The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating alleged loss of crude oil revenue has summoned the Managing Director of Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) over unremitted 1.67 billion dollars. The committee is investigating alleged loss of over $2 billion in revenue from illegal sale of 48 million barrel...
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The House of Representative has concurred with the Senate on the need to establish Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria to administer the sector and ensure transparency. The bill for an Act to Establish Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria which emanated from the Senate was presented by Deputy...
The House of Representatives has commended President Bola Tinubu for his courage in removing the fuel subsidy with the intention to serve Nigeria with honesty and integrity. This followed the adoption of an urgent motion of public importance by Rep Abdulraheem Olajide (APC-Lagos) at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja....
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commended the House of Representatives for passing the N876 billion budget of the Commission for the 2023 financial year. Speaking in an interview at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, noted that the approval of House...
Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, the endorsed All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the speakership of the 10th National Assembly, has tasked the party to redouble its efforts in ensuring his emergence as the speaker. Abbas, who represented Zaria federal constituency at the National Assembly, said this when he led a...
The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Power and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to find a lasting solution to the issue of power distribution and supply across the country. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of an urgent motion of public importance by...
There is a serious crack in the ranks of aggrieved Speakership aspirants in the 10th House of Representatives otherwise know as the Group of Seven (G-7) following the withdrawal from the race by the Majority Leader of the 9th House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa. Doguwa announced his...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) says the North Central deserves to be rewarded with the Speakership of the 10th National Assembly. Gagdi said this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja, saying that the North Central gave its best to the APC in the 2023 general elections as the party...
On May 8 the National Working Committee of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) came up with a list of its preferred candidates for the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives, the two chambers of the National Assembly. The anointed candidates are Sen. Goodwill Akpabio from Akwa-Ibom and...
Rep-elect, Inuwa Garba (PDP-Gombe), has endorsed Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) for the Speakership of the 10th National Assembly. Garba, a former Speaker of Gombe State House of Assembly said this on the sideline of the induction of members-elect at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja on Monday. “Most of...
…Commends Joint Task for adopting APC’s zoning formula A pressure group, Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (CDC) has appealed to all Speakershp aspirants in the House of Representatives to accept the All Progressives Congress (APC) choice of Hon. Tajudeen Abass and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the speaker and Deputy Speaker...
The Vice President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has promised to meet other aspirants in race for the 10th House of Representative Speakers in a bid to seek for truce. Shettima made the promised when the Joint Task 10th Assembly members-elect met with him in his Abuja residence. This is coming...
Rep. Aliyu Betara, one of the leading aspirants for the seat of the Speakership of the House of Representatives says the G-7 will determine who emerges the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Betara said this at the formal declaration of the Speakership of a member of the...
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerdock Plc Ltd. to seek reimbursement of 341 tax liabilities and litigation cost from the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE). Rep. Ibrahim Misau, the chairman, House Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation said this at a meeting of stakeholders on Nigerdock Ltd Transaction,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The House of Representatives has adjourned its plenary until May 16, 2023. The Clerk of the House, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the earlier adjourned date of May 9, will no longer stand...
Opposition members-elect of the House of Representatives have setup a committee to screen and selected candidates to run for Speaker of the 10th Assembly. In a statement on Monday, the members-elect announced Rep. Nicholas Mutu as Chairman, and Rep. Victor Ogene as Secretary of the 11-man committee. The statement...
Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) has officially declared his intention to run for the office of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, ahead of the June 5 inauguration. Betara accused Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of sponsoring an unpopular candidate to succeed him. Betara, the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on...
The North-Central stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have urged President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to ensure the zoning of the Speakership of the 10th Assembly to the zone. Their spokesman, Rev. Dominic Alancha, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. He said that the stakeholders were...
A group of newly elected members of the House of Representatives under the auspices of New Vision, has pledged their support for Hon. Muktar Aliyu Betara for speakership of the 10th House of Representatives. Betera is the lawmaker representing Biu/Bayo/Shani Federal Constituency of Borno State, The group disclosed this...
The Centre for Human and Social-economic Rights (CHSR) says it is illegal for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete inactive voters from its register. The National President, CHSR, Mr Alex Omotehinse, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos....