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The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere has vowed to recover the over N100 billion naira oil revenue that has not been remmitted to the Federal Government over the years. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Committee, Hon. Ugochinyere regretted that the Federal...

…Gives gov 48 hours to rescind outbursts, apologize to Northern traders An Igbo group, under the aegis of Coalition of Igbo Unions of Nigeria (CIUN) has cautioned the governor of Abia state against alleged persecution of Northerners in the state. The Igbo group warned that move by governor Alex Otti...

……Approve a total Sum of 2.177trn for Tinubu  By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Thursday scrapped the budgetary allocation of the presidential Yatch and proposed additional sum of N5 billion to student loan thereby increasing allocation for student loan to 10bn as against 5. 5bn This was just...

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria and 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) over $321 million and N18.2 billion loans for the accelerated transmission distribution interface, lines and substation projects They are to appear before the Committee the Committee on November 8. Chairman...

Joint unions in Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), have kicked against the announcement by Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the President of the Senate, referring to some members of the agency’s board as executive board members. The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil...

The Imo State Police Command has debunked reports that NLC President Joe Ajaero was arrested by its operatives in Owerri Imo State capital. ASP Okoye Henry, the command’s public relations officer who made this clarification in a statement Thursday also disclosed that in the course of planning for the rally, there was...

By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Wednesday has asked the Inspector General of Police to set up a crack team to conduct a holistic investigation into the rising cases of killing young girls for ritual purpose.  The House resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Awaji-Inombek...

…..As Wike laments abandon  project over non payment  By Augustine Aminu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has explained that the N18 billion allocated to it in the N2.17 trillion 2023 supplementary budget being considered by the National Assembly, was not meant for the coming off cycle elections in Bayela,...

By Augustine Aminu The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security, Rep. Ahmed Satomi (APC-Borno) says deepening of international collaborations is fundamental to addressing insecurity in the country. Satomi made this known at the inaugural meeting of the committee on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that it is imperative...

By Augustine Aminu The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the money expended on the postponed 2023 population and housing census by the National Population Commission (NPC), amounting to N200 billion. This followed the adoption of a moved by Hon. Dominic Okafor from Anambra State and Hon. Patrick...