entered into by Nigeria with foreign partners to thorough legislative scrutiny. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Rabiu Yusuf, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the House of Representatives Press Centre, noting that Nigeria has, over the...
President Tinubu is set to present the proposed 2026 budget to a joint session of National Assembly on Friday President Bola Tinubu has officially communicated his intention to present the 2026 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Friday, December 19, 2025. In a formal letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, the president craved the indulgence of lawmakers to present the 2026 budget before...
Tinubu said the repeal and reenactment of the 2024-2025 appropriation bill will end the practice of running multiple budgets simultaneously The House of Representatives on Wednesday swiftly passed the second reading of the N43.56 trillion Appropriation Repeal and Reenactment Bill 2024-2025 transmitted to the House by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu said the repeal and reenactment of the 2024-2025 appropriation bill marked a pivotal step toward consolidating Nigeria’s fiscal framework and ending the practice of running...
Rep Dasuki has alleged discrepancies in the content of tax laws gazetted and those passed by the National Assembly A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abdulsamad Dasuki (PDP Sokoto), on Wednesday raised a matter of privilege during plenary over what he described as discrepancies between tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the version later gazetted and sold to Nigerians at the Ministry of Information. President Bola Tinubu‘s tax reform bills, transmitted...
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has revealed that the Federal government will record about N30trn 2025 revenue shortfall as oil earnings undermine budget projections The Federal Government has disclosed that it recorded a significant revenue shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year. The revenue aspirations projected to end the year 2025 is now pegged at ₦10.7 trillion, a shift from the projected ₦40.8 trillion aimed to finance the ₦54.9 trillion...
Relevant committees in the House of Representatives have been mandated to jointly interface with the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, as well as relevant intelligence agencies, to ensure the prompt resolution of all issues relating to the NAF aircraft and its crew in Burkina Faso The House of Representatives has expressed concern over the precautionary landing of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft in Burkina Faso, warning that misinformation surrounding the incident could...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Department of State Services (DSS) have been directed by Senate to investigate and identify those behind the spread of false reports alleging the deaths of Akpabio and Gowon The Senate on Tuesday resolved to crack down on individuals spreading false and misleading reports on social media, particularly rumours involving the alleged deaths of top national figures, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The decision followed a motion raised during plenary by...
The House of Representatives joint committee on petroleum has summoned Dangote and NMDPRA Boss, order cessation of hostilities The House of Representatives joint committee on petroleum resources (downstream and midstream) has stepped in to stop rising tensions within Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector. This follows public allegations and counter-claims between the Dangote Refinery group leadership and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The committees, led by Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere and Rep. Henry...
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