Senate Worried Over Seafaring Manpower Deficit       The Nigerian Senate has expressed concern over the deficit in the country’s seafaring manpower capacity, just as experts noted that Nigeria can generate $12 billion yearly from the seafaring profession. Speaking during the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) 2020 passing-out-parade/graduation...

We Lost N1bn To #EndSARS Protests - NPA         The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman, told the Senate on Monday that the agency lost more than N1bn when some unidentified people vandalised its facilities during the recent #EndSARS protests in October this...

Senate Seeks Additional N9bn For Nigeria Railways       The Senate on Thursday, demanded additional N9bn for the Nigeria Railways Corporation in the 2021 budget. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Danjuma Goje, said this after submitting the 2021 budget report of the Marine Transport and...

Minimum Wage not Captured in 2018 Budget The Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Sen. Danjuma Goje, has said that no provision was made in the 2018 Budget for any increase in minimum wage during the year. Goje made this known while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in...

NASS Increases 2018 budget to N9.1trn The National Assembly has jacked up the 2018 budget to N9.1 trillion from N8.6 trillion. The details of the budget were listed on the order paper available at the senate. The Chairman of the Senate committee on Appropriation Senator Danjuma...

President Muhammadu Buhari has intensified efforts to get the 2016 budget passed into law without further hitches and delay by the National Assembly. THISDAY checks monday revealed that Buhari, in a bid to ensure that all impediments surrounding the passage of the budget were laid...