Federal House of Representatives
14 Mar
The House of Representatives on Wednesday questioned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Mele Kyari over the failure to remit an unpaid amount of $278,184,937.72 from the transaction involving OML 24 in 2019.
14 Mar
The House of Representatives has decried the recurring destruction of oil and gas pipelines in the country. Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, Chairman of the Special Committee on Oil Theft, condemned the act at a meeting with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd. in Abuja. The engagement was to unravel the root cause of oil theft…
1 Mar
The House of Representatives has summoned the Chief Executive Officers of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) over the management of Public Private Partnerships, PPPs and Concessions since 1999.
29 Feb
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to provide a comprehensive report on the performance of the DisCos in metering electricity customers.
29 Feb
The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Education to collaborate with the Ministry of Health to develop a mandatory drug test for secondary school students in Nigeria.
29 Feb
From the House of Representatives came assurances that it would put in place measures aimed at wooing investors from Switzerland into the country.
28 Feb
The new “Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill” had its first reading on Monday, February 26, 2024, in the Nigerian House of Representatives in Abuja.
20 Feb
A bill proposing the creation of state police forces in Nigeria has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives.
8 Feb
In a bid to ensure the wellbeing of the citizenry, the House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike to explain measures being put in place to keep the peace in the FCT.
28 Nov
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has promised to work towards ending recurring strikes in Nigerian universities.
22 Nov
The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated the Committee on Public Accounts to investigate revenue leakages through the Remita platform and non-compliance by revenue-generating agencies of the government on standard operating procedures and other allied service level agreements signed among deposit money banks, office of the AGF, Systemspec, Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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