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ROUNDUP: Budget padding, power outage, Akpabio, Saraki verbal punches, other top stories at Senate

Nigeria, March 11 -- Power outage in the hallowed chamber of the Senate, caused by a faulty generator, forced senators to delay plenary for about two hours on Tuesday. The session, statutorily schedu... Read More


You lied, Presidency replies senator over 2024 budget

Nigeria, March 10 -- The presidency has accused a senator, Abdul Ningi, of lying when he claimed that President Bola Tinubu is executing a version of the 2024 budget different from the one passed by t... Read More


Senate speaks on alleged budget padding

Nigeria, March 10 -- The Senate on Saturday disagreed with its members from the northern part of the country that the 2024 budget was padded. The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Media and Publ... Read More


Ex-senator demands probe of Islamic scholar's death

Nigeria, March 7 -- A former senator from Zamfara State, Kabiru Marafa, has demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of an Islamic scholar, Abubakar Hassan, who w... Read More


Why Nigeria is experiencing inflation - Finance Minister

Nigeria, March 7 -- The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun, says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the leadership of Godwin Emefiele printed a total of N2... Read More


Nigerian lawmakers to meet Tinubu over rising insecurity

Nigeria, March 6 -- The Senate on Wednesday resolved to schedule a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu to discuss the rising cases of kidnapping, terrorism, banditry and other security chal... Read More


Power outage delays Senate plenary

Nigeria, March 5 -- There was a power outage in the Senate wing of the National Assembly Complex for several hours on Tuesday forcing the lawmakers to commence the plenary about two hours behind sched... Read More


ROUNDUP: CBN Governor's tenure, Buhari's N30trn Ways and Means probe, other Senate top stories

Nigeria, March 4 -- Barely five months after two senators proposed separate bills to bar governors and deputy governors of CBN from participating in politics, another lawmaker is seeking to amend the ... Read More


ROUND-UP: CBN Governor's tenure, Ways and Means probe, other top Senate stories

Nigeria, March 4 -- Barely five months after two senators proposed separate bills to bar governors and deputy governors of CBN from participating in politics, another lawmaker is seeking to amend the ... Read More


South-east nominee for membership of CBN board rejects Tinubu's appointment

Nigeria, Feb. 29 -- Urum Eke, who was recently nominated by President Bola Tinubu to represent the South-east zone on the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has rejected his nomination. The ... Read More