LEGISLATURE

Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, has said for there to be effective service delivery in the legislature, staff must be diligent and responsive to the needs of the political class within the institution, adding that without them, nothing…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has appealed for calm over the issues between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government. This is following the half salaries reportedly paid to lecturers by the FG. Gbajabiamila, in a statement…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Federal Government was misguided in the removal of history studies from primary and secondary schools’ curriculum from the 2009/2010 academic session. Although Lawan commended the government’s decision to restore the subject to the…

The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday came down hard on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama over alleged extra-budgetary expenditure running into billions of naira. The committee led by Yusuf Buba Yakub during the budget defence session with…

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has summoned the Minister of finance, Zainab Ahmed; the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; and the acting Accountant General of Federation, Okolieaboh Sylva; to explain why the Office of the Auditor General for…

The National Assembly, through its committee on power, has queried the Mambilla hydroelectric power project, describing it as a mirage that has continued to eat up the nation’s budget. The lawmakers made this known when the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, appeared before…

The Senate Tuesday refused to consider the 2023 budget for the Ministry of Defence, over the failure of the minister, Bashiru Magashi, to honour invitations extended to him by the Senate ad hoc Committee on the Resuscitation of Nigerian Naval Ship (NNS…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said his ministry is incapacitated in the war against fake news , disinformation and hate speech currently ravaging Nigeria. Mohammed stated this during the 2023 budget defence of his ministry and those of…

The Chief of Army staff (COAS), Lt General Faruk Yahaya on Tuesday, urged the National Assembly, to pass the Armed forces of ‘Nigeria trust fund bill’ before its termination in 2023. The Army boss  made the plea while presenting; ‘performance of the 2022,…