Lawmakers Pass NCC’s N559bn Budget   The Senate, at a plenary on Tuesday, passed the 2023 budget of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) following the presentation by the Committee on Communications. The lawmaker representing Yobe South, Ibrahim Bomai, who laid and presented the reports, stated that the...

NASS Proposes Bill Against Indiscriminate Waivers, Incentives   The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill for a second reading to amend the Federal Inland Revenue Service Act to regulate the processes of granting corporate tax holidays, import duty waivers and investment incentives to investors and businesses...

Senate Summons CBN Gov, Finance Minister, Others Over N500bn Loan Disbursement   An ad-hoc committee set up by the Senate to investigate the disbursement of development funds to 36 states of the federation since 2017, has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; the Governor of...

Senate Committee To Remove COREN From 2023 Federation Budget   The Senate Committee on Works has said there is no going back on its decision to remove the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria from the 2023 budget. The Senator Adamu Aleiro-led committee vowed to...

2023 Budget: Senate Suspends Defence Over Minister’s Summons Refusal   The Senate, on Tuesday, refused to consider the 2023 budget for the Ministry of Defence after the Minister, Bashiru Magashi, failed to honour invitations extended to him by the Senate Adhoc Committee on the Resuscitation of...

Senate Probes AGF Malami’s Ministry Over N2.2bn Expenditure   The Senate Public Account Committee has started investigating the N2.2bn unaccounted expenditure allegedly collected by the Federal Ministry of Justice, between 2017 and 2021 from the Service Wide Votes. The committee is currently going through the records of...