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Give me power to spend security votes like governors, Wike lobbies lawmakers

Nigeria, March 18 -- The Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked the House of Representatives to grant him the power to arbitrarily spend funds under the controversial "security vote" scheme. Mr Wike... Read More


How Nigerian lawmakers padded 2024 budget with over N53 billion vague projects

Nigeria, March 17 -- The claim by a senator, Abdul Ningi, that over N53 billion worth of projects in the 2024 Appropriations Act are without a specific location, is true, a check by PREMIUM TIMES has ... Read More


Alleged Budget Padding: Minister speaks on "insertion" of projects into 2024 budget

Nigeria, March 16 -- The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said the National Assembly is empowered by the Constitution to make input into the budget proposal by the executive... Read More


Cement Price: Nigerian lawmakers summon Dangote, BUA, others

Nigeria, March 13 -- The House of Representatives has summoned the major cement manufacturers over the spike in the price of the product in the country. The summon followed a motion jointly moved by ... Read More


Betta Edu: Reps urge Tinubu to speed up probe of suspended minister

Nigeria, March 13 -- The House of Representatives has urged President Bola Tinubu to expedite the investigation of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu. This resolution was a seq... Read More


Lawmaker canvasses N100,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers

Nigeria, March 13 -- The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers), says anything less than N100,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers is unacceptable. He urge... Read More


ROUNDUP: Confusing positions on Binance, power outage, budget review, top stories from House of Reps last week

Nigeria, March 11 -- The Tinubu administration's position on the digital currency world has been "confusing", starting with the lifting of the ban imposed by the former administration and now back to ... Read More


Sowore departs for U.S. after almost five years of battling Buhari govt's charges

Nigeria, March 9 -- Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, is set to depart for the United States today (Friday), marking his first travel out Nigeria since his legal troubles with the federal go... Read More


Lawmakers meet Arewa Consultative Forum, seek support for parliamentary system of govt

Nigeria, March 8 -- A group of 60 lawmakers, pushing for the parliamentary system, on Wednesday, held a meeting with the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to drum up support for the con... Read More


Amid depreciation of Naira, Nigerian lawmakers move to adjust 2024 budget

Nigeria, March 8 -- The House of Representatives is moving to review the parameters of the 2024 budget due to the depreciation of the Naira against major currencies. The House, on Thursday, mandated ... Read More