2020 budget: N’Assembly won’t approve another extension request, says Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly would not accede to another request from the Executive to extend the capital...
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Senate passes 2021-2023 MTEF/FSP
…Pegs Oil Benchmark at $40 per barrel, Exchange Rate at N379/1US$ The Senate, shortly before it adjourned plenary on Thursday, passed the 2021-2023 Medium Term...
Natural Resources Fund should be deployed to diversify economy – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advised the federal government to deploy the Natural Resources Development Fund to support enterprises within the agriculture and...
Senate passes Buhari’s Finance Bill 2020
The Senate has passed President Muhammadu Buhari’s Finance Bill 2020 transmitted to the National Assembly two weeks ago for consideration and passage. The passage of...
Professionalism in Extractive Industry is Highly Essential – Arc. Adegbite
The importance of professionalism in the Extractive Industry cannot be overemphasized, as such, all hands must be on deck to ensure that the Council of...
Finance bill, critical to success of 2021 budget -Gbajabiamila
…House promises speedy passage The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed the commitment of the House to speedily pass the...
FG to ensure implementation economic sustainability plan on SMEs fund – Adebayo
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Otumba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo CON said that the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and...
Senate President refers AMCON, NDIC nominees to banking committee for screening
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has referred the nominations of Ahmed Kuru as Managing Director; Ebelechukwu Uneze; and Aminu Ismail as Executive Directors of the...
Gbajabiamila engages development partners on debt cancellation
In light of the grinding economic impacts of Covid-19, Nigeria’s Speaker, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has engaged some international development partners on the Debt Cancellation Campaign...
N’Assembly will ensure Aviation sector is protected, supported – Senate President
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured the airline operators that the National Assembly will ensure that the Aviation sector is protected and supported....
Nasarawa among states benefiting from $10m World Bank fiscal transparency grant
….Earmarks N950m to build markets, pay gratuity Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has disclosed that the state has joined other elite states in the...
Senate Considers Bill to Blacklist Loan Defaulters in Nigeria
The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to improve credit repayment culture, reduce non-performing loans in the banking sector, streamline loan recovery watch-list consistent...
Engineer Sule commissions largest cinema in West Africa, woos French investors
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has commissioned a 300 capacity cinema, the largest in the country, as well as the entire West African region,...
Engineer Sule inaugurates state CARES steering committee to enable Nasarawa access $20m facility
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has inaugurated the State CARES Steering Committee (N-SCSC), to facilitate the implementation of the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic...
Buhari seeks Senate approval for Finance Bill 2020
The Senate on Tuesday received a transmission of the Finance bill 2020 from President Muhammadu Buhari, for consideration and passage into law in support of...
