LEGISLATURE

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, which will prohibit the payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria. The passage of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013 (Amendment) Bill, 2022, followed the consideration of a report by…

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts at the resumed investigative hearing into the audit queries on tax evasion issued by the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation (OAuGF) has summoned all officials of the Federal Ministry of Trade…

House of Representatives has postponed its resumption from the Easter break scheduled for today. A statement issued by the clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzariya, the Green Chamber said a new resumption date would be announced in due course. Danzarinya said the postponement was…

Nse Ekpenyong, a member of the house of representatives, is dead. An aide to the lawmaker confirmed his death on Monday. The legislator reportedly died on Saturday. The circumstances surrounding his death are still sketchy. Ekpenyong, who represented Oron/Mbo/Okobo/Udung Uko/Urue Offong/Oruko federal constituency of Akwa…

The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the State of Refineries in Nigeria has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, and the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari. The officials of…

The House of Representatives has approved N4 trillion for subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol. The approval was sequel to a request by President Muhammadu Buhari for revision of the 2021 fiscal framework. In forwarding the request for the…

At a valedictory session for three senators that have vacated their seats, lawmakers used the opportunity yesterday to beg the newly elected national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu for return tickets back to the Senate in 2023. Speaking…

The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish a Defence Research and Development Bureau in the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The Defence Research and Development Bureau (Establishment) Bill seeks to initiate new scientific, technological and environmental research on defence matters. It also seeks…

Chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise, Leke Abejide (ADC, Kogi) said yesterday the Customs and Excise Management Bill passed into law by the House will curb the smuggling of arms and other illegal substance when signed into law. The House repealed the…

THE House of Representatives, at the plenary on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on Federal Capital Territory to “investigate the alleged disappearance of 10,000 transit buses provided by the Federal Government for transport services within the FCT metropolis and to recover them.” The committee…