NASS disclosed this in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Bullah Bi-Allah, in response to threats by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyer, Michael Numa (SAN), to sue the Clerk if the senator is not allowed to resume her legislative duties. The National Assembly maintained that while Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan had written to the Clerk to indicate her […]
The President made these requests in three separate letters transmitted to the National Assembly, which were read on the floor of the House of Representatives by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas. In the first correspondence, President Tinubu sought the National Assembly’s approval for the establishment of a foreign currency-denominated issuance programme in the domestic debt market. […]
This was announced in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi. According to him, the decision resulted from extensive consultations with stakeholders. Recall that the bill had earlier passed second reading on the floor of the House on March 21, 2024, sparking widespread debate among lawmakers, civil society […]
On Wednesday, 14th May 2025, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Engr. David Ayodele Asalu, publicly asserted that President Bola Tinubu has increased Constituency project allocations to One Billion Naira (1,000,000,000) for Federal Constituencies and Two Billion Naira (2,000,000,000) for Senatorial Districts.
The bill sponsored by the lawmaker representing Ndokwa East/Ndokwa West/Ukwani Federal Constituency, Delta State, Nnamdi Ezechi, passed second reading on the floor of the House during plenary. While taking the House through the bill’s general principles, Ezechi said the proposed legislation seeks to alter the provision of sub-section (3) of Section 246 of the 1999 […]
The Senate spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has faulted the action of his colleague, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over a seating arrangement in the hallowed chamber.
The Nigeria House of Senate has approved the 2025 Appropriation Bill, passing a total budget estimate of ₦54.99 trillion. The budget includes allocations for statutory transfers, recurrent expenditures, capital projects, and debt servicing, with a fiscal deficit of ₦13.08 trillion. Key breakdowns are as follows: Total Expenditure: ₦54.99 trillion; Statutory Transfers: ₦3.65 trillion; Recurrent (Non-Debt) […]
The four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in 2024 by President Bola Tinubu have scaled second reading at the House of Representatives.
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the controversial tax reform bills into law in the first quarter of 2025.