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December 31, 2023 No Responses

National Assembly Passes N28.7trillion 2024 Budget

The National Assembly on Saturday passed the 2024 Appropriation Bill, increasing the sum to ₦28.7 trillion from the initial ₦27.5 trillion presented by President Bola Tinubu late November. The lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the...

September 20, 2023 No Responses

Full Text Of Tinubu’s Address At UN General Assembly

Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of this Session of the United Nations General Ass...

November 29, 2022 No Responses

Osun Assembly Dismisses Adeleke’s Reversal Of Name, Anthem, Flag

The Osun House of Assembly has dismissed the order of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun reversing the state’s name to the constitutionally recognised one. The legislative insisted that the state anthem, crest and flag are an enactments of law and...

May 6, 2022 No Responses

Benue Assembly Approves Ortom’s N41.39b Loan Request

Benue House of Assembly on Friday approved request of Gov. Samuel Ortom’s loan of N41.39 billion for payment of salary, pension and other emolument arrears. The approval followed a letter of request from the governor to the Assembly which...

November 5, 2021 No Responses

Enugu Assembly Approves N15b Loan Request From CBN

The Enugu State House of Assembly has approved a N15 billion loan request by the Enugu State Government from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).The loan request was contained in a letter to the house read by the Speaker, Chief...

October 13, 2021 No Responses

Kano Sends N33.8b Supplementary Budget To Assembly

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has sent a N33. 8 billion 2021 supplementary budget to the House of Assembly for deliberation and subsequent approval. His request was read at plenary in Kano on Tuesday, by the Speaker, Alhaji Hamisu Chidari. ...

September 18, 2021 No Responses

Ogun Assembly Orders Former OPIC MD To Refund N40m

The Ogun State Assembly has directed former Managing Director of State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC), Mr Babajide Odusolu, to return N40 million unaccounted for in 2019 into the state purse within six months. This was part of the resolution...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Assembly Reacts To Alleged Plans To Impeach Diri Over N38b Refunds From FG

There are no plans to impeach Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, the State House ofAssembly, declared on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Speaking at an interactive session with Journalists, the House Committee Chairman on Information, Hon Tari Porri...

October 7, 2020 No Responses

El-Rufai Presents N237.52b 2021 Budget To Assembly

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai on Tuesday presented a 2021 budget proposal of N237.52 billion to the state House of Assembly. El-rufai said the sum of N124 billion, which is almost 79 percent of the capital budget of N157.56bn...

July 30, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Earmarks N1b To Boost Hospitality Sector

The Lagos State Government has earmarked N1 billion as part of COVID-19 bailout for the hospitality sector in the state. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this known on Wednesday in Ikeja during the 6th Lagos Corporate Assembly, tagged:.....

August 28, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Assembly Probes Ambode’s Purchase Of 820 Buses

The Lagos State House of Assembly has set up an ad hoc committee to probe the purchase of 820 mass transit buses by the Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration allegedly without budgetary approval. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the committee...

June 4, 2019 No Responses

Pope Francis Approves Revision Of Italian Missal

Pope Francis has approved a revised third edition of the Italian Missal, including changes to the Lord’s Prayer and Gloria. On May 22nd during the General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, President Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti announced th...