Two years after, senators reconvenes in newly-renovated chamber Senators resumed from about four weeks of Easter and Eid-el-Fitr recess on Tuesday at the newly-renovated chamber. The upper chamber embarked on holiday on 20 March. Ahead of Tuesday’s plenary, seats had been allocated to the 109 senators including the senate president in the chamber. It had … Read more
A Nigerian private institution, Baze University, Abuja, has increased fees payable by students, citing an ‘astronomical rise’ in the cost of goods and services. The increments include a 100 per cent rise in hostel fees, a 35 per cent increase in tuition, and Students’ Industrial Working Experience Scheme (SIWES) as well as a 25 per … Read more
Experts on Friday discussed challenges, reforms, and the quest for accountability in Nigeria’s audit system. The experts spoke at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) Twitter Spaces titled “Addressing Financial Irregularities Arising from 2020 Audit Report of the Auditor General of the Federation.” The space was organised in collaboration with PREMIUM TIMES on … Read more
Tinubu’s Requests: Again, lawmakers sacrificing due diligence for speed There is an emerging trend in the National Assembly. It has been noticed that once a bill or request emanates from the president, the lawmakers pass or approve it at the speed of light.During the past week, the lawmakers approved four requests from the president. The … Read more
Some staff of the National Assembly, under the aegis of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP), have sued the leadership and management of the Assembly over the move to extend the retirement age of legislative staff. In a notice at the National Industrial Court, Abuja, dated 1 March 2024, ALDRAP is challenging … Read more
President Bola Tinubu will dispatch an “emergency fiscal bill” to the National Assembly within the next two weeks for consideration, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has said. Mr Adedeji disclosed this on Wednesday while defending the budget of the Service before the House Representatives Committee on Finance. The FIRS chief … Read more
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Central Bank Governor, Oluyemi Cardoso, for shunning its invitations. The Chairman of the committee, Bamidele Salam (PDP, Oyo), issued the threat in a letter addressed to Mr Cardoso on Tuesday. In the letter, dated 27 February, the … Read more
The Chairman of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi, has endorsed the proposed amendment of Nigerian constitution to revert to the parliamentary system of government. Mr Abdullahi gave the endorsement on Friday while hosting members of the House of Representatives Parliamentary System Caucus. PREMIUM TIMES had reported the introduction of the constitutional alteration bill seeking … Read more
Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has finally provided a detailed explanation as to why Nigerians couldn’t view in real-time the result of the presidential elections on the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) during the 25 February presidential elections that was held last year. INEC provided the explanation in its 526-page 2023 General Elections Report published on its … Read more
Amnesty International has urged Nigerian lawmakers to reject the bill seeking to regulate the activities of non-governmental organizations in Nigeria. The organization, in a post on X, formally known as Twitter, on Friday, described the legislation, sponsored by Sada Soli (Katsina, APC), as dangerous and oppressive, and promised to vigorously oppose the bill. Amnesty stated … Read more
