•Tinubu and House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004, to confer institutional independence on the anti-corruption agency. The resolution of the House followed the consideration of a bill sponsored by Plateau...
The House of Representatives today passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the EFCC establishment act to give it more powers to carry out its task in line with current realities Leading the debate, its sponsor, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, said the Bill seeks to strengthen the institutional Independence, operational efficiency, and accountabil...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today expressed concern over the worsening state of insecurity and recurring loss of lives in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), despite the installation of a $460 million closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system designed to boost security operations. This followed the...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives yesterday commenced deliberation on a bill seeking to amend the Armed Forces Act, 2004, to strengthen the command structure, improve operational efficiency, and enhance accountability within the Nigerian Armed Forces. The bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Armed Forces Act, Cap. ...
•House of Representatives The All Progressives Congress (APC) needs three more members to clinch 2/3 majority in the House of Representatives. Of the 360 seats in the green chamber, the APC climbed to 237 following the defection of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker from Benue State, Hon. Ojema Ojotu, into the ruling party. Only [&helli...
•House of Representatives Following the recent strike action by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over its dispute with the Dangote Refinery, the House of Representatives has passed a resolution to safeguard strategic private investments in Nigeria from future industrial actions. The resolution was a...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today adopted an urgent motion calling for an immediate investigation into what it described as arbitrary, excessive, and unexplained bank charges imposed on customers by commercial banks across the country. The motion, titled “Urgent Need to Curb Arbitrary Bank Charges and Protect Nigeria...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the over $18 billion reportedly spent on the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s state-owned refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna over the past two decades without tangible results. This followed the adoption of a motion moved today by Hon. Sesi Oluwaseun Whin...
•House of Representatives The simmering crisis within the minority caucus of the House of Representatives has boiled ahead of tomorrow’s resumption of plenary. Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers), under threat of removal from a section of minority members, obtained an injunction stopping the leadership of the House and the Minority ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has intervened in the ongoing rift between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the oil unions — the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). The oi...

