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Reps Committee set to probe passport issuance and resident permits in Nigeria

House Committee on Interior said it will investigate irregularities surrounding the issuance of international passports and the utilization of resident permits in Nigeria. The House of Representatives Committee on Interior has announced its intention to investigate irregularities surrounding the issuance of international passports and the utilization of resident permits in Nigeria.  This decision follows petitions and complaints received from concerned Nigerians regarding the processes involved. The Chairman, House Committee on Interior represented by the Vice...

BINANCE: Rep denies $140 Million bribery allegation

Bribery allegation: Anambra Rep insists that the motion he moved on Binance had to do with an investigation to find out how Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped from the custody. Rep. Dominic Okafor (Anambra, APGA) has distanced himself from media reports that claimed he collected a bribe of $140 million Dollars from Binance, adding that the publication was an attempt to smear his name.  Addressing reporters at the National Assembly on Friday, Okafor who moved a motion...

Rivers Crisis: Clash over relocation, court bars pro-Wike lawmakers from parading as Assembly members

“Now, therefore, I, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers State this 30th day of October 2023, Pursuant to the powers vested in me under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) hereby issue, order, and direct that all proceedings and business of Rivers State House of Assembly shall temporarily take place at the Auditorium…” A Rivers court has barred the Speaker of the pro-Wike faction of the state Assembly, Martin...

Cybersecurity levy not punitive – Senate committee chairman insists

The Senate committee chairman overseeing cybersecurity has said the levy is not punitive but aimed at protecting national security and the economy. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Senator Shehu Umar Buba, has addressed the controversy surrounding the proposed implementation of the Cybersecurity levy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The levy is provided for in the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2024. He clarified that the levy...

Lagos-Calabar coastal highway: Reps summon Umahi, Edun, AGF

The House said the 2007 Procurement Act was violated on the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway contract and that certain approvals by the National Assembly were not given. The House of Representatives has taken a resolution to investigate the procurement process of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The House also summoned the Minister of Works David Umahi; Minister of Finance Wale Edun; and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, before it to ensure that...

Breaking: House mourns as Rep Dongoyaro dies at 46

The member representing Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, Dongonyaro has passed away.  Rep. Isa Dogonyaro the distinguished Member representing the Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa State in the 10th Assembly of the House of Representatives is dead. Dogonyaro passed away after a brief illness, today, Friday, May 10, 2024, in Abuja, at the age of 46. This sad revelation was made in a statement by the House Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr. The statement...

Reps urge Tinubu to meet ASUU’s demand, avert possible strike actions

The House of Representatives has emphasised that Nigerian tertiary institutions can not afford to embark on another strike action. The House of Representatives has expressed concern that Nigerian tertiary institutions can not afford to embark on another strike action to address the problems of the academic unions.  OrderPaper recalls that the sector has witnessed unprecedented strike actions over the last three decades as a result of disagreements and non-implementation of agreements between the Federal Government...

Senate approves death penalty for drug traffickers

Senator Ali Ndume urged the Senate to replace “life imprisonment” with “death penalty” for convicted drug offenders. The Senate has approved the death penalty for those convicted on the charge of drug trafficking in the country, despite the current NDLEA Act which stipulates a maximum penalty of life in prison as the punishment. This resolution followed the consideration of a report of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Drugs and Narcotics,...

POWER: Reps urge Shettima to urgently implement measures for the enhancement of the national grid  

The Gbarain Power Plant is an open cycle gas turbine power plant built to accommodate future conversion to combined cycle gas turbine configuration. It is an operating power station of at least 252 megawatts located in Koroama, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The House of Representatives has called on Vice President Kashim Shettima, who is the Chairman of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) board, to immediately convene an emergency meeting on the resuscitation...

Reps to probe activities of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, missions

Reps are set to carry out a holistic investigation into the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and missions with concerns over models of visa applications by Nigerians in foreign missions including express services. The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Foreign Affairs yet again to carry out a holistic investigation into the activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and missions. This was a sequel to a motion brought by...

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