The House of Representatives  Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft has insisted that the heads of the Nigeria National Petroleum Ltd, (NNPCL); Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) and the Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority, (NIWA) must appear physically for investigation. The chairman, Hon. Alhassan Rumrum, gave this indication at the resumed hearing of the panel yesterday when heads of …

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the non-remittance of money to the National Housing Fund and the utilisation of funds from 2011 to date, on Thursday, warned that the chief executive officers who failed to honour its invitation risk being subpoenaed. The committee consequently gave the defaulting banks till Thursday next week to appear before it with all …

Members of the House of Representatives in the 10th Assembly will get a total of N54 billion for constituency projects as each member would get N150 million. According to one of the lawmakers who pleaded for anonymity, the constituency allowances are part of the few privileges available to lawmakers to directly impact their various constituencies. Constituency or zonal intervention projects …

A House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee has summoned the president of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau to appear before it unfailingly on Thursday (today) and respond to the feud between the federation and Super Falcons over unpaid allowances. Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee, investigating the dispute between the Super Falcons and NFF, Hon. Blessing Onuh issued …

On Sunday, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Hon. Amobi Ogah urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergence on Malaria, describing it as a deadly parasite with the potential to inflict woes on the citizenry. In a statement to commemorate the 2023 World Mosquito Day, Ogah, representing Isuiwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency …

The House of Representatives Committee on Sports on Wednesday pledged to wade into the crisis over unpaid bonuses to national football teams players by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Sports, Hon. Ekene Abubakar said this in Abuja at a meeting with the NFF at the National Assembly complex. The committee and the federation …

The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee probing job racketeering by Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) on Monday queried the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Isaq Oloyede over employment of 300 staff members without public advertisement of the job vacancies. The panel chaired by …

  The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein on Tuesday disclosed that only 640 out of over 900 agencies of the Federal Government were captured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). She made this disclosure before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee probing employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of the IPPIS. Madein said …

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has announced its decision to investigate the alleged sale of two training helicopters by the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria. In a statement on Monday, the committee Chairman, Hon. Ademorin Kuye said its attention was drawn to the development through media reports last Sunday on the purported sale of two Bell …

The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Telecommunications (when constituted) to interface with Global System for Communication (GSM) providers to stop network providers from reselling already purchased SIM cards. The call followed the consideration of a motion moved by Hon. Boniface Sunday Emerengwa at the plenary on Tuesday. Emerengwa recalled that GSM came into Nigeria in 2001 with …