Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against a bill seeking to provide special seats for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly. The bill was defeated in the Senate with 58 votes out of 91. In the House of Representatives 208 out of 290 lawmakers voted against it. Wife...
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***rejects pension for Presiding Officers of Legislature By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in the country. The approval came on Tuesday during voting on the report of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution...
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of Senate Conference Committee on the Nigerian Maritime Security Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill, 2022 at Wednesday’s plenary. The Chairman of the Conference Committee,...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to urgently deploy physical enumerators and other assistance to conduct new voter registration across all federal constituencies. INEC had put in place a machinery for a virtual continuous voters registration, but the online process does not...
…As NNPC CEO assures fuel queues will vanish in few days By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Hon. Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has assured Nigerians that his Committee will handle companies who imported methanol-blended Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country. The...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled plans to investigate the utilisation of the N165 billion appropriated for the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) over the past two years. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on ‘Urgent national importance on the deplorable state of Inmates...
The House of Representatives committees on Anti-Corruption and Public Service Matters on Tuesday summoned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and heads of Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) for failing to honour an invitation to an investigative hearing. The joint committee is furious that none...
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has set the sum of N3.01 trillion as the 2022 revenue target for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The committee also approved N369 billion as the 2022 budget for the service. Rep. Leke Abejide, Chairman House Committee on Customs and...
Popular Nigerian actor, Yul Edochie has played down on the opinion that Nollywood movies are the causes of incessant ritual killings in the country. The actor and son of a legend, Pete Edochie bare his mind via Instagram while reacting to a call by the House of Rep to...
President Muhammadu Buhari is desirous of assenting the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, his Senior Special Assistant National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare has said. Omoworare stated this on Thursday in Abuja during a discussion organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration...
Members of the House of Representatives have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the four companies which recently imported adulterated fuel into the country. The lawmakers also mandated its committee on petroleum downstream to investigate the release and sale of the off-spec Premium Motor...
The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to probe the cause of the recent oil vessel explosion in Delta. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Julius Pondi (PDP-Delta) at Wednesday’s plenary in in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Pondi said that the probe...
A Bill for an Act seeking to sanction public officer from seeking medical help abroad with public fund has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The House also placed N500 million fine and seven years imprisonment for any public official who violated the Act. Rep Sergius Ogun...
The House of Representatives has called for the declaration of a national emergency on ritual killings across the country. This formed part of the resolutions reached by the lawmakers on a motion of urgent public importance entitled ‘Need to Curb the Rising Trend of Ritual Killings in Nigeria’. More...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – House of Representatives Member for Birnin Kudu/Buji Federal constituency of Jigawa State, Hon. Magaji Da’u Aliyu, has said the unfortunate recent attack on his convoy in the State, was sponsored by his political detractors who were threatened by the record of his sterling performance...
The House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc Committee to ascertain total inventory, assets, interests and liabilities of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd says it will meet with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. This is sequel to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari....
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Nigeria Customs Service to pay N390,000,000 as compensation to victims of extrajudicial killings and injuries caused by its officers across the country. This is sequel to the recommendations in the reports by the House Committee on Customs and Excise after...
The National Assembly has transmitted the re-amended Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on NASS Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He explained that the transmission of the bill was in line with the...
he Senate has said the Federal Government will have to justify the fresh demand for N3tn for the extension of the subsidy on petrol before it is approved by the National Assembly. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Ajibola Basiru, made this known against...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the sale of its expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of the 2023 general elections. For House of Representatives positions, the form costs N3,850, 000. Forms for the State House of Assembly positions, cost N850, 000, while female aspirants and physically...