LEGISLATURE

The House of Representatives on Tuesday denied any plot to impeach Speaker Femi Gbajbiamila over his alleged refusal to support the controversial water resources bill before the House. An online newspaper had reported northern lawmakers in the House are plotting an impeachment…

Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase said illegal mining activities is responsible for the alarming activities of banditry in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. He urged his constituents to expose the criminal elements who are wrecking havoc…

An estranged wife of former House of Representatives member Hon. Robinson Uwak has accused him of lying against her to cover up his guilt. Reacting to some publications in some national dailies where her ex-husband accused her of infidelity and allegedly having…

Copies of the controversial Water Resources Bill would be distributed to members of the House of Representatives ahead of the debate when it’s presented for second reading. Last month, concerned lawmakers had again kicked against the reintroduction of the controversial bill when…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello has said additional N21.029 billion would be needed to complete the rehabilitation of the National Assembly Complex. He stated this yesterday when the Senate Committee on the FCT went on an oversight…

The Senate yesterday passed a bill that would allow states to generate and distribute electricity. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Power. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue North East),…

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, condemned the critical stakeholders in the petroleum sector for failing to honour its summons to an investigative hearing on subsidy payments by the Federal Government on petroleum products. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, who was…

Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Robinson Uwak, has maintained he won’t apologise to House of Representatives spokesman Hon Benjamin Kalu over the allegation of an amorous relationship with his wife, Mrs Keiza Robinson Uwak. Uwak, who was reacting to…

The Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters is set to invite Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, immediate-past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) over allegations of corruption against him. According to reports, the acting CJN, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, and 13 other…

The Senate has commenced a probe into the alleged payment of $5 million as a professional fee by the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to a legal firm for the purpose of recovering $9.3 billion which the country lost to the…