LEGISLATURE

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Amidu Raheem and Fasuwa Abayomi as Commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC). The approval came after consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on National Identity and Population Commission. President Tinubu had in a…

There was a significant power outage at the National Assembly, thereby leading to delays and disruptions of crucial legislative activities. The outage was caused by the faulty generator powering the Senate wing of the National Assembly, just as the development threw the Red…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, on Tuesday,  kicked against the imposition of additional taxes and levies on business owners to raise money for funding the Child’s Online Access Protection Bill. The FIRS Chairman, Mr Zacch Adedeji,  represented by Mr Mathew Osanekwu, made this…

There was a failure of executives of the company to appear in an investigation hearing by the Committee on Monday, March 4. Chairman of the Committee, Hon Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, said the executives of the company were to appear before them…

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has directed that all private airlines that received 4 billion naira COVID-19 relief funds designated to support the aviation sector to refund the allocated funds to the federal government treasury, if they…

A Bill for an Act seeking to amend the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation Act No. 63, 2023, to make the Corporation more effective, ensure its independence and autonomy, and bring it in line with current realities scaled second reading on Thursday at the Senate. The…

The Senate on Wednesday stepped down a bill seeking to confine to life sentence persons involved in drug-related offenses. The bill which has passed the third reading in the House of Representatives and awaiting concurrence of the Senate seeks to Strengthen The Operations…

Senate on Thursday, February 29, confirmed four out of five nominees as members of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria. At a sitting on Thursday, February 29, 2024, the Upper Chamber said the approval was under sections 6(1), (2)…

The Senate, on Wednesday, rejected a bill seeking the inclusion of  Anambra State as a member of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The bill was sponsored by the senator representing Anambra North, Senator Tony Nwoye. Nwoye, in his presentation, argued that as an oil-producing…

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the frequent collapse of the national grid with a view to proffering a lasting solution for the recurrent power outages. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Billy Osawaru…