LEGISLATURE

The Management of the National Assembly has denied paying a holiday largesse to Senators contrary to the disclosure by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during a Senate plenary. The parliament bureaucracy said the N2million it paid to each Senator was a statutory running…

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has defended the decision of the commission to employ 300 staff without advertising the positions. Professor Oloyede, who appeared before the House of Representatives on Monday, said the decision was…

Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has issued a stern warning of “drastic action” against Senate President Godswill Akpabio for revealing during a live plenary session that each senator had been sent a sum of N2 million as a token to enjoy…

Senator Abdul Ningi says some lawmakers have gotten N2m as recess allowance even though he is yet to see his own. In a recent video clip, Senate President Godswill Akpabio was heard telling the Senators to expect a “token” to enable them to…

The House of Representatives has ordered the arrest of a former desk officer in charge of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Haruna Kolo, over job racketeering allegations. The Chairman of the Adhoc Committee investigating…

The House of Representatives has condemned the use of waivers for recruitment into government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Government agencies were granted waivers by the Federal Character Commission to carry out recruitment without advertising the job vacancies which is the procedure for…

House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Job Racketeering has summoned the director of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and Accountant General of the Federation to appear before it on today or face the wrath of the parliament. The committee also invited…

The House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering and abuse of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System by Ministries, Department, and Agencies on Tuesday uncovered more shady deals at the Federal Character Commission. Recall that on Monday, an ex-desk officer at…

Senators from the South East geopolitical zone have protest the allocation of five ministerial slots to their region and urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint at least two additional minister, who are of Igbo extraction. The federal lawmakers insisted that their demand was…

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the leadership of the upper-lawmaking body are meeting the organised labour at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. According to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president Comrade Joe Ajaero, labour visited the lawmakers at the invitation of…