•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday passed three concurrence Bills from the House of Representatives during plenary. This followed the presentation of the Bills by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti), reports The Nation. They include: the Chartered Institute of Auctioneers of Nigeria Bill 2025, the Broadcasting Practitioners Bill 202...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee overseeing the activities of the Nigeria Maritime Safety, Education and Administration (NIMASA) today approved the ₦774.77 revenue target presented to it by the agency. Speaking at a budget defence session with the agency, Chairman of the Committee, Khadijat Abba-Ibrahim however ...
Two members of the House of Representatives defected from the opposition and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) today. Peter Akpanke, from the Obanliku/Obudu/Bekwara Federal Constituency in Cross River State, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Also, Paul Nnamchi from Enugu East/Isi-Uzo Federal Constituency in Enugu ...
•Nigeria Customs Service The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to stop collecting the one per cent Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme (CISS) levy and the 7% cost of collection, declaring them illegal and not backed by any existing law. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Lek...
The House of Representatives yesterday resumed investigation into the utilisation of the sum of N1.12 trillion disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to farmers across the country. Chairman, House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Hon. Chike Okafor, who spoke during the hearing in Ab...
•House of Representatives The gale of defections from opposition parties in the National Assembly has increased the membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to 68 in the Senate and about 207 in the House of Representatives, barely two years into the life of the 10th National Assembly. With Senator Neda Imasuen of the […]...
•House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Abbas Tajudeen, says he has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi today, the Speaker stated that, “following extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, ...
A cross section of Nigerians, including lawyers and civil society organisations have opposed a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022, to make voting in all national, state and local council elections compulsory for all eligible Nigerians. The bill, jointly sponsored by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and Daniel As...
•House of representatives Three members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State today announced their defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers blamed deep-seated crises and leadership failures within the PDP for their defection, reports The Guardian. Th...
•House of Reps Six members of the House of Representatives from Delta State today announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Similarly, two federal lawmakers from Enugu State also dumped the Labour Party (LP) for the PDP, reports The Guardian. Speaker of the House, Tajudeen ...
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