$29.96bn loan request: Sen. Committee to submit report in two weeks
Senate President Ahmad Lawan The Committee on Local and Foreign Debts assigned to review the 2016 – 2018 External Borrowing Plan request sent by President Muhammadu Buhari is expected…
Osun State doctors threaten industrial action over murder of OAU Prof., urge IGP to apprehend, prosecute killers
Members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Osun State have threatened to go on strike in reaction to the murder of Professor Jerome Elusiyan of the Obafemi Awolowo University…
Senate to investigate alleged ill-treatment against Nigerian business owners in Ghana
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committees on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Investments to interface with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate the status of Nigerian businesses in…
Court orders remand of BPE DG in correctional facility for disobeying S/Court order
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Alex Okoh, be remanded in a correctional facility for a…
2021 Appropriation Bill to be presented to the National Assembly by September: Buhari directs
President Buhari has directed that efforts be made to ensure the presentation of the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly in September 2020. The president gave the directive when…
10 years after, FG to revive Argungu Festival
The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) says it will revive the Argungu Fishing Festival which had been abandoned for over a decade. Olusegun Runsewe made the promise on…
US lawmakers set rules for Trump impeachment vote
U.S. lawmakers gathered on Tuesday to set the rules of the debate and vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, on the floor of the House of Representatives. The…
President Buhari welcomes proposal by Hyundai to set up plant in Nigeria
Nigeria will collaborate with and support Hyundai Engineering Company Limited to set up a car plant, and also rehabilitate petroleum refineries, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. President Buhari stated…
Buhari lauds NASS for restoring the budget cycle to a predictable Jan. to Dec fiscal year
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, and others applauding the President after signing the budget President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the National Assembly for ensuring…
Reps rejects Bill seeking 6-year single term for President, govs
A Bill for an Act to alter the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to Provide for a single term of six years for the President and governors has…