LEGISLATURE

The Senate and House of Representatives have passed a bill for an Act mandating the President and Governors to submit nominees for Ministers and Commissioners within 30 days of swearing-in. Ninety-two Senators voted in favour of the bill while one abstained. Twenty hundred…

A BILL seeking to place value added tax (VAT) on the Exclusive Legislative List has been rejected by the House of Representatives. The bill, which is part of the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution, was rejected when it was put to voting…

THE National Assembly has proposed a life pension for its presiding officers in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. Life pension for principal officers of the National Assembly was among 68 recommendations proposed by the National Assembly’s Joint Special Ad Hoc Committee…

The House of Representatives at plenary yesterday mandated its Committee on Housing and Habitat to investigate the unnecessary delays and non-refund of retirees’ contributions to the National Housing Fund (NHF) by both the Federal Mortgage Bank and the Federal Housing Authority (FHA).…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to carry out a comprehensive investigation on the increasing cases of Fake Insurance Certificates in Nigeria. Consequently, the has directed the Insurance Companies and Brokerage operating in the country to have operational offices in major…

The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari is in the Senate Chambers. Mrs Buhari’s visit to the Chambers is historical as she appears to be the first wife of a President to be received into the Senate Chambers. She is in the Senate chambers…

The Senate has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, declare a State of Emergency on the nation’s federal roads. The upper chamber also urged the federal government to immediately make good its indebtedness to FERMA in order…

The House of Representatives is to begin the process of voting on the constitutional amendment on March 3, 2022. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, who announced this on the floor of the House on Tuesday, said all members are expected to vote for the…

Nigeria is losing $8.810 billion annually to the non-take-off of the $3.1 billion e-Custom mordenisation project, it was learnt yesterday. Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who appeared before the House of Representatives Joint Committees on Customs and Excise, Finance…

The House of Representatives has said the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, is not the target of a resolution reached by lawmakers on Wednesday which demands an investigation into the appalling working conditions, lack of facilities and the poor welfare of the…