President Muhammadu Buhari Monday rated Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara ‘very low’ on patriotism with regards to handling of Appropriation bill. Buhari who spoke during a TV interview Monday night said the two presiding officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly held the nation to ransom by delaying the budget […]Read More
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed the 2019 Appropriation bill of N8.92 trillion into law. The president had submitted the 2019 budget of N8.83trillion to the Senate but was increased by about N10billion by the Upper House, bringing the amount to N8.92trillion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dignitaries who […]Read More
The Senate, on Wednesday, concurred with the House of Representatives on eight bills, passing them for third reading. They include Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria Bill, Chartered Institute of Social Work Practitioners (Est, etc) Bill, Suppression of Piracy and other Maritime Offences Bill, and Corporate Bodies (Members Emolument) Act (Repeal) Bill. Others are National […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has again declined assent to two more bills transmitted to him from the National Assembly, bringing the number of rejected bills to 41 since June 9, 2015. Buhari conveyed his decision to withdraw assent to the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority Bill and Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority Bill in two separate letters to […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to five bills from the National Assembly. The President’s decision was contained in five letters forwarded to the Senate, and read during the plenary on Wednesday. Senate President Bukola Saraki read the letters on the President’s decision to decline assent. The rejected bills are: Nigerian Film Commission Bill, 2018; […]Read More
Senate confirms Hamman Tukur as director of Nigerian Financial Intelligence
The Senate, Wednesday, confirmed Modibbo R. Hamman Tukur confirmed as director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit. President Muhammadu Buhari had nominated Tukur as the director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit on January 7 in accordance with the provision of Section 5(1) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Act 2018. Tukur, who is […]Read More
Hoodlums have invaded the Agbaji area of Ilorin, where the family residence of the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, is located. No fewer than 11 people were reportedly injured when the hoodlums invaded the area and damaged 50 vehicles on Sunday. Also, Solagberu and Aliagan mosques, as well as about five buildings in […]Read More
The ruling All Progressives Congress national chairman Adams Oshiomhole has threatened to sue the Senate President Bukola Saraki after the latter called for his resignation over allegations of graft against him. “I challenge Saraki to mention one name of an aspirant that gave money to the national chairman or we file a legal action against […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to both chambers of the National Assembly for consideration and approval. President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, read Buhari’s cover letter on the document in the chambers during plenary on Tuesday. […]Read More
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has appealed to both the Federal Government and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)/Trade Union Congress (TUC) to work together in order to avert the proposed workers’ strike in the interest of Nigeria. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), […]Read More