N2.6 trn Debt: Reps committee to sanction oil and gas firms who shun invitation
March 15, 2022 The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating the recovery of outstanding debts owed by Oil and Gas companies to Nigeria has vowed to sanction companies that…
Buhari seeks amendment of section 84 (12) of Electoral Act, writes Reps
Section 84(12) states: “No political appointee at any level shall be voting delegates or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose…
Reps summon NNPC GMD over alleged award of contract to foreign firm
OCTOBER 7, 2021 The House of Representatives has summoned the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, over alleged award of a coastal shipping contract…
e-transmission of election results: Blame NASS, Not NCC
August 29, 2021 The Nigeria public service is a theatre of the serio-comic, of absurdities. Most of the institutions are never the fancy of the people. Two key institutions, the…
Analysis: Electronic Transmission of Results: The Joke is on NASS, INEC, not NCC
July 28, 2021 Dragging the commission to testify before the House on the feasibility of electronic transmission of results is mischievous on the part of the lawmakers. It’s a joke…
House adopts manual transmission of election results, PDP Reps walk out
July 16, 2021 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday staged a walkout in the House of Representatives as the House adopted manually transmitted election results. The House however, rejected…
Constitutional review: House of Reps lists areas of priority
The House of Representatives says it will prioritise issues of local government, electoral and judicial reforms in amending the 1999 Constitution. Deputy Speaker of the House, Rep. Idris Ahmed Wase,…
Why I did not allow submission of petition of Tiv union in America – Wase, Deputy Speaker
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ahmed Wase, has defended his refusal to allow Rep. Mark Gbillah to submit a petition by the Mutual Union of Tiv…
NDDC contracts: Reps to sue Akpabio for alleged perjury
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has directed the Clerk of the House to engage the services of a legal counsel to file a suit of…
Reps give Akpabio 48 hours to publish names of members with NDDC contracts
The House of Representatives has given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, 48 hours to publish names of lawmakers with contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission…