LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has waded into the increase in the pump price of petroleum products. Moved by the Deputy Minority Leader, Aliyu Madaki and sponsored by 111 members of the house, the house called for the immediate reversal of the price increase in petrol and cooking gas. The lawmakers said they…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has dismissed a petition against the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Muhammed Bello-Koko. Recall that a Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria, had petitioned the House Committee on Public Petitions alleging that the MD recorded a bad debt of N178 billion in the audited financial statement of…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian lawmaker burst into tears on Tuesday on the floor of the parliament while discussing the insecurity in his state. Although the security situation across the country appears to have worsened with almost daily reports of killings and kidnappings, the lawmaker focussed on the latest incident in his state. At the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives on Thursday warned the Point-of-Sales (POS) operators in the country to stop selling naira notes and remove excessive charges to customers nationwide immediately. This is even as the House mandated the Committees on Banking Regulations and Digital and Electronic Banking to invite the Minister of Finance and National…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s lower chamber of parliament has rejected the government’s plan to buy a presidential yacht for $6m (£5m), a senior lawmaker has said. Nigerians had criticised the plan as a waste of money on luxuries during an economic crisis. Lawmakers instead moved the $6m to the student loan budget, doubling its allocation,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives yesterday called on the federal government to auction all police barracks across the country to enhance their welfare. The Green Chamber also asked the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Police Affairs to liaise with the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to immediately assess the value of all…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the House of Representatives have frowned over the sale of 82 vehicles for the sum of N5.8 million over the past 12 years by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). .This was as the NIMASA Executive Director, Mr. Chudi Offodile announced the sale during the resumed investigative hearing…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-House of Representatives, Wednesday, demanded a total ban of police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning and capability to carry out their duties judiciously. The resolution came on the heels of the death of Mrs Bolanle Raheem who was recently shot dead by…