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Screening and confirmation of the newly appointed Service Chiefs have commenced. The event which is taking place in the Abuja is coordinated by the House of Representatives Committee on Defence. Chairman of the Committee on Defence and Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee screening the Service Chiefs, Babajimi Benson, said the lawmakers will give the service […]
Screening for the newly appointed service chiefs will take place before the House of Representatives on Wednesday. According to Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, the exercise will be carried out behind closed doors for security reasons. The service chiefs are Major General Lucky lrabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major General Ibrahim […]
House of Representatives has waded into the plan of the Nigerian Communications Commission to disconnect telephone lines that are not registered with National Identification Numbers in the next two weeks. The Green Chamber at today plenary, asked the Federal Government to extend the deadline for affected telecommunication service subscribers to January 28, 2021. […]
House of Representatives has threatened to deduct from source, several billions of Naira from the allocations of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board as a result of improper remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the federation. The House also directed the management of Mobile Telecommunication Nigeria, MTN, to furnish the house evidence of tax […]
House of Representatives wants the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, to publish the names and pictures of convicted traffickers. This followed a unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Representative Rimamnde Kwewum and seven others during plenary, on the “Need to Investigate the Degrading Sex Slavery Nigerian Women are Subjected […]
The House of Representatives is calling for the separation of ecological fund from federal allocations accruable to states. Deputy Chief Whip of the House, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha who made the call said the suggestion became necessary to prevent governors from misappropriating the fund. The lawmaker regretted that the Federal Government releases ecological funds to states monthly, […]
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