•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to rescind its blanket invalidation of degree certificates obtained from the Republics of Benin and Togo. The green chamber made the decision following the consideration and approval of reports from its Committee on Public Petitions, which reviewed concerns...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has commenced moves to recover over $7 billion allegedly owed to the Federation Account by some foreign airlines operating in the country since 2023. The Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, Abiodun Faleke, disclosed this today in Abuja at the flag-off of the review of the 2023–2025...
The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session today during a resumed plenary presided over by Speaker Dr Tajudeen Abbas. The sparsely attended session saw the Speaker read the only item on the day’s Order Paper: “Rescission of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025,” following a motion moved by the Chairman, House Committee [&...
The Clerk to the House of Representatives, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, has bowed out of the service of the National Assembly. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen announced Danzaria’s retirement from service during plenary today. Abbas announced Ibrahim Sidi as the new Clerk to the House of Representatives. A brief valedictory sessi...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to urgently determine the ownership status of a disputed territory that has increasingly become a source of tension between Ogun and Ondo states. The call followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Donald Ojogo, member repr...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has released to the public certified true copies of the four tax reform Acts passed by the National Assembly and signed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of efforts to douse growing tension over allegations that the laws were altered. In directing the release of the certified [&hellip...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has approved issuance from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) the total sums N43,561,041,744,507 and N48,316,242,591,785 for the 2024 and 2025 budgets, respectively. Recall that President Bola Tinubu last week transmitted the Appropriation (Repeal and Re-enactment Bills 2024 and 2025) Bil...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has proposed far-reaching amendments to sections of the 1999 constitution (as amended) to allow independent candidates to contest the presidential, governorship and National Assembly elections beginning in 2027. The proposal followed the adoption of an amendment bill by the House Commit...
•House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has constituted a seven-member ad hoc committee to investigate allegations of discrepancies between tax bills passed by the National Assembly and the versions later assented to and gazetted. The committee was set up today during plenary, with Rep. Mukta...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has stepped in to address rising tensions between the Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), aiming to prevent further instability in the sector. Committee Chairman, Hon. Ikenga Imo U...

