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Harmonized retirement bill for NASS staff hits the rock as Tinubu refuses assent

President Bola Tinubu has declined assent for the harmonized bill aimed at extending the service period of National Assembly (NASS) staff by five...

Tinubu to submit minimum wage bill to NASS next week

Barring a last-minute change, President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to send the new National Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly next week....

Minimum wage review: My take away, item 34 of 1999 Constitution’s Exclusive List should be amended

By Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, CON *An Opinion piece titled, “MININMUM WAGE REVIEW- MY TAKE AWAY ,” by former Hon. Minister of Works...

Strike: Expedite passage of new national minimum wage bill, Falana urges NASS 

Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the National Assembly to swiftly pass a new National Minimum Wage Bill that would reflect the current...

Tinubu to address joint session of National Assembly May 29 

President Bola Tinubu will address a joint session of the 10th Assembly on Wednesday, May 29, to commemorate Nigeria’s 25 years of unbroken...

NASS’ summonses of ministers, agencies’ CEOs: Let them breathe – Pres. Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has urged the legislative arm of government to lessen the frequency with which the parliament summons ministers and heads of...

Breaking: Reps want presidential system scrapped, opt for parliamentary

At least 60 House of Representatives members on Wednesday proposed a bill to amend the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria and return the country...

Lagos Assembly worries about Naira value, urges FG, CBN to take bold steps to shore up its value

The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the continued downward slide in the value of the naira against the dollar. As at...

Tinubu, NASS, should make kidnapping, banditry, insurgency capital offences – retired Army General, DIG

Worried by the parlous security situation in the country with existential threats, two security experts—a retired Army general and a Police Deputy Inspector-General—have...

Six people arrested over NASS members’ harassment at Kogi Governor’s office

Six people have been apprehended in connection with the harassment of National Assembly members during their visit to Gov. Yahaya Bello at the...

2024 N27.5trn budget: Tinubu targets 3.76 % economic growth, N9.18trn deficit

President Bola Tinubu has presented a N27.5 trillion budget, tagged “Budget of Renewed Hope” for the 2024 fiscal year Tinubu made the presentation...

Pres. Tinubu presents 2024 N26.1trn budget to joint session of NASS Nov. 29

President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, November 29 present the 2024 budget estimate of about N26.1 trillion to a joint session of the...

FG okays 2024 N27.5 trn budget estimates, presents it next week to NASS

Ahead of its presentation next week to the National Assembly, a N27.5 trillion 2024 appropriation bill was on Monday approved by the Federal...

Budget of Booby Traps by Dakuku Peterside 

There is a deafening silence in the land over the state of the economy. No right-thinking person can take this silence or mood...

Akpabio, Abass get 7-day ultimatum to stop plan to spend N110bn on bulletproof cars, others

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas have been given seven days ultimatum to drop the...