LEGISLATURE

IPPIS Withheld N26.6bn Workers Contribution – FMBN

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has accused the Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS) of not remitting N26.6 billion of workers contributory funds in 2 years. The Managing Director, Mr Madu Hamman, stated this when he appeared before the House of…

25/08/2023

Akpabio, Abbas Pledge 10th National Assembly’s Support for Gender Bill

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, have assured Nigerian women that the gender equality bill, which suffered rejections in the past, will be revisited and supported by the 10th National Assembly. The presiding officers of the federal…

24/08/2023

Senator Adeola Adopts Late Aide’s Children, Gathers N55m from Associates

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Solomon Adeola, has adopted the three children of his murdered aide, Mr.Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni. Sanni was killed on August 5, 2023 after an encounter with security agents at a check point in Ojodu Berger area of Ikeja…

24/08/2023

Reps To Review National Housing Fund Law

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, on Wednesday, said that the House would review the obsolete National Housing Fund Scheme Act of 1992 in line with the current realities in the country. He stated this while declaring open the investigative…

24/08/2023

Job Racketeering: Lack of Funds Mar Recruitment of 173 Fresh Staff in FRC, Says Chairman

The Executive Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Barr. Victor Muruako, yesterday disclosed that lack of funds has prevented the recruitment of 173 fresh staff into the agency since 2022. Muruako revealed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives ad…

23/08/2023

Men In Army Uniform Robbed, Killed My Aide, Senator Adeola Alleges

The chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola has alleged that soldiers of the Nigeria Army operating checkpoints around Ikeja axis of Lagos State are responsible for the killing of his senior aide, Mr. Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni, in the early…

21/08/2023

APGA, YPP, Others Get Chairmanship Positions as Abbas Reshuffles Reps Standing Committees

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has announced the reshuffling of about five standing committees announced last month before the House went on vacation. In a statement he personally signed, the speaker said the reshuffling is to take care of…

17/08/2023

Job Racketeering: IPPIS Officials ‘Collect’ 10% From Agencies – Reps Panel

House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Job Racketeering said there are allegations against officials of Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) that they were collecting 10 per cent from agencies for recruitment. The chairman of the Committee, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, there were…

17/08/2023

NASS Clerk Disowns Akpabio, Says N2m Paid To Senators Not For Vacation

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…

16/08/2023

House Probe: JAMB Registrar Gives Reasons For Employing 300 Without Advertising

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…

14/08/2023