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The new heads of the agencies were appointed following the resignation of their predecessors on Wednesday.

The 2024 budget, which was originally passed on 30 December with a total expenditure of ₦28.7 trillion, is proposed to ...

The lawmakers identified the root causes of insecurity in the country as unemployment, poverty, corruption in governance, cultism, use of ...

The lawmakers faulted the inclusion of land revocation allegations in the motion brought by the FCT senator, Ireti Kingibe, arguing ...

The Senate noted that the high cost of fertilisers and other farm inputs are worsening post-harvest losses and threatening the ...

President Bola Tinubu transmitted the 2026-2028 rolling plan to the National Assembly for approval last week, and it was read ...

The resolution followed concerns raised during plenary over false social media reports alleging that Mr Akpabio was critically ill or ...

Members of the Senate Committee on Finance condemned the repeated extension of capital budget implementation, which has esulted in overlapping ...

If passed, the proposed reserved bill for Nigerian women will increase the number of senators to 146, House of Representatives ...

Despite the recent resolution of the lawmakers to expose terrorism sponsors in the country, their antecedents and historical pattern of ...

The MTEF, approved by the Federal Executive Council, also sets key budget parameters including an oil benchmark of $64 per ...

The deputy senate president said the leadership had already met on the issue and is confident the president will reconsider ...

The approval, granted through a voice vote shortly after the president’s letter was read, comes as Nigerian Air Force personnel ...

President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during the plenary on Tuesday.

The legislative aide to the House of Representatives deputy speaker said the constitution review committee of the lower chamber received ...

Senators called for urgent medical interventions, strict regulatory enforcement, and a coordinated national response.

Many senators insisted the nominee should be allowed to “take a bow and go."

President Tinubu's request, conveyed in a letter to the Senate and read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was made ...

President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday nominated Christopher Musa, a retired general and former chief of defence staff, to replace ...

The group said Mr Yakubu’s nomination is ill-timed, inappropriate, and injurious to the electoral commission’s independence.

The programme was introduced in the wake of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction and was designed to operate at different levels, ...

The nominees, screened by the Senate Committee on Federal Character, were confirmed after presenting satisfactory credentials with no petitions against ...

Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Act prescribes a death penalty for kidnapping when the offence results in the death of a victim. Where ...

Okey Ezea, a member of the Labour Party (LP), died last Tuesday in a private hospital in Lagos after a ...

Activities in the Nigerian Senate last week were dominated by discussions on the country’s worsening insecurity, particularly the abduction of ...