•Policemen House of Representatives has transmitted the State Police Bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent, following its approval by 29 of the 36 State Houses of Assembly. Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this during yesterday’s plenary, describing the development as a major step towards decentralising policing in Nige...
•House of Representatives The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education, Hon. Oboku Oforji, has appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the deadline for completing admissions into public and private universities for the 2026/2027 academic session, warning that the tight schedule cou...
The House of Representatives has given MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom, Mafab Communications and other telecom operators seven days to explain persistent poor network services across the country. The ultimatum came today during a public hearing in Abuja, where the lawmakers directed the companies’ chief executives to appear before the co...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to strengthen the fight against fake, adulterated and substandard food and beverages, warning that the products threaten public health across Nigeria. The lawmakers made the call during today’s’s plenary after adopting a motion of urgent public import...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has threatened to issue arrest warrants against the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Engineer Sani Yahaya, and the institution’s Bursar, Aishat Shade Adebayo, if they fail to appear before it on Monday, October 19, 2026, over unresolved audit queries, alleg...
•House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has proposed a 100-day legislative programme to accelerate work on pending bills, clear outstanding committee reports and strengthen oversight, warning lawmakers against allowing preparations for the 2027 general elections to disrupt their constitutional...
•House of Representatives The six Area Council Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory have again failed to appear before the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee to answer questions over alleged financial infractions totalling about N100 billion. The chairmen had requested September 22, 2026, as the date for their appearance b...
•House of Representatives The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives will today and tomorrow question officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and the Independent National Electoral Commission over alleged financial breaches totalling more than N802.19 billion. The allegations are contained in reports of ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today resumed plenary after a 68-day recess, only to adjourn further sitting until October 13, 2026. The lawmakers had last sat on July 23 before embarking on the annual recess. They were initially scheduled to resume on September 15 but the National Assembly later extended the break by [&...
The two leading opposition parties – the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) – are unable to match the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s capacity to field candidates for National Assembly seats in the January 16, 2027 elections. This is according to the final lists of candidates released on Saturday b...
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