The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the National Assembly would task its committees to ensure proper implementation of the 2020 budget.
President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law Tuesday,
“We have a year to monitor, from January to December. Just as we gave...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, to be remanded in prison for a minimum of 30 days.
Justice Anwuri Chikere, who gave the order, accused Okoh of serial disobedience of the Supreme Court order on the ownership...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday extended the suspension of 16 local government chairmen and their legislative committees, a decision premised on the ongoing investigation of the affected officials by the anti-graft body and a subsisting resolution of the House of Assembly.
Accused of alleged misappropriation of public funds,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the N10.59 trillion 2020 appropriation bill into law.
The president signed the budget document into law on Tuesday in the presence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ahmad Lawan, the senate president, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, amongst other principal officers.
“It is my...
No fewer than 5,557 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), youths, women and other beneficiaries were on Monday presented with ATM cards, as Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya flagged-off the payment of the Public Workfare (PWF) and Special Grant Transfers (SGT) of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO)...
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who is serving a 12-year imprisonment for N7.1bn fraud and money laundering, has prayed the Court of Appeal in Lagos to grant him bail, pending the hearing of his appeal.
Kalu, who was convicted of the offences by Justice Mohammad Idris on...
Governor of Enugu State Rt. Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Tuesday presented 2020 budget proposal of 169, 567, 658,300 billion to the state house of Assembly for approval.
Gov Ugwuanyi disclosed that 2020 budget size which was 55.2% higher than that of 2019, was tagged “budget of responsive and accountable government”.
Presenting...
Kwara State Government has established an e-Government Delivery Team to drive its efforts to deploy modern technology for government operations and make Kwara one of the easiest states to do business in Nigeria.
That comes a few weeks after Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said Kwara would turn the page on the...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, asked politicians interested in contesting the 2023 general elections to work hard because he would not allow electoral malpractices.
He asked those who may be planning to use their offices or security agencies to subvert the will of the people to...
The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, to appear before it with the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede.
Aregbesola and Babandede are to brief the Senate on Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on latest visa on arrival policy...
