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Reps blow hot move to probe CBN’s retrenchment of 600 employees including directors, with almost all staff members in the Governor’s Directorate being terminated. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives resolved to investigate the conditions surrounding the recent dismissal of approximately 600 employees from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This was a sequel to a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi (SDP, Nasarawa), during a plenary session on Wednesday. It could...

President Tinubu is doing all he can to convince the people that he means well, for the people. That is the greatest challenge because you need to get the people to believe in what you’re doing. The renewed hope government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came on board on May 29 2023. The President, delivering his inaugural speech, during his swearing-in ceremony courageously declared the removal of fuel subsidies as earlier touted during his presidential...

Reps Summon First Bank and 13 other commercial banks others over Non-Remittance of Education Taxes worth billions of naira of between 2011-2022 in violation of the TETFUND Act. 14 commercial banks have been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to appear before it alongside its tax consultants to reconcile the Education Tax Computation not remitted to TETFund by the banks between 2011 and 2022. Chairman of the Committee,...

The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria falls short in delineating the political autonomy of local governments, leading to significant consequences. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has stated that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria did not provide adequately for the political autonomy of the local governments. Fagbemi led discussions during Monday’s National Discourse on Nigeria’s Security Challenges and Good Governance at the...

On this year’s Children’s Day, we celebrate our nation’s greatest assets, we are reminded as individuals, institutions, and organisations of the need to promote their well-being and protect their rights. In commemoration of this year’s Children’s Day celebration, the House of Representatives has extended its heartfelt felicitations to Nigeria’s children. This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the House Rep. Akin Rotimi Jr., on  May 27. The statement reads, “On this...

Alabi highlighted the necessity of ensuring that shipping businesses remain in Nigeria to avoid losing them to more cost-effective ports in the region while advocating for the establishment of a shipping regulatory agency in the country. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna), and the Minister of Blue Economy, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, have voiced strong support for the establishment of a shipping regulatory agency in Nigeria. The advocacy for this...

“Damagun has gone against the tenets of the agreement reached at the last National Executive Council meeting of the PDP, which allowed him to remain in office until August.” The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shows no sign of abating as Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP, Imo), the acclaimed leader of the G-60 minority lawmakers in the House of Representatives, again accused the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun,...