Tag: National Assembly
Peter Obi leads protest to NASS over senate’s rejection of real-time transmission of election results
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has led a group of protesters to the National Assembly Complex in Abu [...]
Ex-PFN leader petitions US, UN over refusal of NASS to allow for direct transmission of election results in real time
A former Rivers State chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has petitioned the governments of the United States [...]
FG to spend N7bn to install solar energy, N2.5bn for operational vehicles
The federal government plans to spend N7 billion for the installation of solar energy systems at the state house, according to the proposed 2026 appro [...]
Tinubu to spend N6.14bn on foreign trips in 2026
The federal government has earmarked N6.14 billion for President Bola Tinubu’s foreign trips in the proposed 2026 appropriation bill.
According to [...]
Again, Tinubu goes cap in hand to NASS for fresh N1.150trn loan approval, 6 days after securing $2.3bn external borrowing approval
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve a fresh N1.150 trillion loan programme as part of the resources to fund Nigeria’s 2025 budget.
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NASS approves creation of additional state in southeast
The Senate and the House of Representatives’ constitutional review joint committee has approved the creation of a new state in the southeast
The co [...]
FG budgets N390bn for 1,477 streetlights, N114m for 538 boreholes
The National Assembly inserted 11,122 projects worth N6.93 trillion in the 2025 Federal Government (FG) budget.
According to BudgIT, the civil [...]
Senate indiscriminately inserts projects worth N6.93trn into 2025 national budget
BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation promoting budget transparency and accountability in Nigeria and other African countries, says it has uncovered 11,12 [...]
‘National assembly didn’t reject me, Tinubu never wanted me in his cabinet,’ El Rufai claims
Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says Nigerians should not believe the narrative that the national assembly rejected him as a ministerial [...]
House of Reps propose 31 additional states
The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday put forward a proposal for the creation of 31 additional states in Nigeria.
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