A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many...
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged journalists to always ensure they get their facts right before going public. Gbajabiamila said this on Wednesday in Abuja during the inauguration of the new executives of House of Representatives Press Corps and the launch of its...
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address delays arising from instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services in Nigeria. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bello (APC-Kano) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Bello...
The House of Representatives has called for the deployment of more troops to Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba in a bid to dislodge terrorists and restore normalcy in the area. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Rimamnde Kwewum (PDP-Taraba) at the...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday lamented the failure by the leadership of government agencies in charge of fuel supply to respond to its invitations and read a riot act to them. The agencies are the NNPC Ltd., the CBN, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) Ltd., the Federal...
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 as well as Foreign Affairs to determine the justification....
A bill to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal on Thursday, passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, which has seven parts and 48 sections sought to take the “burden” of prosecuting electoral offenders off the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The bill which...
Families of the kidnapped victims of Abuja-Kaduna train have begged the House of Representatives for intervention on the release of the remaining 51 in the kidnappers den. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 10 members of the families of the kidnapped victims visited the lawmakers who...
The House of Representatives has queried the 2019, 49 million dollars contract for integrity test on Nigerian refineries awarded to Technimont company, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Rep. Ganiyu Johnson, the chairman of the House ad hoc committee investigating the state of the refineries issued the query...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the total consolidated mandatory accruals into the Ecological Fund from 2010 to March 2022. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Femi Bamisile (APC-Ekiti) at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion earlier, Bamisile said the...
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to extend the voter registration by 60 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30. This followed the adoption of a motion by...
Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) has moved a constitutional point of order, urging the House to over ride President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto over delay in signing section 84 (8) of the 2022 Electoral Amendment Act into law. Igbakpa moved the motion during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja under matter of...
Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has expressed his gratitude for the success to contest a seat in the House of Representatives during the 2023 general elections. Bank W will be contesting the legislative seat for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State, on the platform...
The House of Representatives has passed Section 84(8) of the Electoral Amendment Act, 2022 to allow statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions. The house amended the clause after considering a Bill sponsored by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Abubakar Fulata at plenary...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – A group of APC stalwarts and stakeholders from Abia State has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination and expression of interest for one of their illustrious sons, Mr. Theophilu Ubani, who is seeking to represent Bende Federal Constituency at the green chamber of...
The House of Representatives has passed for third reading a Bill for an Act to repeal the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011 and the terrorism prevention Amendment Act, 2013. The Bill sponsored by the Executive and passed by the House during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja sought to enact the...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – APC stakeholders and members of Askira/Uba and Hawul LGAs of Borno South Senatorial District have endorsed the incumbent member of Borno State House of Assembly, Hon Ayuba Wakawa’s aspiration to contest for the House of Representatives election come 2023 Hon Wakawa who has been...
The House of Representatives has summoned officials of the Ministry of Trade and Investment over allegedN2.6 trillion capital allowances granted MTN. Rep. Oluwole Oke, the Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, summoned the official on Tuesday in Abuja at the resumed investigative hearing into the Audit queries on tax...
The House of Representatives has queried the management of First Bank of Nigeria over N94.345 billion revenue allegedly collected on behalf of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The House also queried the management over allegation of breach of agreement on Cash on Transfer (CoT) charges to the tune of N28.3...
A lawmaker representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Musa Agah Avia has escaped an ambush by gunmen on Tuesday night. This is according to a statement issued by the National Secretary of Irigwe Development Association, Danjuma Dickson Auta, The statement said the lawmaker alongside his...