The house of representatives has begun a probe into the sale of defence college quarters, Apo, and the undeveloped allotted plots in the Abuja. Speaking on Thursday while declaring open a public hearing organised by the house committee on the federal capital territory (FCT), Yakubu Dogara, the speaker said according to the constitution, only the federal government could allocate lands in Abuja. The [...]
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Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), is still in detention despite court orders for his release because there are other charges against him. Dasuki has been in the Department of State services (DSS) detention since December 2015 despite orders for his release by three courts. He is facing separate charges of money laundering and illegal [...]
Patrick Asadu, a house of reps member, says the worst Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government is better than the current All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. Asadu, a lawmaker from Enugu state, said this on Tuesday while accepting to chair an ad hoc committee set up by the PDP lawmakers to find a solution to the party's crisis. He accused the APC of making Nigerians [...]
The national assembly on Tuesday received the report of 2017 N7.30 trillion budget proposal from its committees. The report, which was laid at the upper and lower chambers, indicated that the committees increased the figures to N7.44 trillion, representing an addition of about N143 billion to the one presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 14. According to the report, N434.4 billion [...]
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, says the telecommunications sector is crucial to the economic development of the country. Dogara said this at the weekend while inaugurating an ad hoc committee investigating the operational activities of telecommunications equipment and service companies in the country. The speaker who was represented by Pally Iriase, deputy majority whip of the house, said lawmakers [...]
The house of representatives says it is only the senate that can confirm Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The senate had twice rejected Magu following a report by the Department of State Services (DSS), which questioned his integrity. Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), had reacted saying the federal government [...]
Jagaba Jagaba, chairman house of representatives committee on interior, says the country's prisons need to be upgraded because everyone is a potential prisoner in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to DAILY TRUST, Jagaba said this on Thursday while commissioning of 239 operational vehicles and farm implements acquired by the Nigerian prisons service (NPS). He said it had become important for [...]
BY ADNAN MUKTAR TUDUNWADA I had wanted to write this article on Sunday, April 23 but I couldn't due to some tight schedules of a reporter, student leader and politician. I came back home that day late and exhausted. However, I deemed it necessary to fulfil this promise because I have been receiving a barrage of messages from readers, friends and [...]
Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesperson of the house of representatives, says Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, only published the security budget of the state and not his security votes. The governor had released details of his state’s expenditure days after Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, challenged governors to release their expenditure. But speaking with journalists on Tuesday, Namdas advised el-Rufai to concentrate on governing [...]
Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house of representatives, says the federal government is taking advantage of the non-passage of the 2017 budget. Namdas said this while speaking with journalists on Thursday. He said Udoma Udoma, minister of budget and national planning, and Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, said they would approach the national assembly if they were able to reconcile some figures [...]
The house of representatives on Tuesday urged the federal government to release the sum of N15 billion appropriated in the 2016 budget to fund the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The lower legislative chamber also mandated its committee on Niger Delta Affairs to investigate the circumstances leading to the challenges of funding as it affects the amnesty programme. Moving the motion on the [...]
The house of representatives has mandated its committees on finance, housing and urban development and region planning to investigate the alleged non-remittance of N5.6 billion by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria to Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The resolution of the house was sequel to motion sponsored by Ossai Ossai and Victor Nwokolo, both lawmakers from Delta state. Moving the motion [...]
Hassan Anthony, a member of the house of representatives, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anthony, who represents Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu constituency in Benue state, cited crisis in the PDP as the reason for his decision. With this development, the APC now has 226 seats in the house while the PDP has 124 seats. The PDP has [...]
The house of representatives on Thursday recommended the prosecution of Pius Anyim, a former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) over the Abuja centenary city project. The recommendation came in form of a resolution directed to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Anyim played a huge role in the [...]
The senate has cancelled its planned visit to the South African parliament to protest against the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, announced the decision of upper legislative during a plenary session on Wednesday. He said the decision of the senate was informed by the need for the legislature to send a single delegation to South Africa. The house of [...]
The house of representatives has mandated its committee on financial crimes to carry out an audit of movable and immovable forfeited assets - including monies seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The resolution of the lower legislative chamber was sequel to a motion sponsored by Babjimi Benson, a lawmaker from Lagos state. While moving the motion on the floor [...]
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