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The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the governors of Benue and Zamfara states and the leaders of their state assemblies to appear before it on Thursday May 8, 2025. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Mike Etaba, said the invitees will be expected to explain why their functions should not be taken over by the House. The move follows a petition by a civil rights group, […]
The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight has summoned the sole administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) to appear before it tomorrow 17th April 2025. A statement by the House Spokesperson Akintunde Rotimi, notes that the resolution followed the formal inauguration of the Committee by the Speaker of the House, Dr Abbas Tajudeen, who provided a platform for Members to deliberate on preliminary reports […]
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recovered an additional N21.4b from four oil and gas companies as part of its ongoing investigation into financial discrepancies in the sector. In a statement by the House Spokesperson Akin Rotimi, the latest recovery brings the total amount recovered so far to ₦50.1b. According to the statement, the recovered funds came from Platform Petroleum Ltd ($1.9 million), Midwestern Oil and Gas […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Abbas Tajudeen has expressed dismay over the non-remittance of 5% of petrol and diesel charge to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, and State Maintenance Agencies, as mandated by the FERMA Amendment Act 2007. Dr Abbas made this statement during the inauguration of an adhoc committee tasked with investigating the implementation and remittance of the 5% charge for road maintenance. The committee's assignment […]
The House of Representatives has declared its support for the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, efforts to tackle the growing issue of fake vehicle number plates in the country. This endorsement comes after the FRSC recorded 7,798 arrests related to number plate offences in just two months. The Chairman, House Committee on FRSC, Abiodun Adesida, made the declaration during an interactive with the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mallam Shehu Mohammed Adesida […]
The House of Representatives has passed for third reading, the four tax reform bills sent to the National Assembly in October 2024. The House had, during a plenary session last week, considered and approved the report of the House Committee on Finance that worked on the bills and the submissions received from Nigerians. The bills are the Nigeria Tax Bill, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and […]
Two lawmakers from the opposition People's Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, citing internal divisions within their former party. Member representing Suleja, Gurara, Tafa Federal Constituency of Niger State, Adamu Tanko and member representing Igabi Federal Constituency of Kaduna, Jallo Husseini Mohammed, announced their defection in a letter read on the House floor by the Speaker of the house of representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abbas. […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has threatened to arrest the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, Richard Dauda, if he fails to appear before the committee on Thursday. The committee, chaired by Michael Etaba, is investigating Dauda's role in an alleged contravention of the building code in the federal capital territory. The probe follows a petition filed by the chairman of the House Committee […]
The House of Representatives has secured commitments from seven oil and gas processing companies to remit a total of $37.43m to the Federation Account before August 2025. This follows an ongoing investigation into financial records by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, which uncovered significant lapses in royalty payments and reconciliation processes within the oil and gas sector. The pledged repayment is part of a N9tr outstanding liability flagged by […]
