LEGISLATURE

The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the state of refineries in the country has again invited the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari to give account of the true state of refineries and the…

There was anger in the House of Representatives yesterday over worsening insecurity and killings in the Northwest. The lawmakers lamented that the security agencies seem to have run out of ideas on how to halt the bloodshed. The House adjourned in honour of…

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee has disclosed that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), First Bank and Stanbic IBTC Bank are allegedly owing the federal government N190.7 billion out of the total N1.2 trillion.…

The Senate yesterday summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC), Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa over an alleged non – payment of N2.2 billion contract executed for the agency.…

The House of Representatives has condemned the indiscriminate disposal of waste from healthcare facilities, charging the government at all levels to design and enforce a standard healthcare waste management system. The House consequently mandated its Committees on Healthcare Services, Health Institutions and…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has constituted a seven-man ad-hoc committee to probe the tariff hike introduced by pay-tv service providers operating in the country. This was even as the Senate directed all pay-tv service providers to immediately review their bouquet prices…

The Ad hoc committee set up by the House of Representatives to investigate and recover unclaimed funds trapped in various commercial banks said it has discovered over N300 billion hidden in the banks. Chairman of the Committee, Uyime Idem, who disclosed this at…

The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to invite the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over the non-implementation of the 20 per cent upward review of salaries of policemen…

Various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday disagreed with certain provisions of a bill meant to amend the Company and Allied Matters Act 2020, proposed by the Senate. They spoke at a public hearing organised…

The National Assembly on Tuesday transmitted 44 Constitution Review Bills recently passed by the Senate and House of Representatives to the State Houses of Assembly for further legislative work. The two chambers of the National Assembly had considered 68 Constitution Review (fifth alteration)…