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  • The National Assembly, through its joint committee on Industry, Trade and Investment, has declared that Nigeria is fooling itself over border closure in view of cross border banditry taking place in states sharing borders with Niger and the Republic of Chad. Lamentation on closed but porous borders came to the fore during 2025 budget defence…

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  • President Bola Tinubu has postponed Tuesday’s scheduled 2025 national budget presentation to both houses of the National Assembly. The N47.9 trillion 2025 Budget was earlier scheduled to be presented to the legislators, but reports within the National Assembly as obtained by DAILY POST correspondent indicated that the presentation has been shifted to Wednesday, 18th December…

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  • NLC, TUC insist on indefinite strike despite meeting with NASS, SGF

    The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have resolved to proceed with their indefinite strike. After a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, the leadership of the Organised Labour says there is no going back on the nationwide industrial action slated to start…

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  • Shehu Sani explains how Nigerian senators ‘pad budgets’

    A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has thrown more light on how members of the National Assembly pad Nigeria’s budgets. MEZIESBLOG reports that a budget padding scandal is currently rocking the National Assembly after Bauchi North senator, Abdul Ningi, claimed that about N3.7 trillion in the 2024 Appropriation Act was not tied to any…

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  • Armed forces welfare our utmost priority – Defense minister

    The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has pledged to give more priority to the welfare of armed forces personnel to boost their morale. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Director, Information, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Mr Henshaw Ogubike. According to the statement, Badaru made the…

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