Leah Fatima Twaki

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has called for closer collaboration between the National Assembly and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to ensure proper oversight and accountability Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called for closer collaboration between the National Assembly and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), saying stronger partnerships are essential to ensuring that government policies, budget allocations and public projects deliver meaningful benefits to...

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the OAGF to provide comprehensive details of outstanding operating surplus owed by the CBN, NNPCL and other agencies, as well as records of deductions and refunds involving MDAs The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) to furnish it with details of unremitted operating surplus and other revenues allegedly owed the Federal Government...

The House of Representatives has passed the first and second readings of the Executive-sponsored State Police Bill, withdrawing the version it passed earlier The House of Representatives has withdrawn its proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police, opting instead to consider the executive bill transmitted by President Bola Tinubu. The development emerged during Tuesday’s plenary, where lawmakers gave the executive-sponsored state police bill its first and second readings before referring it to the House...

A bill seeking to establish the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives The House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria, a proposed regulatory body aimed at professionalising the nutrition sector, curbing quackery and strengthening the country’s response to malnutrition and food insecurity. The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Provide for...

A bill seeking additional tax on oil companies to fund the South South Development Commission (SSDC) has been opposed by the Government The House of Representatives on Wednesday commenced consideration of a bill seeking to expand the funding sources of the South-South Development Commission (SSDC), with the Federal Government opposing a proposal to impose a new statutory levy on oil and gas companies. The disagreement emerged during a public hearing organised by the House Committee...

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s humanitarian and migration sectors have called for stronger inter-agency coordination and deeper regional cooperation to combat the growing threat of human trafficking across Africa Stakeholders in Nigeria’s humanitarian and migration sectors have called for stronger inter-agency coordination and deeper regional cooperation to combat the growing threat of human trafficking across Africa. The call was made on Wednesday during a roundtable organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Humanitarian Services in Abuja....

The House of Representatives has a condemned the renewed wave of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa, and called on the Federal Government to mount stronger diplomatic pressure  The House of Representatives on Thursday condemned the renewed wave of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other African nationals in South Africa, calling on the Federal Government to mount stronger diplomatic pressure on Pretoria while rejecting proposals to immediately suspend diplomatic relations...

The deputy speaker said he was among those deceived by the controversial boss of the ‘fake’ Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Wednesday disclosed that he was among those deceived by the self-acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi. This was as the House resolved to investigate how the purported agency operated within government circles and found its way...