LEGISLATURE

The N3.92tn spent as subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from January 2020 to June 2022 is higher than the cumulative individual federal budgets for health, education and defence during the 30-month period. Findings show that over the last 30 months,…

The Commissioners in the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) have asked the Senate to commence investigations into the corruption allegations they levelled against their Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isah. The CCB is the Ombudsman set up to fight corruption within the public service system…

Five months to conduct of next general elections, the forum of Senators from the Southern part of the country has tasked State Houses of Assembly across the nation to expedite action on the Review of the 1999 Constitution as transmitted to them…

The House of Representatives led by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila met with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday according to Punch. The meeting is geared towards ending the union’s seven-month-long strike. Also in attendance were the Minister of Labour, Head of…

A Bill for an Act to establish the Office of Budget Management passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill, which seeks a framework for budget process management for the Federal Government, was sponsored by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila…

The Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provision) Bill 2022 has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business/PEBEC, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, gave the update in a statement. The bill had scaled the first reading at the…

The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Structure & Accountability of the Joint Venture Businesses and Production Sharing Contracts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from 1990 has summoned the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad…

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday declined to pass a bill seeking the rotation of the presidency across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Patrick Abba Moro representing Benue South Senatorial district was listed for second…

The Senate on Tuesday took a step further on the process of removing the governor of the Central Bank Nigeria, CBN as the chairman, Board of the apex bank. This followed the second reading of “A bill for an Act to amend the…