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President Muhammadu Buhari says the Finance Bill 2019 he forwarded to the National Assembly, when passed into law, will permit government to raise the country’s Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 to 7.5 per cent. The Nigerian leader disclosed…

The Presidency says the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, originally scheduled to hold on Saturday, has been shifted to 12 noon on Monday, October 7. Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and…

President Muhammadu Buhari will present 2020 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, October 8, says Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Adedayo Adeyeye. Adeyeye,who disclosed this at a…

The Elections Transparency Group (ETG) has described the abandonment of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sittings in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State by Justice Sheriff Hafizu Tahir, after giving the minority judgment in the Sen.…

The Imo State Government, on Thursday, ordered a citizen’s arrest against a former governor of the state and now a senator in the National Assembly, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, over alleged assault on a government official, Mr. Jasper Ndubuaku.…

The senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which started with President Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate, would fizzle out in 2023. He…

Clement Nnachi, Abakaliki Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Kanu Uche, has urged the Federal Government to urgently transmit the report of the 2014 National Conference to the National Assembly for debate and passage…

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has ordered parties to a suit challenging the alleged plans by the National Assembly to interfere in the affairs of the Edo State House of Assembly not to take any further steps on the issue pending…

Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, on Monday, departed Abuja for Saudi Arabia to join millions of Muslim faithful from around the world who were gathered in the Holy Land for this year's Hajj. A statement by the Special Adviser on Media…

The National Assembly on Wednesday pledged its continued support to the Nigerian military in tackling the current security threats across the country. The President of the Senate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, made the pledge at the National Defence…