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Chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the acquisition of OVH Energy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said both representatives were not in a position to act on behalf of their principals at the hearing. The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the acquisition of OVH Energy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had its proceedings stalled following the failure of the company’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari,...

The three-member tribunal chaired by Justice Sylvester Godspower, agreed with Usman’s submissions, proceeded to invalidate votes in the 26 polling units of the federal constituency, and ordered that a supplementary election be conducted within 90 days to determine the actual winner. The Niger State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Minna, has sacked the son of the former Information Minister, Prof. Jerry Gana from the 10th House of Representatives. Rep. Joshua Audu Gana flew the...

The Tribunal based its decision on the NNPP candidate, Datti’s refusal to resign from his job at Bayero University (BUK), Kano, thirty days before the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency election in February 2023. The National/State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kano has sacked Rep. Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the representative for Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. In a verdict, which returned...

The tribunal directed that the PDP and its candidate, Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, be excluded from the supplementary election it ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct within ninety (90) days.   The Imo State National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Mararaba, Nassarawa State, has sacked Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives. Ugochinyere was elected...

The Speaker said despite enormous resources that have already been committed to curbing the issue of crude oil theft, the menace has continued unabated. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Kaduna), has said that Nigeria has lost about $46 billion (N16.25 trillion) to crude oil theft between 2009 to 2020. The Speaker spoke while inaugurating the ad hoc committee saddled with the responsibility of investigating crude oil theft and loss...

The lawmaker appealed to members of the public with any useful information related to Modupe’s murder to contact the Nigeria Police Force. A Member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Akin Rotimi Williams Jnr (APC, Ekiti) has condemned in the strongest terms, the brutal murder of Miss Deborah Atanda Modupe, a student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, Rep. Rotimi called on the Government of Ekiti...