House of Reps Passes N1.48tr Rivers Budget, Slashes Security Votes by N35bn

House of Reps Passes N1.48tr Rivers Budget, Slashes Security Votes by N35bn

The House of Representatives on Monday passed the N1.48 trillion appropriation bill for Rivers State’s 2025 fiscal year, marking a significant step toward restoring political normalcy in the state after months of legislative stalemate. The bill’s approval followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State, led by House Majority Leader Julius Ihonvbere (APC, Edo), during plenary presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. […]

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Canada votes for new government to take on Trump

Canada elects a new government on Monday to confront annexation threats from the United States and deal directly with President Donald Trump, whose trade war has defined the campaign. The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, looked set to lose easily to the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre until the US president’s attacks on the country sparked a sudden reversal in poll forecasts. Carney, 60, has never held elected […]

April 28, 2025 70

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Budget padding controversy: Ranking senators get N17bn constituency votes, Ningi suspended

Fresh revelations at the Senate plenary, on Tuesday, indicated that ranking senators got N500m each for their constituency projects in the 2024 budget passed by the National Assembly.. According to the Senate rules, any lawmaker who has spent at least a term in the House of Representatives or Senate, is considered a ranking senator. On the list of senators in the 10th Senate, at least 34 of them are ranking. […]

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