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October 1, 2020 No Responses

Reps Approve N13.08tri Expenditures, $40 Oil Price Benchmark For 2021

The House of Representatives has approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), and put the total government proposed 2021 expenditure at N13.08 trillion. This followed a unanimous adoption of a report presented by the Chairman,...

December 19, 2019 No Responses

Trump Becomes Third President To Be Impeached

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether...

August 16, 2019 No Responses

Customs, NNPC, CBN Shun Public Hearing

An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives has summoned heads of four government agencies to appear before it on August 19. This followed the ruling of the Chairman of the Committee, Yusuf Buba (APC-Adamawa), at a public hearing...

January 30, 2019 No Responses

Reps Approve N30,000 Minimum Wage

The House of Representatives Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday approved and adopted the report of the ad hoc committee on a bill for an Act to repeal the National Minimum wage act to prescribe a New National Minimum...

June 21, 2018 No Responses

Reps Justifies N578b Hike In 2018 Budget

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has justified its decision to raise the 2018 budget estimates by N578 billion. The House also blamed the Executive for the late passage of the budget. Reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s complaints while sign...

January 25, 2017 No Responses

Dogara seeks infrastructure bond for road projects

Concerned about the huge debt owed to local road contractors in the country, speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has proposed an Infrastructure Bond for funding road infrastructure in the country. Speaking when he received the...