The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate an alleged indiscriminate issuance of Certificate of No Objection by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Peter Akpanke (PDP-Cross River) at plenary on Wednesday Moving the motion, Akpanke said that by...
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The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged malpractices by Sterling Oil Exploration Company in its operations in Akwa Ibom. The resolution was sequel to the reception of a petition by Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative signed by Mr Elozie Umegwa The petition which...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the state of pension funds and to recover the N10 trillion loaned to the Federal Government. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion sponsored by Rep. Aliyu Misau (PDP-Bauchi State) at the plenary on Tuesday. Moving...
Rep. Dennis Idahosa (APC-Edo), has described the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, as a Pan-Nigeria who always works for the growth and development of the country. This is contained in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, by Idahosa, congratulating the speaker on the occasion of...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) not to embark on its planned strike action. In his welcome remarks at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, Abbas pledged that the house would engage and support the Executive to...
The House of Representatives has invited the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) toward protecting the rights of late Ilerioluwa Aloba, AKA Mohbad’s songs and lyrics. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Babajimi Benson(APC-Lagos) at the resumed plenary in Abuja on Tuesday. Moving the motion, Benson, said that...
The House of Representatives says it will ensure that 14 million out-of-school Nigerian children are back to schools through an intervention framework. Rep. Almustapha Aliyu, the Chairman, House Committee on Alternative Education, said this in Abuja on Sunday. He said out-of-school children would be trained with relevant skills to...
An ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives is quizzing the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) over the sale of 16 vessels for N156.24 million in 2019. Among the vessels were ML Pategi sold at N3.2 million; ML Misau sold at N1.06 million; PB Kabba sold at N5.4 million; SPB...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the increase in the standing committees of the House from 109 to 134 was to allow for better legislative oversight of the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government by the legislature. [contact-form][contact-field label=”Name”...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organization against Corruption and Social Vices (CCSOACS) has called on anti-graft agencies to probe the members of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee allegedly involved in extorting money from ministries, departments and agencies under the guise...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the election of Rep Jafaru Leko as member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State in the House of Representatives. The three-member panel, presided by Justice Lawal Shuaibu, dismissed the appeal filed by Kefas Magaji of the...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, set aside the judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba which declared Ndudi Elumelu of the PDP as winner of the Feb. 25 election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta . The appellate court, in two...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on International Boundary Dispute has halted plans to cede Sina in Michika Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa to the Republic of Cameroon. Rep. Beni Lar, the Chairman of the Committee, gave the ruling in Abuja on Tuesday at an investigative...
The member representing Edati/Lavun/Mokwa Federal Constituency of Niger State, in the House of Representatives, Mr Joshua Audu-Gana, says he will appeal the judgment of the election petition tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (MAN) reports that delivering judgment on Monday, a three-member tribunal headed by Sylvester Godspower...
Leadership determines whether a family, society, or country succeeds or fails. Indeed, everything rises and falls on leadership. The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidency heralds the rise of a new era in Nigeria and unless this changes at the Supreme Court and even before then, the South-East has to...
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal on Monday, sacked the son of Prof. Jerry Gana, Rep Joshua, from the House of Representatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Rep Joshua Audu Gana was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for...
The Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, has nullified the election of a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Tribunal also ordered National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a supplementary election within 90...
Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas on Thursday said that Nigeria lost N16.25 trillion to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020. The speaker said this while inaugurating the ad hoc committee to investigate crude oil theft and loss of revenue in Abuja. He said the menace...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the failure of mass transit scheme in Nigeria has summoned the Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun over the failure of the scheme. Others summoned include; the minister of Trade and Investment, Accountant General for the Federation, Head of Service...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the utilisation of ecological funds released to the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW), on Tuesday barred journalists from covering its sitting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee, chaired by Rep. Ismaila...