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The Senate has opposed a motion to recognise Kogi State as an oil-producing state ...
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Senate postpones 2019 Budget passage to next Tuesday
The Senate has postponed passage of the 2019 Appropriation Bill till Tuesday ...
Read More »Reps to probe $27bn oil revenue loss
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate Nigeria’s loss of $27bn oil revenue to international oil companies since 1999. The resolution was passed at ...
Read More »House rejects plan to rename Abuja Apo Legislative Quarters
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, rejected a call urging the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCDA) to change the Name, “Apo Legislative Quarters” to reflect ...
Read More »Alleged budget padding: You’re ignorant, dubious – Dogara slams Tinubu
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has replied the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over the latter’s allegation that the National Assembly ...
Read More »Presidency wants states to pay new minimum wage
The Presidency said on Tuesday that it expected every state to comply with the payment of the new National Minimum Wage of N30,000 ...
Read More »NSCDC: Gana sends delegation to Gombe over ECWA Church tragedy
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has sent a high powered delegation to condole with the government and ...
Read More »NAF to acquire 18 new aircraft
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is to acquire additional 18 aircraft by 2020 to boost its air assets. Air Commodore Nnamdi Ananaba, the Chairman, Organising ...
Read More »Buhari welcomes Emir of Qatar on State Visit
President Muhammadu Buhari received the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Tamim Bin Hammad Al-Thani, at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday. According to the President’s ...
Read More »North-East crises: Buhari denies ‘sleeping on duty’ as president
The Presidency disagreed on Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari was “sleeping on duty as the Commander-in-Chief,” a description the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rt Rev Fr Stephen Mamza, gave of Buhari on Sunday ...
Read More »Buhari has rendered Boko Haram less effective, says Fed Govt
The Federal Government on Monday reiterated its position that it has “largely depreciated the efficiency and efficacy of Boko Haram” insurgents ...
Read More »FAAC disburses N1.92tr in Q1 2019 – NBS
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N1.92 trillion to the three tiers of government in the first quarter of 2019, the National Bureau ...
Read More »FG declares Third Mainland Bridge safe for motorists
The Federal Government on Sunday confirmed the safety of the Third Mainland Bridge, saying that it did not pose any danger to motorists contrary to the impression created via a social media posting ...
Read More »Buhari sad over clashes in Taraba, Adamawa – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over “the latest needless violent clashes between Jukuns and Tivs in Taraba State, and Fulani, Genjon and Bachama in ...
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