…the Committee believes that Nigeria was being shortchanged in tax payment The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee Investigating the Structure and Accountability of the Joint Venture (JV) Businesses and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) of the National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has accused the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Mamman Nami
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‘Idemili cannot miss this divine opportunity in 2023 and they should know that voting Hon. Obinna Chidoka is positioning their Constituency for the great position’ By: Uzoben Bojan Ude There are multiple benefits for a region and Constituency that produces the Speaker of the House of Representatives as the duo of Speaker and Senate President
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‘Reps directed that all government agencies must ensure that spending on fuel subsidy must not go beyond the N1.7 trillion cap’ The green chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday passed the Medium Term Expenditure Frame Work and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The House of Reps also rejected the proposal by the executive to spend
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‘When passed, the bill would ensure the sustainability of business climate and give statutory force to Executive Order 001 of 2017 on the promotion of transparency and efficiency’ The Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provision) Bill 2022 has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business/PEBEC, Dr.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to immediately put a halt to plans to conduct national census in view of the rising cases of insecurity. The House said the exercise should be suspended until the security situation improves while asking chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC) to brief the House
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A law to prohibit the importation of rice into the country is underway in the House of Representatives. A Bill exclusively obtained by VANGUARD is entitled:” An Act to Provide for the Prohibition of Importation into Nigeria of Rice and the Penalty for the Contravention of the Said Prohibition and other Related Matters”. The Bill
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday set up a special committee to address the country’s insecurity. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, who announced the committee during Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja, said the committee would comprise all the principal officers of the House and 30 other members. The membership of the committee was distributed
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The House of Representatives has urged telecommunication operators to halt the planned withdrawal of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services to financial institutions in the country. This was the sequel to the adoption of a motion by Rep. Nicholas Ossai (PDP-Delta) at plenary on Tuesday, March 16. Moving the motion, Ossai said the Central Bank
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The House of Representatives has said the paucity of funds was hampering legislative functions of members of the National Assembly. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, raised the alarm during a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. The National Assembly had a budget of N139.5bn in 2018, N125bn in 2019
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The House of Representatives’ ad hoc committee set up to investigate stolen crude oil valued at N5tn on Wednesday grilled the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Melee Kyari. At the investigative hearing, which our correspondent obtained its video footage on Thursday, the management of NNPC and the lawmakers, however, disagreed over
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the National Assembly of double standard for confirming former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai and other ex-Service Chiefs as non-career ambassadors. Wike also took a swipe at a National Assembly member from Kogi State, Smart Adeyemi, for describing Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State as
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There are strong indications that the House of Representatives will on Tuesday confirm appointments of the new service chiefs nominated by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). It was reliably learnt on Saturday that the ad hoc committee set up by the House to screen the nominees would lay its report on Tuesday. Incidentally,
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The House of Representatives will on Wednesday screen the newly appointed service chiefs, The PUNCH has learnt. The service chiefs will be screened behind closed doors for security reasons, according to Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, who spoke to our correspondent on Monday. They are Maj. Gen. Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea lrabor
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The Nigerian House of Representatives has started considering a bill which will make it illegal for anyone without the minimum qualification of a bachelor’s degree or higher national diploma (HND) in journalism or other related courses to practice journalism in the country. The bill is being sponsored by Francis Agbo, the member representing Ado/Ogbadigbo/Okpokwu federal
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The House of Representatives has set up a 40-member joint committee to screen the new Service Chiefs. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced this at Wednesday’s plenary. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the new service chiefs on January 26. He had also forwarded the names to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation. The
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