Recommendations by special committee on tax reform bills were adopted following report consideration by the House of Representatives The House of Representatives has adopted the report of its Committee on Finance on four key tax reform bills aimed at restructuring Nigeria’s tax system and enhancing revenue collection. The four bills are now a step away from their eventual passage by the House. The bills included the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, the Nigeria Tax Bill,...
FixPolitics has unequivocally condemned the senate’s actions in the suspension of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan and demanded her immediate reinstatement Leading civil society organisation, #FixPolitics, has strongly criticised the six-month suspension of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi central senatorial district. The organisation described the action as a violation of democratic principles and the rule of law. The senator was suspended on March 6, 2025 following an altercation over seating arrangements with Senate President Godswill Akpabio, with the...
The House of Representatives urges decisive measures to combat the diphtheria outbreak, advocating for school vaccinations and awareness campaigns The House of Representatives has called for immediate and decisive action to strengthen health and safety measures in federal unity colleges following the diphtheria outbreak at King’s College, Lagos, which led to the death of a 12-year-old student and the hospitalization of several others. In a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Rep. Akintunde Rotimi...
The CBN has been directed to suspend its new ATM transaction charges pending proper engagement with relevant House Committees The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of its policy on the new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction charges and the stoppage of free ATM withdrawals for customers using other banks’ ATMs. It said the CBN is to suspend the charges pending proper engagement with the relevant...
Human rights defenders get the backing of members of House of Representatives as bill passes second reading The House of Representatives has taken a crucial step toward safeguarding human rights defenders in Nigeria by advancing the National Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill. Sponsored by Rep. Abiola Makinde (APC Ondo), who is the Chairman House Committee on Human Rights and Rep. Mudasiru Lukman (APC Osun), the bill, which passed second reading on Tuesday, seeks to establish...
Reps Deputy Clerk, Vivian Njemanze, has been nominated by UN-POLAC for the prestigious Distinguished Woman of Peace Honour Award (DWOPHA) The Deputy Clerk (Administration) of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Vivian Njemanze, has been nominated for the prestigious Distinguished Woman of Peace Honour Award (DWOPHA) by the United Nations Positive Livelihood Award Centre (UN-POLAC). The nomination was announced in a letter dated February 5, 2025, and signed by the Director General of UN-POLAC, Prof. Halo B....
All the regional development commissions have largely personnel cost allocation in the assented 2025 budget except for SEDC In the recently enacted N54.99 trillion 2025 budget assented by President Bola Tinubu, the total allocation for the newly created Federal Ministry of Regional Development was N29.72 billion. The ministry was established on October 23, 2024, by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to oversee the activities of the various regional development commissions, including the North West Development...
Air Peace, Aero Contractors and Arik Air are top airlines with high numbers of delays and cancellations as Reps order sanctions The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Aviation to impose sanctions on airlines over persistent flight delays and cancellations, urging stricter enforcement of passenger protection regulations. During Thursday’s plenary session, lawmakers also directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to ensure strict adherence to the Civil Aviation Act 2022 and Part...
MDAs are to be investigated by an adhoc committee over mismanagement of take-up grants, bailout funds, and intervention allocations from 2015 to date The House of Representatives has set up a special ad hoc committee to investigate the allocation and utilization of take-up grants, bailout funds, and intervention allocations disbursed to ministries, departments, agencies (MDAs), institutions, and government-owned enterprises from 2015 to date. The committee is tasked with assessing compliance with financial regulations, identifying cases...
Three oil companies have been given a two-week deadline to settle a $5.5 million debt owed to the federation account Three oil companies- Chorus Energy, Dubril Oil Company Limited, and Belema Oil- have admitted to owing Nigeria a total of $5,543,491.45. Their acknowledgment came during an ongoing probe by the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which was initiated following an audit report from the Auditor General. Parliament Reports recalls that the PAC had...
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