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 presidenÂtial, governorship and National AsÂsembly elections beginning in 2027. The proposal followed the adopÂtion 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...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today descended into a rowdy session following a motion seeking the appearance of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, over the Bank’s alleged non-remittance of N5.2 trillion operating surpluses and N11.09 trillion revenue totalling N16.3 trillion between 201...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today stepped down the consideration of proposed constitutional amendments after an intense debate that split members on whether deliberations should begin immediately or be deferred to allow lawmakers more time to study the documents. The session, presided over by the Deputy Speaker who c...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives will on December 10 and 11 vote on the items in the ongoing review of the 1999 constitution. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Okezie Kalu announced this to members at the plenary today. Kalu, who is also the chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review, equally informed members that [&hel...

