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...

Reps, Senators Face Probe Over Illegal Budget Passage   The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has confirmed the allegation by President Muhammadu Buhari  that some committees of the National Assembly are passing budgets for ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government illegally. It was...

Senate, Minister Clash Over N12.43trn 2023 Budget Deficit   The Senate, through its Committee on Finance, has disagreed with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, as well as heads of revenue generating agencies in the country on the proposed 2023 – 2025...

Audit Report: NSITF Under Fire In Senate Over N17.2bn Transfer   The present and past management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund have come under fire in the Senate for failing to justify its spending of N17.158 billion in 2013 with required evidential documents, some...

Senate Probe Health Ministry On Alleged N5.7bn Donor Funds Mismanagement   The Senate Public Account Committee has summoned senior management staff of the Ministry of Health to appear before it in order to explain how they managed the N5.7 billion grant from an international donor agency. Our...