House of Representatives has taken steps to curtail exorbitant airfares by international and even domestic airlines in Nigeria. This was a sequel to the adoption of the amended motion moved by Hon. Moshood Olarewaju Oshun from Lagos at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion, he said, that in 2023, international passenger traffic has grown massively from the 3,503,692 that was …

The controversies trailing the procurement of 360 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) by the House of Representatives have taken a new twist as the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain the lawmakers from procuring and taking delivery of cars. SERAP is urging the court to put in place the interim order …

The use of the United States dollars and other foreign currencies as legal tender for domestic transactions in Nigeria is under probe, according to a Tuesday order from the House of Representatives sent to the Committee on Banking Regulation. The House of Representatives also urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to address Naira’s depreciating value in relation to the dollar …

The House of Representatives has assured that it will ensure the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (popularly known as MohBad) receives proper compensation and royalties from his music work. Chairman of the House Committee on Justice, Hon. Olumide Osoba, made the commitment at an interactive session on the rights and royalties related to MohBad’s music. This was in compliance with a …

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 …