Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Nigerian lawmakers extend implementation of 2025 federal budget after Tinubu's failed promises

Nigeria, March 31 -- The Senate on Tuesday extended the implementation timeline of the capital component of the 2025 budget to 30 June 2026. The upper chamber approved the extension during plenary fo... Read More


BREAKING: Senate passes 2026 budget without scrutinising Tinubu's request for upward review

Nigeria, March 31 -- The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2026 budget after adding the N9.3 trillion latest request by President Bola Tinubu, bringing the total figure to N68.323 trillion. Apart from app... Read More


Senate passes 2026 budget without scrutinising Tinubu's request for upward review

Nigeria, March 31 -- The Senate on Tuesday passed the 2026 budget after adding the N9.3 trillion latest request by President Bola Tinubu, bringing the total figure to N68.323 trillion. Apart from app... Read More


Tinubu seeks Senate's approval for fresh $6bn loans from UAE, UK

Nigeria, March 31 -- President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday asked the Senate to approve two fresh foreign loans totalling $6 billion to be obtained from the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. Mr ... Read More


Tinubu proposes N9.3 trillion increase to 2026 budget, now N67.7 trillion

Nigeria, March 31 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve an increase of N9.3 trillion to the 2026 budget, raising it from N58.47 trillion to N67.7 trillion. The request was conveyed... Read More


ANALYSIS: Will Wike-backed PDP national convention resolve party's lingering crisis?

Nigeria, March 29 -- The decision by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to convene a fresh national convention in Abuja, in compliance with a court ruling that sacked the Kabiru Turaki-le... Read More


Eight senators join ADC from PDP, LP, APGA

Nigeria, March 13 -- Nine opposition senators, on Thursday, announced their defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on the floor of the upper chamber ahead of the 2027 general election. T... Read More


Senate threatens to declare Abaribe's seat vacant over move to ADC

Nigeria, March 12 -- The Senate on Thursday threatened that the Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, could lose his seat if he does not reconsider his resignation fr... Read More


PDP seats drop to 14 as Adamawa senators join APC

Nigeria, March 12 -- The number of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators dropped to 14 on Wednesday, following the defection of three PDP senators to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The... Read More


FCT' 2026 budget passes second reading at the Senate

Nigeria, March 11 -- The 2026 budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has passed second reading at the Senate. The senators voted to pass the appropriation bill after debating i... Read More