Browsing: House of Representatives

The House of Representatives will investigate how the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway was obtained. This happened after a motion was brought up by Austine Achado (APC, Benue) during Thursday's plenary, urging quick national attention. Achado argued that the contract was not awarded properly and did not […]

The House of Representatives Thursday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to withdraw the circular instructing all banks to start applying a 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions in the country, The Nation reports. The request to stop and adjust the implementation of the cybersecurity levy was raised […]

The House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Department of State Services and heads of other security agencies to probe the recent killings of innocent Nigerians in Ambe in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Six persons were reportedly killed in Ambe, a settlement in the […]

The need for holistic reforms of the nation’s laws to safeguard the rights of Nigerians has pitted a federal lawmaker, Oluwole Oke against Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Oke, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, chairs the committee on Judiciary. In a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH […]

There are strong indications that the House of Representatives may resume from its Easter and Sallah break at the main chambers. Since the renovation works started in 2022, members have been using a makeshift chamber. The Senate chamber and other parts of the National Assembly building are also undergoing renovation. A memo to the members […]

The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee has queried the N15bn payment made to Remita from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation for two years. This is just as the committee accused the Central Bank of Nigeria and commercial banks of complicity in the sharing of the N15bn remittance. The committee’s Chairman, Bamidele […]

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee criticized the head of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Zacch Adedeji, for not attending meetings despite being invited multiple times, saying it showed disrespect for the parliament. Bamidele Salam, the Chairman of PAC, expressed this during the continued investigation into revenue losses in Abuja. Recall that […]