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2025 budget bill scales second reading in House

After a robust debate, the House of Representatives has advanced the N49.7 trillion 2025 appropriation bill to second reading  The House of Representatives, after a four-hour robust debate on Thursday, passed the second reading of the N49.7 trillion 2025 appropriation bill titled “Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity.” The budget, which President Bola Tinubu presented to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 18, is set to address critical economic and security challenges facing the...

Reps to hand N705 million savings from salary cut to Tinubu

The House of Representatives is to hand over the sum of N704.9 million saved from 50 percent salary cut to President Tinubu on December 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna), announced on Thursday that members of the House have collectively contributed N704,907,578.82 from their salaries over the past five months to support vulnerable Nigerians struggling with the economic impact of subsidy removal and rising poverty levels. Speaking during the...

‘Today, no community is under the threat of terrorism,’ Akpabio to Tinubu | FULL SPEECH

Senate President Akpabio eulogised President Tinubu in superlative terms during the latter’s 2025 budget presentation to a joint session of the national assembly President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has praised President Bola Tinubu in superlative terms and trumpted the gains of his administration, including on security. Making a welcome remark during the formal presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill, Akpabio said no community in Nigeria is threatened by terrorism under Tinubu. He also...

Ibadan explosion: Reps call for probe, arrest of suspects

The House of Reps is demanding an investigation into the Ibadan explosion and an arrest of the culprits. The House of Representatives has called for an extensive probe into the explosion in Ibadan, Oyo state,  that resulted in the death of 3 people, and 77 persons sustaining injuries on Tuesday, January 16, 2023. The House also called for the arrest and prosecution of persons suspected to be responsible for the blast.  In a statement issued...

Members of the joint committee promised to increase the defence budget to ensure that the ministry and security agemcies are completely equipped to perform their functions The National Assembly joint committee on defence has told the minister of defence that budgetary allocations to security agencies should be of priority knowledge and coordination in order to avoid working in silos.  This position was spearheaded by Senator Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe North) during the budget defence of...

LIFE Service: 2024 Appropriation bill takes precedence in NASS this week

Orderpaper’s Legislative Intelligence Forecast (LIFE) Service by Kauthar Anumba Khaleel provides a glimpse into the plan for the legislative business of the National Assembly this week. Barring last-minute changes, President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly for consideration and passage. Upon receipt of the document, both chambers would commence consideration of the budget estimates. This, of course, is considering that the budget needs to be passed before...

COP28: Why Africa Must Accelerate Transition from Fossil Fuel to Renewable Energy

In this opinion piece, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act, says a major agenda for COP28 should be the search for unselfish leadership and a collective resolve to accelerate the transition from fossils to renewable energy   It is on record that 151 countries have pledged to attain net zero emissions. Yet, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2023, which was released earlier this month, shows that countries all...

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