LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government will propose to the National Assembly about N9.79 trillion as total expenditure in the 2020 budget, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Mrs Ahmed announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a public consultation forum with civil society groups and agencies on the…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS No fewer than 6,721 concerned Nigerians as well as socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE) have sued the National Assembly to stop it from spending N5.5billion to buy luxury cars for principal officials. The case which has been filed at the Federal High Court in…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten years after they were purchased for the use of federal lawmakers, 15 electric cars (carts) are laying waste at the National Assembly. The carts have not been put into use since they were acquired and their existence is even unknown to many. They are parked in a garage purposely built for…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, on Tuesday, invaded the National Assembly complex premises, resulting in an exchange with security operatives. Soures revealed that the protesting Shiites members in their numbers broke down the first gate and proceeded to the second, which serves as the main…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A continental railway advocacy group, African Railway Roundtable has called on the new leadership of Nigerian National Assembly to immediately revive and accelerate the passage of the Nigerian railway law reform bill which seeks to amend the out dated 1955 law establishing and regulating the Nigerian Railway Corporation. The group which made…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former governor of Anambra state and Vice Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi yesterday led Peoples Democratic Party to a special thanksgiving victory service to appreciate God for His mercies, goodness and favour during the elections particularly in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra state. The victory thanksgiving Church…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Payment of overhead allowances to lawmakers inaugurated on Tuesday in the first three months will increase their total allowances to N19.89bn, investigations by Saturday PUNCH has shown. The PUNCH had exclusively reported that 469 lawmakers would get N4.68bn as welcome package to sort out accommodation and furniture issues. Further investigations showed that…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has disowned the management of the National Assembly led by the Clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, over the stringent conditions imposed on journalists seeking to cover the activities of the Ninth Assembly. Saraki, in a statement on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola,…
