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A Breakdown of N6.93 Trillion in Illegally Padded Projects in Nigeria's 2025 Budget by Lawmakers
A Breakdown of N6.93 Trillion in Illegally Padded Projects in Nigeria’s 2025 Budget by Lawmakers

An astonishing 11,122 projects, valued at N6.93 trillion, have been discovered to have been indiscriminately…

Tinubu Honours Democracy Icons, Grants Pardon to Ogoni Nine
Tinubu Allocates 31% of 2025 Budget to Security, Infrastructure, Health, and Education

President Bola Tinubu, during a joint session of the National Assembly, on December 18, presented…

National Assembly Set to Approve Tinubu’s $2.2 Billion Loan Request Today
National Assembly Set to Approve Tinubu’s $2.2 Billion Loan Request

Nigeria’s National Assembly is expected to consider and approve President Bola Tinubu’s external loan request…

Reps Object to CFR honours for Speaker Abbas
Reps Label Tinubu’s National Honour on Speaker As “Discriminatory”

Plans by President Bola Tinubu to confer on the Speaker of the House of Representatives,…

Labour Strike
Water And Electricity Supply To National Assembly Cut Off As Labour Embarks On Nationwide Strike

Nigeria’s National Assembly complex was shut down on June 3, 2024, as the Parliamentary Staff…

National Anthem
Why National Assembly Is Seeking To Revert To Old Anthem Composed By Foreigners

Yesterday, May 23, 2024, Nigeria’s House of Representatives passed a bill for the country to…

How President Tinubu, US, and UN Reacted to the Deadly Suicide Attacks in Borno That Killed 18
How Nigerian Government Allocated ₦3.32 Trillion To National Assembly, INEC, Others Without Specifying Projects

A report by BudgIT, a Nigerian civic tech organisation that promotes fiscal transparency, has unveiled…

Labour Strike
How Nigeria’s next Senate President will emerge. A Neusroom explainer

On June 8, 2015, during the inauguration of newly-elected Senators for the 8th Assembly, Nigeria…

The State Assembly polls also carry high stakes. Here’s why you should pay attention

If there’s any reason to believe that a single election has the power to change…

Nigerians Fume Over The Allocation Of N37bn For N’Assembly Complex Renovation

In contrast, the government allocated only N48 billion for Education and just N46 billion for health in the 2020 budget.

'We Do Not Allocate Salaries To Ourselves,' Senate replies Obasanjo
Senate upholds N30,000 as the new national minimum wage

The Senate approved the longstanding appropriation bill during a plenary session on Tuesday.

15 ex-govs set to join the ninth National Assembly as senators

The upper chamber will receive not less than 15 former governors as senators.

INEC declares Okorocha winner of Imo West Senatorial zone

Okorocha was in a close race with his strongest rival, Jones Onyereri of PDP.

#NigeriaDecides2019: Ajimobi loses bid to ‘retire’ to National Assembly

Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s has failed in his attempt to gain a seat at the National Assembly.

#NigeriaDecides2019: Dramatic Dino Melaye retains National Assembly seat

Senator Dino Melaye will retain his seat as the representative of the people of Kogi West Senatorial District.

JUST IN: Saraki booted out of National Assembly after losing Saturday’s election

Senate President Bukola Saraki will not return to the National Assembly in May.

Onnoghen: Senate cancels emergency plenary

The Senate will no longer reconvene as planned on Tuesday, it has said in statement.

Senate reconvenes Tuesday to deliberate on Onnoghen’s removal by Buhari

The Senate will hold an emergency sitting over the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Buhari.