Umeh Kalu (SAN), counsel for the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has replied Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN) over the threat to drag his client to...
Reports have indicated that the Senate will respond to Senator Abdul Ningi’s letter seeking a recall from his three-month suspension. Committee on Media and Public Affairs...
The Nigerian Senate is set to review the three-month suspension handed to Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi over his allegation of a N3.7 trillion padding of...
The Arewa Advancement for Peace and Development Initiative has disapproved of Senator Abdul Ningi’s suspension. The group demanded the Senate reverse its decision and reinstate him...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said he is not the one responsible for the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central). Senator Akpabio also...
The embarrassing allegation of budget padding by the National Assembly is not a new phenomenon, notwithstanding aggrieved senators during the plenary on Tuesday, March 12, literally...
The allegation of budget padding by the National Assembly is not new; however, this is the first time that a distinguished and long-serving senator would accuse...
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) under the leadership of Edwin Clark has berated those calling for the resignation of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over the...
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday, visited the suspended Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi, at his residence. Naija News reports El-Rufai’s visit is a...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday told the leadership of the 10th Senate that he would always encourage the cooperation between the executive and judiciary for the...
The Arewa Movement for Good Governance (AM2G), a northern group, says the current leadership style of the national assembly is seriously threatening Nigeria’s democracy. The group...
The Arewa Movement for Good Governance, AM2G, has urged Nigerians to demand accountability from their leaders, stating that democracy is losing its meaning, value, and shine....
Members of the Arewa Initiative for the Defence and Promotion of Democracy (AIDPD) have berated the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over its stance on the three-month...
A former Governor of Kano State and chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Monday, paid a solidarity visit to Senator...
A member of the National Assembly has revealed that the three-month suspension imposed on the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, over allegations of padding the 2024...
The pan-northern socio-political organisation Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has berated the National Assembly for suspending the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, over the Senate’s alleged...
The party insisted that the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio has done nothing to warrant quitting his position over the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi. Recall that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to order an investigation into the allegations of a N3 trillion padding of the 2024...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said neither the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, nor the National Assembly broke any law with the...
Constituents of Bauchi Central Senatorial District have condemned the decision of the Senate to suspend their lawmaker, Senator Abdul Ningi, for three months. The constituents, under...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Garus Gololo, has threatened to sue the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio over what he called the illegal suspension’...
Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria, wants president Bola Tinubu’s administration to carry out a thorough investigation into the allegations of N3 trillion padding...
Senator Ningi Senator Abdul Ningi has stated that no one can control the can of worms he opened following his claims that the 2024 budget was...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has disclosed that he warned his colleague, Abdul Ningi on the allegation that the 2024 budget was padded...
Peter Gregory Obi, the ex-governor of Anambra State, called on the Senate to clear things up about Senator Abdul Ningi’s claim that an extra N3.7 trillion...
The Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has said the Senate was right to suspend the Senator representing Bauchi Central in the National Assembly, Abdul Ningi, over...
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi, has made a startling revelation following his suspension from the Senate. Ningi disclosed that there were intentions among...
A civic-tech non-profit organisation, BudgIT, has accused the National Assembly of inserting 7,447 constituency projects worth N2.24 trillion in the 2024 project. The organisation said this...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an investigation into the N3.7trn 2024 Budget padding allegation. The opposition party asked the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has publicly declared his support for Senator Abdul Ningi, who is currently suspended from the senate for 3 months...
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has berated the Senate over the suspension of Senator representing Bauchi Central in the...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has voiced the state government’s solidarity with Senator Abdul Ningi in a show of support following his recent suspension from...
Nigerian comedian and actor, Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth, has quizzed Nigerian senators over their responsibility to the country, aside from ‘padding budgets’. This comes...
The Senate has said the N3.7 trillion allegedly added to the 2024 budget was statutory transfers to first-line charge agencies of government not domiciled in the...
The Co-Founder of civic group Budgit, Seun Onigbinde has stated that Senator Abdul Ningi was right about his claims that there was no detailed project allocations...
Senator Shehu Sani has disclosed the potential consequences facing Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi following his three-month suspension by the Senate. Naija News earlier reported that...
The Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro on Tuesday, condemned Senator Abdul Ningi over claims that the leadership of the Senate Minority Caucus was imposed on the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday announced Senator Abdul Ningi’s suspension after he alleged that the President Bola Tinubu-led government padded the 2024 budget. However, before his...
President Bola Tinubu is currently engaged in closed-door discussions with Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, and other key lawmakers at the Aso...
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, criticized the budget padding allegations within the Senate on Tuesday. During the Senate session, Senator Oshiomhole shared his views on the...
The Senate’s decision to suspend Senator Abdul Ningi from Bauchi Central for three months has sparked numerous reactions. Ningi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party...
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi, was immediately led out of the legislative chambers after the pronouncement of a three-month...
The lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Opeyemi Bamidele, had described the claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by the Senate...
Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi, has stepped down as the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum. His resignation from the position follows his earlier suspension on...
The Senate has suspended the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi, for three months from all legislative duties. Ningi, a chieftain of...
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi on Tuesday said he doesn’t know how much Senate President Godswill Akpabio and other...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has demanded an apology from Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi over claims of N3.7 trillion budget padding. Ningi had alleged that...
The Senate was thrown into a rowdy session following revelation of uneven distribution of federal government’s palliatives to senators for onward disbursement to their constituents. The...
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Abdul Ningi, has denied saying the 2024 budget was padded. Recall that Senator Abdul...
Senators, on Tuesday afternoon, exchanged words over a claim by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District of Bauchi State, that the 2024 Budget was...
There was a mild drama on Tuesday on the floor of the Senate before the commencement of the plenary over the allegation of the 2024 budget...
Senator representing the PDP Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi has said the national Assembly has the right to tinker with the 2024 budget In an interview with...
The Labour Party (LP) has called for a thorough probe into the allegation made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that the 2024 budget was...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the allegation made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that the 2024 budget was padded with N3.7 trillion...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for a thorough probe into the allegation made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that the 2024 budget...
A member of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF) and chairman of the Senate Services Committee, Senator Sunday Karimi has berated Senator Abdul Ningi over claims that...
Senators from the 19 states in the North have disassociated themselves from claims by the Senator representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, that the 2024 national budget...
A member of the Senate Appropriation Committee and representative of Ondo South Senatorial District, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has vehemently disputed claims made by his colleague Senator...
The Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Abdul Ningi, has asserted that he was misquoted regarding the 2024 Appropriation Act. Recall that...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has expressed his views on the alleged padding of the 2024 budget with N3 trillion....
The Nigerian Senate has denied a claim made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that the 2024 budget was padded with N3 trillion. Recall that...
The Presidency on Sunday stated that claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi, representing Bauchi Central, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government is operating two versions...
The Northern Senators Forum has declared its intention to engage President Bola Tinubu concerning the alleged discovery of N3 trillion padding in the 2024 budget. The...