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Buhari seeks NASS approval for fresh $4bn, €710m external loans, pushing Nigeria’s debt to over N35 trn
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh “On July 7, 2021, the Senate had approved a loan request of N2.343 trillion, approximately $6 billion...
#FixPolitics Initiative blasts NASS botched attempt at gagging Nigerian Press
The #FixPolitics Initiative, a citizens-led research-based initiative designed to be executed as a “Big Push” for structural change of politics and...
Missing N4.4bn NASS funds: SERAP in legal tangle with Senate President, Speaker
“In the annual audited reports for 2015, 2017 and 2018, the Auditor-General of the Federation raised “concerns about alleged diversion and...
Again, SERAP asks NASS leadership: Probe missing N4.4bn from your coffers
“Any failure to promptly, thoroughly and independently investigate these serious allegations, prosecute suspected perpetrators, and recover missing public funds and assets would...
SERAP to NASS : Halt sale of government properties by Buhari to fund 2021 budget
Incensed by the planned sale of some national assets to fund the 2021 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Socio-Economic Rights and...
Justice Minister to NASS: You can’t summon the President
Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s acceptance to appear before the lawmakers on Thursday, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the...
Recession: SERAP to Buhari: Cut cost of governance, jumbo salaries of senators, others
Following the sliding of Nigerian economy into the worst recession ever, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Muhammadu...
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves 2020 Finance Bill for 2021 budget
The 24th Virtual Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the 2020 Finance Bill The Minister...
Suit against NASS: SERAP wins round one
A Federal High Court in the FCT has given an interim ruling, permitting SERAP to apply for a judicial review and seek an...
Digitalised assets declaration forms ready soon, says Code of Conduct Bureau
As part of efforts to digitalise its operations, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says assets declaration forms will be available online...
Buhari, NASS leadership to APC: Bridle your members, frown at lawlessness in the party
The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been advised to whip its members on line to resolve its internal crises....
SERAP wants court to compel NASS to publish details of corruption probes, public hearings since 1999
The National Assembly has been sued over its failure to publish reports of all completed public hearings and corruption probes by the National Assembly...
Again, Atiku in a letter to NASS: Don’t approve fresh loans for Buhari
Worried by Nigeria’s mounting debts in trillions, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has written a strongly crafted letter to the National Assembly, urging it...
CSOs to lawmakers : Your vacation ill-advised, ill-timed, smacks of conspiracy
No fewer than 39 civil society organisations (CSOs) said on Sunday that the decision by National Assembly to go on vacation amid high...
NASS gets SERAP’s FoI request to publish reports on corruption probes, public hearings since 1999
The National Assembly has been urged to publish all the reports of public hearings and corruption probes since the country returned to...
Reps committee summon Akpabio over alleged corruption, mismanagement and unwarranted meddlesomeness.
The House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Friday summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to...
