•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters has issued a firm directive to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ordering the immediate payment of all outstanding insurance claims owed to National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members injured or killed while serving as ad hoc staff during ...
The House of Representatives received a petition today urging a review of the South East slot in the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), currently occupied by Sophia Mbakwe. The petition, submitted by Ezi Umuada Igbo, a prominent socio-cultural association, allegedly claimed that Mbakwe, who is from a non-Sou...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has commenced an investigation into all security intervention funds released by the federal government from 2020 till date, with a vow to promote transparency, accountability, and prudent use of resources meant for national security. Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Expenditure of A...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives ComÂmittee on University Education has expressed concern over the exit of teaching and non-teaching members of staff from the nation’s university system. The chairman of the committee, Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa) raised the concern in a statement isÂsued in Abuja yesterday after the ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier decision to suspend plenary for a week until local contractors owed various sums of money by the federal government are paid. The lawmakers had today during an executive session expressed displeasure at the poor implementation of the capital component of the 2024 a...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives experienced a rowdy session today following a motion on the alleged illegal and criminal allocation of federal government lands at the International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos. The motion, sponsored by Representative Ademorin Kuye, proposed that an investigation be carried out by an ad ho...
Six opposition members of the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making the ruling party to clinch 2/3 majority in the Green chamber. The defections of five Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from Enugu and one Labour Party member from Plateau State, has further increased the strength of the ru...
The House of Representatives today approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request to raise a total of $2.347 billion from the international capital market to part-finance the 2025 budget deficit and refinance maturing Eurobonds. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the House Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Man...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives have passed the Money Laundering Amendment bill has been passed for a second reading. The bill if amended and passed into law, will improve the nation’s anti-corruption framework, improve the recovery of illegally acquired funds from suspects, reports Daily Independent. The bill, sponsored...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Preparedness for the Ban on Single-Use Plastics has proposed the introduction of a green tax on industries involved in the production of polypropylene. Polypropylene is one of the most widely used materials in plastic manufacturing. The move is designed to curb Nigeria’...

