Written by 
The House of Representatives has approved the 2025-2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), retaining all the parameters proposed by the executive. The approval followed the consideration of a report submitted by the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, James Faleke, during plenary on Wednesday. The Committee of Supply, chaired […]
The House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate on the removal of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Umar Danladi. This resolution was a sequel to a motion moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Julius Ihonvbere, on Tuesday. Ihonvbere’s motion asked the House to invoke Section 17(3) of the […]
The PAS-led Kelantan government abandoned a nine-year oil royalty legal battle against Petronas and Putrajaya in 2019. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: Three opposition assemblymen in the Kelantan legislative assembly want the state government to revisit the issue of oil royalty claims by bringing the matter to the Federal Court. In a joint statement, Syahbuddin Hashim […]
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi, on Monday said Nigeria needs to have a marine corps due to its vast maritime resources and the increasing threats to maritime security. The lawmaker said establishing the Nigerian Marine Corps is a strategic initiative to enhance the country’s maritime prowess, protect our […]
The House of Representatives has asked INEC to vacate from its current 774 local government offices cited at LG secretariats This decision was reached by the lower chamber of the National Assembly to enhance the neutrality of the electoral body Professor Paul Nnamchi raised the motion during plenary on Wednesday, October 31, and it was […]
Members of the House of Representatives will on Monday, 4th November 2024 embark on oversight function to all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Hence, the House resolved to suspend the plenary session for a week. Speaking during Wednesday’s plenary, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas disclosed that the House will embark on a week-long recess from Monday, […]
A bill seeking to make Sharia law not just a personal matter in the constitution has been rejected in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to amend sections 24, 262 and 277 of the Constitution by removing “personal” in the application of Sharia law. The sponsor of the bill, Aliyu Missau, said commercial entities […]
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, resolved to probe the recruitment process of three federal government agencies. The fresh probe is targeting the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Minority Whip, Ali […]
The bill which seeks to create the New Oyo State with Oyo town as the Capital City from Oyo State scaled through second Reading on the floor of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday. The private member bill was sponsored by Hon. Adeniyi Adeyemi and six others who observed the effect of Consequential change of […]
The House of Representatives has frowned at the Executive, led by President Bola Tinubu, over delays in submitting the 2025 budget proposal to the National Assembly. The lower chamber added that the time the National Assembly required to exercise its functions as enshrined in Section 88(2)(b) was technically being taken away by the non-compliance with […]