LEGISLATURE

Members of the House of Representatives expressed shock at the weekend over the admission by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for selling 82 vehicles for N5.8million in 12 years. NIMASA Executive Director, Chudi Offodile, who made the revelation at the resumed…

Senator Ishaku Abbo, the lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, has claimed that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, along with his associates, were the ones who disseminated the story about his rumored intention to impeach him. Abbo further added that the narrative was…

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed an alleged plot to unseat him, saying that the Senate under his leadership is stable, harmonious, and working towards a greater and better Nigeria. The Senate has also described as a ruse, the…

Ireti Kingibe, Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has warned the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to desist from working without the supervision of the National Assembly. Kingibe said Wike does not have the executive powers but must operate within the constitutional frameworks…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the claim that lawmakers got N100 million each as palliatives from the Federal Government. Reps spokesman Akin Rotimi, in a statement, described a claim by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Assistant General Secretary, Christopher Onyeka, as…

The investigative hearing of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing alleged irregularities and corruption in Nigeria’s energy security and the acquisition of OVH Energy Marketing, was stalled yesterday, following the absence Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum…

The Senate has foreclosed the possibility of the National Assembly cutting down on expenses despite the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, told journalists in Ilorin,…

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating non-remittance to the National Housing Fund and utilisation of funds from 2011 to date on Thursday warned that the chief executive officers who failed to honour its invitation risk being subpoenaed. The committee consequently gave…

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on utilisation of ecological funds and other intervention funds into the Great Green Wall Project yesterday frowned on the agency for expending N81 billion on planting of trees in eleven frontline states of the North-East and…

The Ad hoc Committee of the House of Representatives probing alleged non-remittance and utilisation of National Housing Fund from 2011 till date has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein. The Chairman of the Committee, Dachung Bagos, made this known in Abuja…