Senate threatens to veto Buhari on 2016 budget
The National Assembly leadership was last night set to meet President Muhammadu Buhari to stave off a constitutional logjam over the 2016 budget that has seen senators threatening to override the budget bill.
Japan grants UNICEF $4.5m for North East
THE government of Japan has extended a grant of $4.5 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, for the provision of life-saving emergency work to assist people affected and displaced by the conflict in North East of Nigeria.
Brazil’s Rousseff to address impeachment in UN trip
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff flew to New York on Thursday to sign a global climate change pact but she will use the international stage to denounce efforts to impeach her.
Reps grill I-GP over re-opening of Kogi Assembly
The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Kogi Assembly crisis on Thursday met with Mr Solomon Arase, Inspector-General of Police (I-GP) on the re-opening of Kogi House of Assembly complex.
Fuel scarcity: U.S pledges to offer technical assistance
The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Ms Samantha Power, on Thursday promised that the U.S Embassy in Nigeria would offer technical assistance to help Nigeria solve its lingering challenge of fuel scarcity.
Brussels bomber had previously worked at airport, minister confirms
Belgium’s Interior Minister, Jan Jambon, on Thursday, confirmed that one of the suicide bombers who died in the March 22 terrorist attacks on the Brussels airport had previously been an airport employee, a media report said.
