The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has promised to constitute Anambra State House of Assembly Service Commission, which is one of the structures required for an independent legislature in Anambra State. This assurance from the governor was given during a conversation with members of the Anambra State chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria – PASAN, through the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Somto Udeze. The governor’s promise was also reinforced...

The confusion and uncertainty in the Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seem to have taken another dimension on Tuesday, with the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Moses Thomas Sule, and his Deputy, Hon. Gwottaon Fom, resigning their positions Gabriel Dawang, the member representing Pankshin North,  has been elected as the new speaker, while Hon Timothy Dantong representing Riyom constituency is now the new deputy speaker of the Assembly....

…Okays 2024-2026 budget framework The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), which includes a borrowing plan of N7.8 trillion for 2024. For 2024, 2025, and 2026, the House further set benchmark oil prices of $73.96, $73.76, and $69.90 per barrel, respectively. The House also set daily crude oil production levels of 1.78 Mbps, 1.80 Mbps, and 1.81 Mbps. The executive’s proposed exchange rate for...

The pan Yoruba socio-cultural and political organization, Afenifere, has expressed deep concern over the spate of internal security breaches from various parts of the country in recent times and has asked President Bola Tinubu to issue an executive order on state, local government police, as well as strengthen the federal police. A Press Statement issued on Tuesday by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Comrade Jare Ajayi, called on President Tinubu and relevant security...

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has presented the state’s 2024 budget proposal of Four hundred and ten billion, one hundred and thirty-two million, two hundred and twenty-four thousand, two hundred and seventy-two naira to the State Assembly. Governor Soludo made the presentation at the State Assembly Complex in Awka. Ninety-six billion, two hundred and one million, nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and forty-six naira (₦96, 201, 936, 746) that is 23% of...

An assassination attempt targeted at Ehie Edison, the factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, was aborted by the lawmaker’s security escorts on Sunday night. The lawmaker, at a press briefing yesterday, said two senior police officers led the gunmen who stormed his residence from the state police command. The gunmen, he said, attempted to force themselves into his residence but his security men warded them off. The State Assembly spokesperson Ken Uchendu,...

The former member of the House of Representatives, Salisu Zakari Ningi has been stripped of his traditional title as the Kauran Ningi by the Ningi Emirate Council of Bauchi State with immediate effect for criticizing the Bauchi state Government. The former lawmaker also perceived a lack of commitment to the development of the Emirate. The Emirate council stated that Zakari had criticized the recently flagged off dual carriageway in Ningi township, Bauchi–Ningi–Kano road by the...

Federal universities in Nigeria would no longer remit 40 per cent of their internally generated revenue, IGR, to the federal government, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman said on Friday. Before the discontinuation of the policy, the remittance was set to commence this month. But Mamman, while speaking at the 75th Founder’s Day ceremony of the University of Ibadan, UI, said the policy was ill-timed. “The 40 per cent IGR automatic deduction policy stands cancelled....