•House of Representatives Following a motion of urgent national importance by a member, Oboku Oforji, the House of Representatives yesterday called for the immediate suspension of the 50% hike in telecoms tariff. The House also decried the poor service delivery from telecom operators and insisted that an increase in tariff should not happen un...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives will today begin debate on the tax reform bills presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for consideration and approval. The House had on November 30 last year suspended its planned debate on the bills indefinitely following opposition to sections of the bills by o...
•Shehu Sani A former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has criticised the proposal for the creation of additional 31 states in Nigeria. The proposal was made yesterday by the House of Representatives Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, reports Channels TV. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benj...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 31 additional states in the country. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu who presided over plenary today read a letter from the committee containing the proposed states, reports Channels ...
•IPoB leader Nnamdi Kanu The House of Representatives Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC) today requested President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to facilitate the immediate release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, insisting that his release was a critical step toward lasting peace a...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has invited Chijioke Nwankwoeze, the Director of Lands in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, to appear before it tomorrow over a petition bordering on corrupt practices and gross abuse of office. This is coming as some residents are accusing the FCT M...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The House of Representatives’ Committee on Communications is interfacing with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to avert the nationwide protest scheduled February 4, 2025, over the 50 per cent hike in telecom tariff. The Nigerian Communications Commission recently approved a 50 per cent tariff increase for...
•Governor Soludo and gunmen Labour Party (LP) senators and members of the House of Representatives from Anambra State, have decried the ‘alarming’ insecurity in the state, urging Governor Charles Soludo to take urgent steps to contain the situation. The lawmakers noted that killings, kidnappings and other violent crimes had become daily occurr...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives today announced plans to submit the sum of N704.91m for the use of vulnerable Nigerians owing to the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of subsidy from petrol on December 31, 2024, to President Tinubu. Recall that on July 18, the House resolved to slash 50 per cent […]
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Agricultural Production and Services to investigate the non-delivery of the 2,000 tractors, implements, and 100 combined harvesters within the stipulated period contained in an agreement under the Presidential Food Security Initiative and Renew Hope Agricultur...

