THE House of Representatives on Thursday ratified the State of Emergency proclaimed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The approval, which followed a unanimous voice vote by 243 Members present at plenary, in accordance with Section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as … Read more
THE House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s emplacement of emergency rule in Rivers State. The approval extended to the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the state assembly for six months in the first instance. The approval was given through a voice vote during Thursday’s plenary session, … Read more
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s emergency proclamation in Rivers faced a major hurdle on Wednesday after lawmakers failed to attend the plenary. Section 305 of the Nigerian Constitution mandates ratification of the president’s state of emergency proclamation with two-thirds of votes in the House of Representatives and the Senate, which must be done within two days of … Read more
THE Spokesman for the House of Representatives, Rep. Akin Rotimi (APC-Ekiti state) says the House of Representatives will on Wednesday, debate the state of emergency declared on Rivers by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Tuesday, Rotimi said that President Bola Tinubu had officially written the house of his decision in line with … Read more
NIGERIA’s House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee on Sunday said it has recovered N28.7 billion from two oil companies indebted to the country’s Federation account. The spokesperson of the Green Chamber, Akin Rotimi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The recovery is a part of the total $1.7 trillion debt owed by 45 … Read more
THE House of Representatives on Thursday commenced consideration of the report of the Finance Committee on the four tax reform bills presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.The report of the Committee was laid before the House on Tuesday by the Chairman, James Abiodun Faleke (APC, Lagos) while a meeting between … Read more
THE House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend its directive increasing ATM withdrawal charges. This resolution was taken as a result of a motion on urgent national importance moved by Rep. Marcus Onobun (Esan Central/West/Igueben Federal Constituency, in Abuja on Tuesday. Onobun said that additional ATM withdrawal charges … Read more
HOUSE of Representatives, through its Committee on Public Accounts, is commencing investigative hearings aimed at addressing significant outstanding debts owed by some oil companies to the Federation Account. The debts amount to N9.4 trillion. House of Representatives spokesperson, Akin Rotimi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The statement noted that the investigative hearing is … Read more
THE House of Representatives has proposed life imprisonment for individuals involved in the production and importation of fake drugs. The house passed the resolution during Thursday’s plenary, following a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Muktar Shagaya, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Kwara state. The legislators are asking Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney-general of … Read more
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata (APC-Jigawa), has dismissed media reports alleging that lawmakers demanded N480 million as condition for approving some varsities’ 2025 budgets. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, Fulata said that the allegation was designed to undermine the efforts of the committee to improve the standard … Read more