The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to pay adequate attention to incidences of suicide, other mental health challenges and their attendant effects on the citizens. This is just as the lawmakers want the apex government working in sync with the Ministry of Health and the National Orientation Agency to establish counseling centres nationwide to provide counseling …

The House of Representatives has mandated its committee on pensions to investigate the status of pension fund assets amounting to over N15.5 trillion. According to the House, the essence of the investigation is to ensure that the N10 trillion loaned to the federal government from the pension fund is recovered and modalities put in place to avoid a collapse of …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, on Tuesday, declared two seats vacant and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to organise bye-elections for the concerned federal constituencies. The two seats became vacant following the appointment of Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and Hon. Tanko Sunono as Minister of Interior, and Minister of State for Education, …

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (MMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, yesterday shunned a probe of irregularities and alleged corruption in the NNPCL. The probe, carried out by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee, headed by Hon. Abubakar …

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 …