The House of Representatives’ adhoc committee on subsidy regime has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. The committee gave the ultimatum after the minister failed to honour its invitation but instead sent a representative. The lawmakers are, among other things, investigating the total...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Public Account Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives is investigating the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) and Terminal Operators (Nigeria) Limited over $68,473m debts owed the Federal Government on lease and throughput fees between 2006 and June 2022. The Committee being chaired by...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it recorded over N60 billion decline in revenue available for its operations. The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Mr Sonny Echono, said this on Thursday in Abuja. This was when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education...
The Nigerian Navy says it has handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), 70 out of 147 vessels arrested over illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft. Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogala, Director of Lesson Learnt, said this at the resumed investigative hearing of the House of...
The minority caucus of the House of Representatives has joined its Senate counterpart to hand President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to fix insecurity or face impeachment in the National Assembly. Minority leader of the House of Reps, Ndudi Elumelu, revealed this after a closed door meeting of the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the on-going dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Rep. Muhammad Wudil, Chairman, House Committee on Labour, said this when he and other house members received the protesting Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its...
The House of Representatives has stepped down a motion to call on the Federal Government to halt the proposed ban on motorcycles. A member from Jigawa State, Abubakar Yalleman, had moved the motion on Tuesday during the plenary at the green chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja, the...
Rep. Rimamnde Shawulu (NNPP-Taraba) says the 2023 general elections is about self preservation for the people of Taraba. Shawulu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Shawulu, who represents Takum/ Donga/ Ussa/Yangtu Federal Constituency in the green chambers, said...
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged journalists to always ensure they get their facts right before going public. Gbajabiamila said this on Wednesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the new executives of House of Representatives Press Corps and the launch of its...
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address delays arising from instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services in Nigeria. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bello (APC-Kano) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Bello...
The House of Representatives has called for the deployment of more troops to Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba in a bid to dislodge terrorists and restore normalcy in the area. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Rimamnde Kwewum (PDP-Taraba) at the...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday lamented the failure by the leadership of government agencies in charge of fuel supply to respond to its invitations and read a riot act to them. The agencies are the NNPC Ltd., the CBN, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Ltd., the Federal...
The House of Representatives has demanded justification for Nigeria’s huge financial contribution to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which amounted to 1.177billion dollars in 16 years. The House mandated its committees on Inter-parliamentary Relations and ECOWAS Parliament as well as Foreign Affairs to determine the justification....
A bill to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal on Thursday, passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, which has seven parts and 48 sections sought to take the “burden” of prosecuting electoral offenders off the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The bill which...
Families of the kidnapped victims of Abuja-Kaduna train have begged the House of Representatives for intervention on the release of the remaining 51 in the kidnappers den. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 10 members of the families of the kidnapped victims visited the lawmakers who...
The House of Representatives has queried the 2019, 49 million dollars contract for integrity test on Nigerian refineries awarded to Technimont company, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Rep. Ganiyu Johnson, the chairman of the House ad hoc committee investigating the state of the refineries issued the query...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the total consolidated mandatory accruals into the Ecological Fund from 2010 to March 2022. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Femi Bamisile (APC-Ekiti) at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion earlier, Bamisile said the...
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to extend the voter registration by 60 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30. This followed the adoption of a motion by...
Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) has moved a constitutional point of order, urging the House to over ride President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto over delay in signing section 84 (8) of the 2022 Electoral Amendment Act into law. Igbakpa moved the motion during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja under matter of...