The annual budget of the National Assembly has been stagnant for 13 years despite “inflation and attendant consequences”. Dr Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives stated this when he received a visiting delegation of the African Business Roundtable. “Our budget has been stagnant for 13 years, but our expenditure has gone up within the period. In fact, at some points, the National Assembly budget came down from what it used to be in...

The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has sued the Ondo State Government, the Governor of Ondo State, and others over the impeachment process against him. Also, joined in the suit are the Ondo State House of Assembly, the Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, the Clerk of Ondo State House of Assembly, and the Chief Judge of Ondo State. In a suit marked AK/348/2023 filed by human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu...

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal, on Tuesday, said the Zamfara State Government has enough facts to expose the agents of the Federal Government behind the secret negotiation with bandits. Lawal was reacting to a recent statement by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, where he accused the Zamfara State Government of politicizing security. The governor, who had consistently ruled out the option of negotiating with bandits, had raised the alarm that...

The increasing cases of organ theft and lynching of innocent persons in Kogi state have become a great concern to members of the Kogi State House of Assembly. The house, therefore, called on the state government to take proactive measures to curb the trend and also called on the police to investigate widely and arrest perpetrators of organ theft in Lokoja, the state capital, and Kogi State in general. Hon. Bin Ebaiya Shehu Tijani, a member...