REA MD have until March 2 to appear before House Committee on Renewable Energy as lawmakers frowned at his failure to honour the committee’s earlier summon The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has directed the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to appear in person before it on Tuesday, March 2, following his failure to attend an ongoing investigative hearing in Abuja. Chairman of the Committee, Afam Ogene, issued the directive...
The association said the chapel’s dedication would be the beginning of a new chapter in strengthening spiritual fellowship among Christian legislators and staff The Christian Legislators Fellowship of the National Assembly has announced that Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, alongside former Head of State Yakubu Gowon, and former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, will attend the commissioning and dedication of a 750-capacity Christian chapel at the National Assembly on Sunday, March 1, 2026. The...
The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has summoned the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has summoned the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, to appear before it on Wednesday, February 26, 2026, over the status of renewable power projects across the country. The summons followed the adoption of a motion by the Committee on Tuesday after Aliyu failed...
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 National Assembly has outlined sweeping reforms introduced in the Electoral Act, 2026 The National Assembly has outlined sweeping reforms introduced in the Electoral Act, 2026, describing the new law as a major step toward strengthening Nigeria’s electoral integrity ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, said the law was the product of extensive consultations spanning two years...
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...
Recent protests in the National Assembly have drawn fresh attention to the state of gender equality and social inclusion within the National Assembly One of such protests is the exclusion of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi) from the Senate committee on North Central Development Commission (NCDC) meeting. The second is the organised protests by women’s groups at the National Assembly demanding passage of the Reserved Seats for Women Bill. Both protests highlight ongoing tensions between...
Senate mourns as Senator Barinada Mpigi representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District dies after a brief illness The Senate was thrown into mourning on Thursday following the death of Senator Barinada Mpigi, who represented the Rivers South-East senatorial district and served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Works. The news of his passing was confirmed on Thursday that the lawmaker died at the age of 64 after a brief illness. Until his passing, Mpigi was...
#FixPolitics Africa has criticised the decision of the National Assembly of Nigeria to weaken provisions on the electronic transmission of election results and questioned the swift assent by the President Civic advocacy group, #FixPolitics Africa, has raised the alarm over what it described as a growing democratic crisis following the passage and signing of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2026, warning that the dilution of key electoral reforms threatens public trust ahead of the 2027...
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