•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...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has commenced an investigation into the outstanding indebtedness of oil companies and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), with the liabilities rising to N43...
•House of Representatives The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has proposed the withdrawal of $5 billion from Nigeria’s external reserves to fund an extraordinary national security intervention to tackle terrorism and banditry in Northern Nigeria. The caucus made the proposal in a statement signed by its Leader, Hon. Fredrick Ag...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has taken steps to address growing tensions between petroleum importers and domestic refiners, with a view to charting a common path for energy security, a stable fuel supply and sustainable industry reforms. The House Committee brought togethe...
•IGP, Reps and Adeyemi The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the alleged director-general of the disputed agency to appear before it. It urged the IGP to produce Mr. Ade...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has waded into allegations that the dismissal of a former Head of Business Development at Prestige Assurance Plc, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Edet, breached applicable labour laws and due process, following a petition submitted by the aggrieved employee seeking legislative intervention. The petition was...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed the constitutional alteration bill seeking to establish state police after 311 lawmakers voted in support of the proposal, meeting the constitutionally required two-thirds majority. However, the passage sparked protests from members of the minority caucus, who staged a walkout, ...
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