LEGISLATURE

The Chairman, Senate Public Affairs Committee, Matthew Urhoghide, has ordered the management of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to refund to the country treasury the sum of N356 million it spent without necessary approvals. The panel said the NDLEA officials…

The National Assembly has assured that report of its Joint Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution would be presented to both legislative chambers for consideration at the end of February. Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution and Deputy…

The House of Representatives on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly due to lack of order paper to guide the day’s proceedings. A visibly angry Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, while adjourning the plenary, expressed disappointment over the development. He asked that the officer in charge of…

Disagreement took centre stage Wednesday in the House of Representatives as major stakeholders in the accounting profession, rejected some controversial clauses in a Bill seeking to amend the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Act, 1965. At a public hearing organized…

The lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo State at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has proposed scrapping of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. Peller proposed that the Nigeria Police Force to take over the responsibilities of the NSCDC. The…

The House of Representatives is to investigate the alleged unfair recruitment process into the National Social Investment Trust Fund (NSITF) by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. In a motion by Representative Ismail Tijani, he alleged undue favouritism for persons from one particular…

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking impose 20 years imprisonment on banks staff that are involved in fraudulent activities on customer’s account. The bill, when it becomes law, would allow for forfeiture of the excess asset or…

The House of Representatives has asked the Nigeria Customs Service to compensate victims of extrajudicial killings and injuries caused by its officers across the country with a total of N390,000,000. This is based on the recommendations in the reports by the House Committee…

A bill seeking to compel landlords in the federal capital territory (FCT) to receive rent monthly has passed second reading at the senate. The bill was passed after Smart Adeyemi, senator representing Kogi west and sponsor of the proposed legislation, led a debate…

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says the state of the country’s foreign missions makes citizens “unproud” to be Nigerians. Gbajabiamila spoke on Monday when he met with Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs over the financing of Nigerian embassies. The lower…