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The DG NADDC, Joseph Osanipin, has called for the transformation of Nigeria’s automotive development policy into law The Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Otunba Joseph Osanipin, has called for Nigeria’s automotive policy to be transformed into law, warning that investors will remain cautious without clear legislative backing. Osanipin made the call in Abuja at a capacity-building workshop for members of the House of Representatives Press Corps, organised by the...

The House panel raised concern over allegations that about 80 per cent of electricity supplied by AEDC is concentrated in the Federal Capital Territory, leaving Kogi, Niger, and Nasarawa states to share the remaining 20 per cent The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee probing power sector reforms and spending between 2006 and 2024 has faulted what it described as a discriminatory electricity allocation pattern by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). The panel raised concern...

Members of the House of Representatives Press Corps have been enrolled in the Federal Capital Territory Health Insurance Scheme following the sponsorship of one-year health coverage by House Spokesperson Members of the House of Representatives Press Corps have been enrolled in the Federal Capital Territory Health Insurance Scheme following the sponsorship of one-year health coverage by the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi. The symbolic presentation of enrolment...

The AGF lamented that inadequate budgetary allocations and delays in fund releases undermine justice sector reforms The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has raised concerns over persistent inadequate funding allocation and delays in the release of appropriated funds, describing them as major obstacles to effective justice sector reforms. Fagbemi spoke on Wednesday while presenting the 2026 budget proposal of the Federal Ministry of Justice before the House of Representatives Committee...

The security and intelligence committee has faulted the 2026 budget, saying the intelligence sub-sector is poorly funded and falls short of the vision painted by President Tinubu Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Rep. Ahmad Satomi, has decried what he described as abysmal funding for Nigeria’s intelligence sub-sector in the 2026 budget proposal. He urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently prioritise and enhance funding for intelligence and security agencies....

The House of Representatives has lamented that Nigeria losses an estimated ₦8 trillion annually to fiscal waivers and concessions The House of Representatives’ ad-hoc Committee on the Review of Tax and Export Incentives, Waivers and Exemptions has raised concern that Nigeria loses an estimated ₦8 trillion annually to fiscal waivers and concessions. Chairman of the committee, Rep. James Abiodun Faleke, disclosed this in a statement, assuring that the panel will conduct periodic reviews of the...