*Says subsidy payments illegal, unconstitutional The House of Representatives on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Kanti Baru and the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Abdulkadir Saidu Umar, to appear before it’s Committee on […]
*FG’s indebtedness is N17bn, says NSITF boss The House of Representatives on Monday summoned the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, her Budget and National Planning and Labour and Productivity counterparts, Udoma Udo Udoma and Chris Ngigie to explain the non-remittance of contributions by the three tiers of government and their agencies to the Nigerian Social […]
* Tasks oil companies on effective local content implementation The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Local Content, Mr Emmanuel Ekon on Wednesday, commended Dangote Group for its huge investment refinery and petrochemical, which is geared towards improving the socio-economic development of the nation. Ekon gave the commendation during the House Committee on Local Content […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions on Wednesday summoned 100 chief executive officers CEOs and boards of commercial banks, oil companies and other private companies operating in Nigeria over allegations of corporate governance breaches and abuse of shareholders rights and interests. The summons by the House committee was based upon […]
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the spate of rail accidents that have occurred across the country resulting in the deaths of motorists. Dismayed by the November 16 rail accident which occurred at the Fagba area of Ifako Ijaye Federal Constituency of Lagos state, the lawmakers passed the resolution er adopting the […]
The House of Representatives on Wednesday advised the National Universities Commission (NUC) to allow fresh graduates enroll for Masters Degree Programmes in universities without requiring them serve in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. The resolution of the House was sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Muhammad Sani Zorro The […]
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the federal government to register motorcycles and tricycles across the country to increase revenue and reduce accidents on the roads. The house also mandated the Committee on Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to interface with the Directorate of Road Transport Service and other stakeholders on the matter and […]
*to investigate NDPHC over $2.5bn NIPP projects The House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, to prevail on Shell from relocating its operational headquarters from Port-Harcourt, the River state capital to a yet disclosed location saying such move would escalate militancy in the Niger Delta. The […]
The House of Representatives adhoc committee on Failed Rail Contracts has summoned the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) boss, Mrs. Farida Waziri and the former Chairman of SURE-P, Lt. Gen. Martins Agwai (rtd), including 22 others to explain their roles over alleged N1trilion failed rail contracts between 2010-2014. In […]
The contentious issue of whether or not retain the immunity clause from the constitution came up again in the front burner of public discourse as the House of Representatives distanced itself from the growing agitation to jettison the status quo. Worried by what is generally considered a blanket shield for perceived corrupt state governors, by […]
The chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Housing and Habitat, Hon Obinna Chidioka, says the landmass in the South-East zone was shrinking due to ecological impact. Hon Chidioka, who led other members of the committee on a courtesy visit to the Government House, Umuahia on courtesy call, maintained that there was need to dedicate more […]
Following information that Nigeria has a recoverable shortfall of well over $17 billion from undeclared crude oil and liquified natural gas exported to global markets, the House of Representatives has set up adhoc committee to investigate the matter. Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Hon. Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas, disclosed this in a document made available to […]
Representatives of Nigeria’s most exciting young striker Victor Osimhen have dismissed rumours that the player has suffered a major injury while with German Bundesliga Wolfsburg. Osimhen’s representative Ariyo Igbayilola said the striker is not injured and rather he is being rested after playing a series of friendlies for Wolfsburg who will sign a professional contract […]
On whether or not to fully privatise the power sector, which has remained in the front burner of public discussion in the industry recently, the Senate and House of Representatives seem to have pitched their tents on opposite directions. Early November, Chairman, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said operators of electricity the Distribution Companies, DisCos, have […]
The House of Representatives yesterday agreed to investigate the reasons behind the non-availability of telecommunication services to more than 200 rural communities across the six geo-political zones in the country. The House acted on a Motion sponsored by the member representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben Federal Constituency, Edo state, Rep. Joe Edionwele titled; […]
Most members of the House of Representatives that failed to return to the House have started moving personal belongings from their various offices. Aides to the lawmakers were seen moving valuables such as books, computer accessories, portrait of the affected Reps and that of President Goodluck Jonathan into vehicles at the White House and the […]
Ahead of the inauguration of the incoming eighth National Assembly later this year, the struggle for the positions of the principal officers has been intensified in both the Senate and House of Representatives. The new Senate would have 64 Senators from the All Progressives Congress, (APC), while 45 are from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). […]