LEGISLATURE

There was a heated verbal words among the Chairman Northern Senators Forum, NSF and former Deputy Senate leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, PDP, Bauchi Central and other Senators on Monday over alleged N3. 7 trillion Budget Padding in the Presidency. Senator Ningi had in…

The House of Representatives has resolved to assess the implications of the foreign exchange on the 2024 Appropriation Act. This follows the adoption of a motion on the need to evaluate the implications of the current exchange rates on the 2024 national budget…

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, has described Nigerian women as a special breed. Akpabio who congratulated women on the occasion of the 2024 International Day of Women yesterday, said they deserve all the respect. Akpabio, in a statement to celebrate women,…

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, directed the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to recover all taxes totalling over N5.19tn owed the Federal Government by ministries, departments and agencies, oil companies as well as individuals. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a National Tax Crimes and Oversight Commission to tackle revenue leakages in the country. Titled “A Bill for an Act to Establish the National Tax Crimes and Oversight…

The Senate, on Wednesday, said it would meet with President Bola Tinubu over the insecurity in Benue State and Nigeria at large. The resolution of the Senate followed the report of a militia clash in Benue State, which left no fewer than 30…

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Amidu Raheem and Fasuwa Abayomi as Commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC). The approval came after consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on National Identity and Population Commission. President Tinubu had in a…

There was a significant power outage at the National Assembly, thereby leading to delays and disruptions of crucial legislative activities. The outage was caused by the faulty generator powering the Senate wing of the National Assembly, just as the development threw the Red…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, on Tuesday,  kicked against the imposition of additional taxes and levies on business owners to raise money for funding the Child’s Online Access Protection Bill. The FIRS Chairman, Mr Zacch Adedeji,  represented by Mr Mathew Osanekwu, made this…