House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is calling for the abolishment of ‘acceptance fees’ paid by students offered admission into various institutions in Nigeria. One of the lawmakers Emeka Chinedu who moved the motion said one of the factors contributing to poor access to tertiary education is the admission policies being enforced by tertiary institutions. Chinedu noted […]
As the count-down to Christmas and New Year celebration begins, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the House of Representatives have assured Nigerians that there will be no fuel scarcity. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, and the Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Petroleum Abdullahi Gaya, gave the assurance yesterday in Lagos […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for the enlightenment of Nigerians on the core functions of members of the National Assembly. The Speaker, who received the leadership of the Centre for Legislative Engagement headed by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, asserted that a situation where […]
House of Representatives is set to probe the country’s loss of twenty seven billion dollars oil revenue to International Oil Companies since 1999. This comes as the lawmakers have passed for the second reading, the Bill for an Act to Amend the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act. The existing Act authorizing […]
NATIONAL THEATRE Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tourism and Culture have warned against the sale of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos state. Chairman of the House committee on Culture and Tourism, Mr. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, made this known during an interactive session between his committee and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
REPS House of Representatives, today in Abuja, mandated its Committee on National Security and Intelligence to investigate the alleged missing forty four million dollars from the vault of the National Intelligence Agency. The committee was also mandated to probe the controversy surrounding the appointment of the new Director-General of the agency, Mr Rufai Abubakar. The […]
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