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The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has told members of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government had no other option than to increase the price of fuel. He said that this was because of the diminished foreign exchange supply situation in Nigeria, which forced...

The House of Representatives in Nigeria on Monday began a special session to deliberate on the Federal Government’s announcement of an increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also referred to as Petrol. Minister of petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachiwku during a session with the Nigerian lawmakers...

The representatives-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra state want the president to wade into the dispute surrounding the legitimacy of those currently serving as federal lawmakers from the state, Leadership reports. In the letter dated March 29, 2016, the lawmakers; Emmanuel...

The federal government owes 16 states the sum of N580.5 billion for the various rehabilitation works carried out on some federal roads in their territories. The revelation was made at the public hearing of the joint House of Representatives committees on works and finance chaired by...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday honoured 29 year-old Ayodele Dada, who graduated with a cumulative grade point average of 5.0 from the University of Lagos. He received a standing ovation from the House during plenary in honour of his rare academic feat. In an unprecedented...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has been honoured as Commonwealth Ambassador for leading the legislators to pass 130 bills in a day by the Royal Commonwealth Society Nigeria on Thursday. The Vice President of the association, Mr Abdullahi Faruk, told the News Agency of...

The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications, Hon. Sajeed Fijabi, on Wednesday insisted that MTN Nigeria should be made to pay the N1.04 trillion fine in full instead of reducing it to N780bn. Speaking in a meeting with the Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu and...

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Capital Market, led by Tajudeen Yusuf, was shocked to discover that the Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) presented same copy of its 2015 budget in 2016. According to TheNation, this discovery put on hold the budget defence session of the...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Monday offered to pay examination fees for Internally Displaced Persons in a camp at Uhogua village, Ovia North East local government area of Edo State. The Speaker, who praised Governor Adams Oshiomhole for providing educational...

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Rail Contracts, yesterday, uncovered 169 ghost companies that registered as contractors with the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, for projects valued at N1 trillion. According to Vanguard, the ad hoc committee raised the alarm during the...

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and said he had no information on the contracts for the rehabilitation and modernisation of railway in the country. According to PUNCH, the railway contracts...

The House of Representatives have summoned the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, the Managing Director of NRC Seyi Sjuwade, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Mohammed Bello Haliru and former Minister of Transport, Idris Umar to explain their stewardship and role in an...