Reps Debate N13.08trn Budget, Check For Foreign Trips       The House of Representatives has opened discussions on the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N1.08 trillion expenditure at the House of Representatives plenary. Issues surrounding the funds proposed for Debt Service, Capital and Recurrent expenditure were the focus when...

Fuel, Power, VAT Increments Due To Tariff Hike – DSTV       MultiChoice Group, owners of the DSTV, has blamed the recent hikes in its subscription tariffs on high cost of production, especially the increment of Valued Added Tax and poor power supply leading to provision of...

‘18 Unviable Airports Account For N65bn Revenue Shortfall’       The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has blamed unviable airports scattered nationwide for its poor earnings and revenue shortfall over the years, now in excess of N65 billion. Management of FAAN, while appearing before the House of...

Buhari To Present N13.09trn 2021 Appropriation Bill To NASS Thursday       President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday present the 2021 N13.09 trillion Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National Assembly for necessary approval. Reliable legislative sources told our correspondent that the Executive has written formally...

Reps Minority Caucus Rejects Fuel Pump Price Increase     The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from N148 to N151.56k per litre. The Petroleum Product Marketing Company, on Wednesday, announced that the Nigerian...

Reps: Govt Losing billions To Unremitted Funds     The House of Representatives said the Federal Government was losing huge revenue to under remittances of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by government agencies. It said if agencies of government were remitting adequate revenue, the government would have no business...