LEGISLATURE

The Senate, at a plenary on Tuesday, passed the 2023 budget of the Nigerian Communications Commission following the presentation by the Committee on Communications. The lawmaker representing Yobe South, Ibrahim Bomai, who laid and presented the reports, stated that the NCC 2023 budget…

The National Assembly has said the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution is bound to fail as the state Houses of Assembly have failed to vote on the amendment bills passed and transmitted to them for concurrence. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan;…

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has laid its report on ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government who failed to render their audited accounts within eight years. Prominent among those indicted in the report laid at the plenary on…

The Senate will on Friday grill two deputy governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria over the cash withdrawal limit policy unveiled by the apex bank on Tuesday. The red chamber planned to seek clarifications on the new directive which restricts over-the-counter cash…

The Senate Tuesday passed for second reading a bill to amend the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Act. The proposed law aims to regulate the processes of granting corporate tax holidays, import duty waivers and investment incentives to investors and businesses in Nigeria. The…

he Senate Committee on Appropriations yesterday queried the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, over alleged padding of the 2023 budget proposals of some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The minister, who appeared before the panel in Abuja, blamed…

House of Representatives yesterday condemned the spate of attacks on staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the burning of the offices of the electoral body in several parts of the country. To this end, the House constituted an Ad-hoc Committee…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the sum of N607.952 billion Appropriation bill for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for 2022 fiscal year, 32 days before the end of the year. The Appropriation bill is scheduled to end on the 31st…