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...
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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...
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on the disposal of public property has resolved to invite the Ministry of Water Resources to account for assets of River Basin Authorities disposed from 2010 to 2022. Rep. Julius Ihonbvere (APC-Edo) the chairman of the committee said this at...
The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigation into bribery allegations against the House of Representatives Committee on job racketeering and gross mismanagement in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). ICPC spokesman, Mr Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ogugua...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and Committee of Vice Chancellors (VCs) have denied bribery and extortion allegations against the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing job racketeering and mismanagement of IPPIS in MDAs. The acting Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Chris Maiyaki and Prof. Isiah Tanko, the VC...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the utilisation of ecological funds released to the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has uncovered N81.2 billion allegedly spent to plant 21m trees in 11 states. The investigation is from 2015 till date. Rep. Isma’ila Dabo,...
The Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee investigating job racketeering in MDAs, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, has dismissed allegation of extortion of some MDAs by the committee, describing it as baseless. Reacting to allegation, the committee summoned all Vice Chancellors of federal universities to appear before it on Sept. 1, to...
Something new is happening at the Green Chambers in the National Assembly.The Tenth House of Representatives under the able leadership of Hon. Abbas Tajudeen is using the Committee on Digital and Electronic Banking, to prove a big point in repositioning and reinvigorating the legislature in its oversight duty...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Borno on Friday, upheld the election victory of Dr. Midala Balami, a member of the House of Representatives representing Askira-Uba/ Hawul federal constituency. Dr. Balami is the only federal Lawmaker elected on the...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the utilisation of N1.017 trillion accrued into Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) on Friday said it preferred to continue its assignment without media coverage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the media covered the sitting of the committee on...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee, interfacing with relevant security agencies to reduce kidnapping, assassinations and banditry in Abia communities, has called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Rep. Obinna Aguocha, Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, made this call in Abuja at the resumed sitting of the...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has pledged the commitment of the Senate toward inclusion of more women in governance in the country. Akpabio said this at the International Conference on Women in Governance, organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja on Wednesday. ...
A core mandate of the Civil Service Commission, as an agency of Government, is the recruitment and deployment of officers with requisite qualifications into the civil service. A major plank on which the commission seeks to realize its vision of building a core of highly focused, disciplined, committed...
The commissioner, representing Nasarawa State in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Alhaji Manman Alakai, on Tuesday denied receiving money to secure employment for in job seekers. Alakai, who appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing job racketeering in Federal Government agencies in Abuja denied collecting...
Nigeria has one of the highest unemployment rates in Africa. According to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s unemployment rate stood at 33.3 per cent in the last quarter of 2020 while the rate of unemployment among youths was even higher, 42.5 per cent. The NBS further says...
Fourteen persons on Monday told the House of Representatives committee investigating job racketeering at the Federal Character Commission (FCC) that they had been receiving salaries from the Federal Government without job placements. They said the salaries were paid on the platform of the Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and...