Lawmaker representing Zaria constituency of Kaduna, Tajudeen Abbas, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives in the 10th National Assembly. Meanwhile, Benjamin Kalu from Abia state has been declared deputy speaker. Kalu was declared unopposed after his nomination by Babajimi Benson, a lawmaker from Lagos. Waziri Ibrahim from Yobe, seconded the nomination. Abbas […]
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The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account has asked the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to provide the details of the firms involved in the N18.6 billion expenditure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Chairman of the Committee, Wole Oke (PDP, Osun), gave the directive […]
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A second reading on a bill to establish the election offences tribunal, has been passed by the House of Representatives. The bill, which is a consolidation of several bills including a Senate version, was debated on Thursday. The bill prescribes 20 years jail time for ballot box snatchers. Recall that the Senate had last year […]
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday accused the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipreye Silvia and the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari of sabotaging refineries investigation. The Chairman of the House adhoc committee investigating rehabilitation of the refineries, Ganiyu Johnson, accused Kyari and the minister of frustrating […]
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A bill aimed at prescribing sanctions against cross dressing in Nigeria debuted at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Essentially, the bill titled “A bill for an act to amend same sex marriage (Prohibition) act 2023 to prohibit cross dressing and other related matters”, sponsored by by Muda Lawal Ulnar is seeking amendment to the […]
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The House of Representatives Nigeria, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put in place stringent measures to regulate and guide the Point of Sale (POS) business Operations in Nigeria. Moving the motion at the plenary on Thursday, Hon. Jimoh Olajide the POS is where customers make payments for products or services […]
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Thursday, offered to fund the immediate evacuation of citizens and students from Ukraine. The House of Representatives committee chairman of foreign affairs, is scheduled to be in Ukraine on Friday. A message from the official Twitter handle of the parliament said “@HouseNGR offers to shoulder immediate evacuation of Nigerians, students […]
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Petroleum companies, Duke Oil and Oando Plc have denied their involvement in the importation of adulterated fuel, which hit the country recently. The companies appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) investigating the circumstances of the unhealthy situation, Wednesday, said their product met the required Nigerian specification. At the public hearing, […]
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives has commenced a probe of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this disclosure on Wednesday. Gbajabiamila is a staunch loyalist of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who has declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023. However, the […]
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Nigeria’s House of Representatives has passed, for second reading, a bill to bar people without university degrees from contesting the presidential position. Kokomansion understands that if passed to contest for federal and state legislature and governorship seats, a candidate will need atleast a university degree. The Oriyomi Onanuga sponsored bill seeks to amend sections 66, […]
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