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1 day ago
After months of persistent lobbying and advocacy by the member representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives,  Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the Federal Government has finally captured and included the worsening Umuchima Ideato gully erosion in the 2024 budget and supplementary budget. The Federal Government is at the threshold of…
2 days ago
Despite Federal Government’s ‘interventions’, Nigerians will need to brace up for more weeks of hunger and high cost of food items.
14 Mar
The House of Representatives on Wednesday questioned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Mele Kyari over the failure to remit an unpaid amount of $278,184,937.72 from the transaction involving OML 24 in 2019.
14 Mar
The House of Representatives has ordered the immediate probe of the authorities of Dangote Cement manufacturing company and others over alleged arbitrary increase in the price of cement in the country.
14 Mar
The deputy spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon Phillip Agbese, has stated that Bola Ahmed Tunubu's administration has introduced notable reforms in the country's communication sector. Hon. Agbese, who spoke with select journalists during an interactive session, highlighted that the communication sector in the country has been rejigged for operational efficiency with the reforms…
13 Mar
House of Representatives has expressed concern over the high rate of failed bank transactions in the country.
9 Mar
The House of Representatives has expressed satisfaction with the performance of Dr Bashir Jamoh, the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The Deputy Spokesman of the House, Hon Philip Agbese, gave the commendation on Friday after an oversight by the Committee on NIMASA. Agbese said from all available information, Jamoh…
8 Mar
Hon. Esosa Iyawe has continued to promote decisive legislative actions on the floor of the House of Representatives, after moving a motion to compel the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to recover over N5.19 trillion worth of taxes unrecovered by the agency from individuals, companies and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government. Iyawe, who…
8 Mar
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, insists that adoption of a parliamentary system of government will be in the best interest of the country.
7 Mar
A bill seeking to establish the Tax Crimes Commission, yesterday, scaled second reading at the House of Representatives.
7 Mar
House of Representatives, yesterday, urged federal and state governments to utilise their power of prerogative of mercy to grant amnesty to deserving inmates to decongest correctional centres across the country.
4 Mar
House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has asked private airlines to explain how they expended N4 billion they collected from the Federal Government as COVID-19 intervention funds or refund the money to the government treasury.

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Environmentalists in Cross River State have called for the protection of Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary and Drill Ranch in Buanchor community of Boki Council of the state.
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President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with the leadership of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has criticised and condemned, in strong terms, the killing of soldiers on a peace mission to Okuoma, an Urhobo community in Ughelli South Council of Delta State. 
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Students of University of Calabar (UNICAL), yesterday, resisted an attempt by striking Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institution (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) to stop examinations from taking place.
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Ondo South Youths Forum (OSYF) has appealed to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to shelve his ambition to contest for the governorship seat in the interest of the Southern Senatorial District .
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has adjourned a suit filed by civil society organisations in the state against the embattled 25 members of the state House of Assembly to April 26 for hearing.
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Former Governor of Rivers State and Pro-Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Peter Odili, has said the institution is determined to produce professionals in healthcare.
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Stakeholders, yesterday, in Abuja raised concerns over Nigeria’s single-digit unemployment claim and the loopholes in unemployment data.
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said developing regulations and policies to govern artificial intelligence (AI) deployment is complex as well as playing catch up due to technological advancements in this part of the world.
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Inflation rate has been projected to reach 32.77 per cent this month.