•Tinubu and House of Representatives The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has asked the Tinubu-led federal government to halt implementation of the planned tax laws following alleged alteration controversies rocking the country. The call for suspension followed insistence by Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Polic...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives yesterday approved a 10-year jail term or a fine of N75 million for anyone found guilty of forging nomination papers or result forms, or willfully defacing or destroying election-related documents. The decision followed the House’s consideration of amendments to the 2022 Electoral Act, dur...
The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the federal government to grant immediate tax waivers to airlines in a bid to reduce flight fares during the Yuletide season. Lawmakers also called for a 50 percent reduction in auxiliary charges within the aviation industry, reports Channels TV. The resolution came after a debate on the soaring [...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives is in a closed-door session with Finance Minister Wale Edun and FIRS Chairman Zacch Adedeji to resolve backlog of unpaid N500 billion debt to local contractors. Feelers from Abuja revealed that the meeting was convened due to ongoing protests by local contractors following the completion o...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Education to immediately halt the implementation of its recent curriculum review, which resulted in the removal of key subjects such as Computer Studies, Data Processing, Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Photography, and Civic Education from th...
•Blackout The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating Nigeria’s power sector reforms and expenditure between 2007 and 2024 has laid strong blame on electricity distribution companies (DisCos) for the persistent poor power supply that Nigerians endure despite steadily rising electricity bills. At the committee’s hearing yesterda...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives is urging the federal government to use all diplomatic efforts to ensure the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is trapped in Guinea-Bissau, following the coup in the West African country. Jonathan is among African leaders on the joint mission of the African Union and the Ec...
•House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, says the parliament is determined to correct 17 years of failures in Nigeria’s electricity sector, declaring that the House will thoroughly investigate all government investments made since the commencement of the power sector reforms. Speaking at the formal com...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has expressed deep concern over the alarming state of Nigeria’s border security, revealing that 1,894 out of the country’s 1,978 official entry points remain unmanned. A situation, lawmakers say, has left the nation dangerously exposed to criminal activities. Chairman of the House Ad-Hoc C...
•Femi Falana, SAN A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, and a lawyer, author and political activist, Dele Farotimi, have faulted the House of Representatives following the information on the alleged plan by terrorists to bomb the Nigerian National Assembly. Recall that the House of Representatives Committee o...

