Tag: BUDGET, passage, senate
Circumstances prevented us from early passage of budget- Senate President
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says the Senate decided to shift the passage of the 2023 Budget to December 28, due to some challenges. Lawan said this at the...
Senate panel summons IPPIS over missing N113m Service Votes
The Senate has summoned officials of Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) over the missing N113 million disbursed from Service Wide Votes (SWV)...
Again,Court stops screening, confirmation of Onochie as NDDC Chairman
The Federal High Court, Abuja has granted an order stopping the National Assembly from screening and confirming the nominated chairman and Managing...
Group urges Senate, Reps to reject and replace acting NASS clerk
A pro-democracy group, Nigerians for Enduring Democracy (NED), has called for both arms of the National Assembly to reject and reverse the appointment of Sani...
Senate to NLNG: Pay host communities N18.4bn compensation within two months
The Senate on Tuesday directed the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited,NLNG, to pay N18.4 billion compensation to 73 communities of Obiafu, Soku and...
Why MultiChoice and others rejected pay per view model
Stakeholders, including a major cable television firm in the country, MutiChoice Nigeria, have told the Senate that the pay-per-view model being canvassed by the...
Senate confirms nomination of Ariwoola as CJN
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Acting CJN, Ariwoola born In...
NASS resumes, 2023 budget, CJN’s confirmation top agenda
The National Assembly will on Tuesday (today) resume from its two-month annual recess, with the lingering crisis between the Federal Government and the Academic...
House Committee probes extra- budgetary spendings of Foreign missions
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced investigations into how Nigeria’s foreign mission engaged in extra budgetary spending...
Senate wants JAMB to raise cut-off mark for Education courses
The Senate has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB to increase the cut-off marks for students going into tertiary institutions to study...
