The protest against the controversial finance bill in Kenya took a new turn on Tuesday when parliament building is set ablaze, mace taken and police fired live bullets at demonstrators in Nairobi Despite protests from hundreds of Kenyans, the Kenya Parliament has finally passed the 2024 finance bill. A total of 195 MPs on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 voted in favour of the bill while 104 voted against, and 3 void votes. The finance bill...
The House of Representatives issued an official statement to confirm the death of a Nigeria Customs Service official during a hearing on Tuesday A senior official of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Andrew Essien, died on Tuesday after collapsing while being questioned by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts. The engagements which occurred around 1.00pm when the customs officer was fielding questions from members of the committee when he coughed and slumped. Despite...
The 10th House of Representatives has maintained some steadiness in its first year although pockets of controversies were inevitable The 10th House of Representatives, inaugurated on June 13, 2023, kicked off with election of presiding officers. Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna) and Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia) emerged as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively. Few weeks later principal officers were announced to complete the body of leadership, followed by the appointment of 134...
The senate committee seized with the responsibility has reassured that the ways and means investigation has not been swept under the carpet The Senate, through its ad-hoc committee investigating the N30 trillion ways and means facility expended by the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari administration, has reassured the public that the investigation was on course. Chairman of the committee, Senator Isah Jibrin (APC, Kogi east), gave the reassurance in a personally signed statement which attached...
The House of Representatives is set to resume its second session of the 10th Assembly and hold the inaugural legislative week Barring last minute changes, the House of Representatives has announced the resumption of its second session of the 10th National Assembly on Thursday, June 27, 2024. This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the House, Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr. (APC Ekiti). Rotimi stated that the development was communicated to Honourable...
Nigeria’s Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations said the National Assembly (NASS) must prioritize the interest of citizens at all times A group of civil society organizations under the aegies of the Nigeria Network of Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (NNPMO) has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to prioritize the interest of citizens above political and personal pursuits. The NNPMOs, which are a cluster of civil society organizations that promote transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in parliamentary processes and...
The Central bank is pleased that it’s monetary policy tightening appears to be yielding results in view of consecutive slowing of monthly inflation rates The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expressed delight at the consecutive reduction in monthly inflation rates. A statement by the communications department of the apex bank weekend said year-on-year inflation slowed in May for 13 Nigerian states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Akwa Ibom, Borno, Cross River, Delta,...
The CBN dialogue with the NESG was convened to effectively consider strategies to strengthen the apex bank’s recent monetary policies The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hosted a dialogue with the Organised Private Sector (OPS) and the apex bank’s leadership to explore strategies for enhancing Nigeria’s financial sector, especially recent monetary policies. The dialogue, which was held at the bank’s Lagos office during the week, focused on exploring how broad-based monetary policy communication and...
The Nigerian National Assembly is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Nigerian Parliament, right from its inception, has seen significant and historical advancements that can be traced back to the colonial and post-colonial times. Run through history… Nigeria’s colonial legacy is the background to the current system of presidentialism in Nigeria. Over time, the legislature in Nigeria has transformed...
Just as the saying goes, “in a twinkle of an eye,” the 10th Senate has marked its 1 year in office but not without courting a series of eye-popping controversies and receiving knocks from Nigerians. The 10th Senate, inaugurated on June 13, 2023, started off with the election of presiding officers. Godswill Akpabio emerged as the president and Barau Jibrin got elected as deputy president. Shortly after this, principal officers were appointed, committees were set...
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