The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, to submit a detailed report on the use of the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds approved and released by the government of former President Muhammadu Buhari to ministries, departments and agencies between 2020 and 2022. The Chairman of House Committee …

House of Representatives has demanded justice for a murdered National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Chalya Grace Silas, deployed to Kaduna State. The House urged the inspector-general of police (IGP) and the Kaduna State commissioner of police to ensure the speedy delivery of justice in the case and bring the assailants to book. This was a sequel to the adoption of …

The House of Representatives, yesterday, resolved to invite Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, over modalities adopted in the distribution of N25,000 monthly to 15 million households in 90 days. The resolution was a sequel to a motion moved by Morufu Adebayo (Osun: PDP) at plenary. President Bola Tinubu had flagged off the Renewed Hope conditional cash transfer …

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, …