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Budget Padding: Senator Jarigbe Says ‘Senior’ Senators Got N500m Each

Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, who represents Cross River North Senatorial District, has said that “senior” senators of the Nigerian Senate got N500 million each from the 2024 budget. The Senate had a sitting on Tuesday, largely to discuss the budget padding allegation made…

12/03/2024 0Comments

Senate Suspends Ningi For Three Months Over Budget Padding Claims

The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber. A…

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Senate Inaugurates Ad-Hoc Committee To Probe CBN’s Ways And Means

The Senate on Monday inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate the Ways and Means and the Anchor Borrowers Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Led by the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio and other senators to the inauguration, the move…

12/03/2024 0Comments

Senators Tackle Ningi Over Statement on N3.7trn Budget Padding

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…

12/03/2024 0Comments

Northern Senators Move Against Akpabio Over alleged N4trn Budget Padding

Northern senators under the aegis of Northern Senators Forum (NSF) have confronted the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over alleged padding of the 2024 budget with about N4 trillion worth of projects. Representatives of the 58-member Forum led by its chairman, Abdul Ningi (PDP,…

10/03/2024 0Comments

Reps Seek Review Of 2024 Budget Over Forex Instability

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…

09/03/2024 0Comments

Nigerian Women Are A Special Breed – Akpabio

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,…

09/03/2024 0Comments

Recover Unremitted N5tn MDA Taxes, Reps Tell FIRS

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…

08/03/2024 0Comments

Reps Plan Tax Crimes Commission To Curb Revenue Leakages

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…

07/03/2024 0Comments

30 Killed in Benue Fresh Attack, Senate to Meet Tinubu

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…

07/03/2024 0Comments

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