The National Assembly has suspended legislative activities for one week to mourn former President late Mohammadu Buhari The National Assembly has postponed the resumption of legislative duties to honour the memory of late former president Mohammadu Buhari. This communication was contained in a statement in Monday by the Clerk of National Assembly Kamoru Ogunlana. He said “In honour of his legacy and service to the nation, I am directed by the President of the Senate...
Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation and the Minister of Transportation are to appear before House Committee over the Mokwa flood The Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, has blamed poor railway infrastructure for the recent flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger State, which claimed lives, destroyed farmlands, and displaced residents. Abdulhameed made this disclosure during an appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on...
The committee slammed polytechnic rectors over disregard to legislative oversight, threatened sanctions Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education, Rep. Fuad Kayode Laguda (APC Lagos), has expressed strong displeasure over the poor turnout of rectors at a key meeting convened to deliberate on the future of technical education in Nigeria. Speaking at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, Rep. Laguda criticized the leadership of polytechnics across the country...
According to eyewitness accounts and the family’s testimony, NDLEA officers opened fire during a raid in the neighbourhood. The senate has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to, on compassionate grounds, assist the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in paying a ₦200 million compensation to the family of two-year-old Ivan Omhonrina, who was tragically killed during an NDLEA operation in Asaba, Delta State last year. The call was made on Thursday during plenary, following the...
The committee chairman, Sen. Wadada, emphasised that the NNPCL probe is a constitutional obligation not a political vendetta. The Senate, through its Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has clarified that the ₦210 trillion financial query raised against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in federal audit reports covering 2017 to 2023 does not imply theft, but rather an unaccounted sum that the national oil company must explain. This clarification was issued during a high-stakes investigative...
NELFUND has 48 hours to provide detailed records on students loans disbursement The House of Representatives has directed the Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyer, to submit comprehensive documents detailing the appropriation and disbursement of funds to various institutions under the students loans scheme. The directive was issued on Thursday during an investigative hearing convened by the joint committee on students loans, scholarship and higher education financing, banking and other...
Embattled Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has now been stripped of her last remaining leadership position within the senate. The senate has officially removed Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi central) as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations, replacing her with Sen. Aniekan Bassey (PDP, Akwa Ibom north-east). The announcement was made by the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, during Thursday’s plenary, and the decision is to take immediate effect, according to...
In this Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) tracker, we will highlight the motions introduced in the 10th House of Representatives from June 2023 to June 2025 that focused on gender-related and inclusivity issues. The Big Picture Records show that by the midterm of the 10th House of Representatives (June 2023 to June 2025), a total of 1,116 motions were considered. Out of these, 234 were found to be related to GESI, accounting for roughly...
The EFCC boss highlights how digital manipulation of key government platforms such as IPPIS, (GIFMIS) are enabling payroll fraud in MDAs Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has decried the persistent lack of transparency in Nigeria’s financial reporting system particularly within the oil and gas sector. He warned that the trend continues to undermine national development and erode public trust. Olukoyede, represented by the Director of Public Affairs at...
Vice president Shettima has lamented the percentage of malnutrition in Nigerian children and called for a unified response Vice President Kashim Shettima has raised alarm over the devastating toll of malnutrition on Nigeria’s children, stating that 40 percent of children under the age of five are being deprived of their full physical and cognitive potential due to poor nutrition. Speaking through Senator Ibrahim Hadejia, Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (Office of the Vice...
