Olaseinde Gbenga The members of the House of Representatives have called on the Federal Government to initiate emergency preventive measures to curb food challenges in the country. The call was made at plenary on Wednesday, where the lawmakers urged the…
By Bisi Adewumi The PDP caucus in the House of Representatives has pitched tent with its Senate counterpart to issue a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari in order to address insecurity or face removal. The majority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu,…
… Companies found culpable should be sanctioned appropriately — Madaki By Uthman Salami and Ariemu Ogaga Profiles of oil companies trading in Nigeria between 2013 to 2022 are not known, the Corporate Affairs Commission revealed this to the House of…
The House of Represen tatives has resolved to intervene in the on-going dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Chairman, House Committee on Labour, Rep. Muhammad Wudil, said this when he and other house…
The House of Representatives has summoned the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning, the Minister of Power, over the planned sale of five power plants belonging to the three tiers of government. Others summoned are the Director General for…
The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to explain alleged irregularities in employment process in the agency. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep.…
The House of Representatives has demanded justification for Nigeria’s huge financial contribution to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which amounted to 1.177billion dollars in 16 years. The House mandated its committees on Inter-parliamentary Relations and Ecowas Parliament…
The House of Representatives has begun the process of pulling out the National Assembly from the contributory pension scheme under the administration of the National Pension Commission. The House is to create a separate body to administer matters relating to…
The House of Representatives, has constituted an Ad-hoc Committee to investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy regime between 2017 and 2021 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sergius Ogun (PDP-Edo), on…
The House of Representatives has summoned the Head of Service of the Federation, Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) over non-payment of pension and gratuity to retired Federal Civil Servants for nine months. Others summoned include the Director-General of the…
