N22trn Loan To Attract Additional N1.8trn Interest, Says Buhari   President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, signed into law the 2023 budget proposal of N21.83tn along with the 2022 supplementary appropriation bill. It is the eighth and final budget of his regime. Buhari signed the 2023 budget at the...

National Assembly Suspends Controversial Legislation on Workers' Pension The House of Representatives debated a controversial bill seeking to pull National Assembly workers out of the contributory pension scheme. The bill had been listed for third reading but Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, was forced to...

Nigerian Air to Commence Before December - Aviation Minister Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has given assurances that the nation’s national carrier, Nigerian Air will commence operations before December, 2022. Sirika gave the assurance on Thursday, while meeting with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi...

JUST IN: ASUU to Call Off Strike Friday There are strong indications that the nearly year-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be over by the end of the week. This is following the positive outcome of recent meetings between...

House Moves Against Non-payment Of Salaries, Pensions   The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading, a bill seeking to prohibit late and non-payment of workers and pensioners by employers. When it becomes law, employees will be entitled to interests on unpaid wages. Underpayment of...

Reps Set to Probe NNPC’s 32-year Joint Ventures The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee says it has begun a probe of all Joint Ventures and Production Sharing Contracts entered into by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the last 32 years. The Committee is set to Investigate...