The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has declared that he was not responsible for the suspension of Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi, over allegations of budget padding....
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...
Apparently, to avoid suspension from the Senate, the Cross River North Senator, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, on Sunday, abandoned a live TV interview midway over the subject...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has called for a forensic audit of the 2024 budget and urged for a reform of the budget process. In a...
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...
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 Initiative for the Defence and Promotion of Democracy (AIDPD) has criticised the position of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on the suspension of ex-Chairman...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State staged a peaceful protest at the weekend to voice their displeasure...
The Arewa Youth For Liberty (AYFL) has described the 2024 Budget as a well-articulated fiscal document and already turning Nigeria’s economy around for the benefit of...
A civil society organisation, Zero Tolerance for Corruption Africa (ZTC-Africa), has condemned the recent allegation of 2024 budget padding against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, by...
Ned Nwoko, the senator representing Delta North senatorial district has revealed that he received over N1 billion for constituency projects. During a recent interview, Nwoko mentioned...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Mr Godswill Akpabio to urgently refer the allegations that lawmakers padded the 2024 budget...
Pan-northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, Saturday, condemned the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi over the alleged padding of the 2024 budget to the tune of...
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...
Political economist, Professor Pat Utomi, has slammed federal lawmakers elected on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, saying he’s not happy with their conduct. Utomi...
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’...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a thorough investigation into the allegation of budget padding to the...
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, has said that the National Assembly did not break any law with new insertions in the...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a thorough investigation into the allegation of budget padding to the...
The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has disclosed that he warned the suspended Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi over the allegation of budget padding to the...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Adeniyi Akintola, has said Nigerian lawmakers have no business with constituency projects but to make laws that will enhance good...
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...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that he warned Senator Abdul Ningi on the allegation that the 2024 budget was padded...
Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker, has given his opinion on why most senators may not want to comment on the allegation made by Bauchi Central Senator,...
As the over N3 trillion 2024 Budget scandal deepens, BudgIT, a civil organisation which simplifies the Nigerian budget, promoting transparency and fostering active citizen engagement, has...
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 Lawmaker representing the Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has clarified the discrepancies in the sharing of the Zonal Intervention Project fund. DAILY POST...
A People Redemption Party, PRP, Senatorial candidate for Kaduna-North in 2023, Abdullahi Ahmed Wakili, has strongly condemned what he described as “the hasty suspension” of Senator...
The former governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, has insisted that there was no padding in the 2024 Budget signed by President Bola Tinubu, Speaking...
More revelations have emerged concerning the ongoing budget padding saga indicating that some Senators got ₦500m naira each from the 2024 budget. This was made known...
Famous Nigerian journalist, Rufai Oseni, has dared the Senate to allow Senator Abdul Ningi talk freely about his allegations over the 2024 Appropriation Act. The statement...
The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has accused his colleague from Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi of attempting a coup against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Bamidele...
The Senate, on Tuesday afternoon, suspended Bauchi Central Senator and chairman of Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Abdul Ningi, from the Red Chamber for three months. The...
Senators, on Tuesday afternoon, are currently debating a set of prayers contained in a motion moved by Ogun West Senator, Olamilekan Adeola, on the breach of...
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole on Tuesday decried the budget padding allegation rocking the Senate. Oshiomhole lamented that the Senate has been striped naked in the...
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Monday, expressed concern over the alleged padding of the 2024 budget with...
Senators from 19 Northern states have distanced themselves from claims of budget padding by Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi. The Northern senators affirmed their loyalty to...
The chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Senator Abdul Ningi, has said that he was quoted out of context over his claim of N3trillion 2024...
The Northern Senators Forum has resolved to meet President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the alleged N3 trillion insertion in the 2024 budget. The chairman of the...