LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has taken its investigation into the financial records of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to the London office of the authority. The Public Accounts Committee is investigating non-remittances of accruing revenue to the Federation Account by the NPA as well as other queries from the…
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is no doubt any more that in Nigeria leadership corridor, once a direction is chosen, instead of examining process meticulously and set the right course; one that will allow us to overcome storm and reach safety before we can progress and achieve our goals, we obstinately persist with…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has alleged that more than $10 billion worth of the nation’s crude has been stolen via fraudulent fuel subsidy claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other industry stakeholders. The parliament has therefore constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime between 2017…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has repealed the Customs and Excise Management Act and re-enacted new legislation in its place. The bill seeks to make it mandatory for the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to be appointed within the ranks of the officers of the agency. This will end the…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives is considering reporting Justice Evelyn Anyadike of a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, to the National Judicial Council for nullifying the provisions of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Justice Anyadike’s nullification thereby empowers the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the passage of Proceeds of crime bill by the Senate just recently, the Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the Red Chamber for the courage and asked the House of Representatives to do the same during concurrence. HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, who reacted on this development called…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Wednesday said a state of emergency on ritual killings in the country should be declared by the Federal Government. The lawmakers also called for a campaign against the menace, saying the effort of parents, schools, religious leaders and the media is needed. This is following a motion…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts is investigating the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for paying part of the N9bn it received as special intervention fund from the Federal Government on COVID-19 into personal accounts of some members of its staff. The committee had on Friday grilled the Director-General of…