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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
A fresh assessment of the 10th National Assembly has found that lawmakers failed to deliver 68 of 92 legislative commitments tracked since the start of their tenure, with the House of Representatives recording an overall fulfilment score of 26.8 per cent and the Senate 44.11 per cent. The report, released on Sunday by civic-tech…
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has summoned the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff and the Minister of Finance to appear before it and give a full account of funds released for security operations. The move comes amid widespread concern that massive budgetary allocations have…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio sparked laughter on the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday when he declared that the African Democratic Congress was effectively finished, following a fresh wave of defections that saw lawmakers abandon the party for the Nigerian Democratic Congress and the Labour Party. Akpabio made the remark while presiding over…
Sixteen members of the House of Representatives formally defected from the African Democratic Congress to the Nigerian Democratic Congress on Tuesday, dealing another significant blow to a party already struggling with a protracted internal crisis. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu announced the defections on the floor of the Green Chamber during plenary, with the lawmakers citing…
Nigerian lawmakers have launched a sweeping investigation into how donor agencies spent $4.6 billion meant to fight HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis. The House of Representatives Committee on Infectious Diseases claims it will no longer tolerate the opaque spending habits of international partners. These funds arrived from the Global Fund and USAID between 2021 and 2025….
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has lost patience with the country’s electricity distribution companies. Lawmakers directed eleven DISCOs on Thursday to refund ₦55.42 billion to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The money was originally a loan under the National Mass Metering Programme to fix a broken billing system. That programme began in 2020 but has failed…
Nigeria wants to outlaw the habit of dumping development plans whenever a new president takes office. The House of Representatives passed a bill through its second reading on Wednesday to create a 50-year national economic framework. This law would bind future governments to a single set of goals from 2026 until 2076. Lawmakers believe a…
Nigeria’s federal contractors may finally see their money this week. The House of Representatives indicates that the executive branch will soon release funds to address a massive N1.8tn backlog of unpaid debts. These liabilities stem from capital projects executed during the 2024 fiscal year. Lawmakers expect the first tranche of payments to hit bank accounts…
Nigeria faces a fresh round of fuel queues and price hikes due to a breakdown in crude supply to domestic refineries. The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) issued the warning on Thursday after conducting oversight in Abuja. Lawmakers identified a widening gap between the crude required by the Dangote refinery and what…
A tense and disorderly session gripped the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers moved to rescind and recommit the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2025, suspending ongoing budget defence sessions to address what Speaker Tajudeen Abbas described as matters that would fundamentally shape Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The emergency legislative session, which drew members…