Electricity Tariff Hike To Wait As Gbajabiamila, Lawan Intervene     The 100 per cent hike in electricity tariff slated to commence Wednesday has been put on hold. This follows the National Assembly leadership’s intervention at a meeting with the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), the National Electricity Regulatory...

FG Meets NASS, Raises Debt Service By N225bn   The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday presented a revised 2020 Appropriation Act to the National Assembly and explained why the downward review of the national budget. At the meeting were presiding and...

Reps To Donate Two Month Salaries To Fight COVID-19   Members of the House of Representatives have resolved to donate their two months salaries to the fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who made the announcement via social media, on Tuesday, said the...

$22.79bn Loan: Reps Suspend Consideration Indefinitely   The House of Representatives has indefinitely suspended the consideration of the $22.79bn external loan request by President Muhammadu Buhari. The House had listed the report by its Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management on the 2016–2018 Federal Government External...

Reps Consider Buhari’s $22.79bn Loan Today   The House of Representatives has scheduled consideration of the $22.79bn external borrowing request by President  Muhammadu Buhari for Wednesday (today). The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known at the plenary on Tuesday. He made the announcement in reaction to a member,...

40% Budget Must Go To Capital Projects - Reps   A bill seeking to make it compulsory for the Federal Government to allocate 40 per cent of funds to capital expenditure in the national budget for 10 years passed the second reading at the House of...