The N47.9 trillion 2025 budget presentation to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, earlier fixed for Tuesday, 17 December, has been shifted to Wednesday, 18 December. Top management staff of the National Assembly said that an official statement on the postponement would soon be issued. During plenary last Thursday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced that …

The National Assembly has refuted social media claims that President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 budget to a joint session on Wednesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Secretary of Research and Information at the National Assembly, Dr. Ali Umoru, described the reports as false. He urged the public to disregard the information, emphasizing that the legislative body …

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, will on Wednesday present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly. Makinde, in a statement released on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, will present the budget estimate to the lawmakers at an event scheduled to take place at the House of Assembly Complex, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, the …

The Senate has postponed the screening of seven ministerial nominees, who are scheduled for Tuesday. Citing reasons for the postponement in a personally signed statement, Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, said the postponement was to allow the nominees to conclude all aspects of documentation and pre-screening exercise. The statement, titled “Postponement of Ministerial Screening,” …

President Bola Tinubu is set to commission the newly built Nigeria Police National Cybercrime Centre in Abuja. In a statement via X on Tuesday, Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the facility would be commissioned on Wednesday.

The Saudi Arabia, on Monday, said the crescent of Shawwal has not been sighted, indicating that the fasting will continue on Tuesday. It also added that the Eid-El-Fitr would hold on Wednesday, 10th April to mark the beginning of the new Islamic month. This disclosure was made on Haramin’s official Facebook page, an official platform for the Muslim community across …

The Senate has stated that it would grill the service chiefs on Wednesday and Thursday over the state of insecurity in the country. This was disclosed on Tuesday by Senator Tokunbo Abiru while announcing the postponement of the interface between the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions from Tuesday to Friday this week. Abiru, who is the …

The Chairman of the National Peace Commission (NPC), General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.) has announced that parties and stakeholders involved in the Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections would sign a peace accord next Wednesday. In a statement on Saturday in Abuja, the former Head of State, said: “The NPC hereby wishes to announce the signing of peace accords on Wednesday, 8th …