Tag: Reps
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Reps minority urges security agencies to change tactics to curtail insecurity
The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has called on security agencies to change their tactics of engagement, and act swiftly and decisively to curtail insecurity in the country. Rep. Kingsley Chinda, the leader of the caucus, said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday
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Reps panel invites VC of Nnamdi Azikiwe University
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has invited Prof. Carol Arinze-Umobi, the acting Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka, Anambra over alleged poor projects execution.
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Reps withdraw bill prescribing jail term for refusal to sing reintroduced national anthem
House of Representatives have withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion and Other Related Bills which seeks to criminalise refusal to sing Nigeria’s reintroduced national anthem.
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Reps quiz WAEC boss over N6bn deficit incurred in 2023
The House of Representatives has quizzed the Head of the National Office, West African Examination Council (WAEC) Nigeria, Mr Josiah Dangut, over a N6 billion deficit the agency incurred in 2023. The House Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, led by Rep. Oforji Oboku, grilled Dangut during an investigative hearing in Abuja on Tuesday.
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Reps deny rift between Speaker Abbas, Kalu, says no bribery for cttee placement-Spokesperson
The Nigerian House of Representatives, has said the dissolution of the Joint Adhoc Committee on Midstream and Downstream Petroleum was done in line with the 1999 constitution of Nigeria and the standing rules of the House. This was, even as, the Green chamber debunked the insinuations in some quarters that there was love lost between…
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Reps spokesperson discloses members monthly salary
The House of Representatives’ monthly salary is N600,000 as against the N900,000 that is being speculated, says Rep. Akin Rotimi. Rotimi, who is the Spokesperson of House. made the clarification in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
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Reps to investigate Dangote refinery, NMDPRA, NNPC rift
The House of Representatives has said that it would investigate the ongoing spat between Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The investigation would also include the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)
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Universities should be removed from Band A electricity tariff – Reps
The House of Representatives said that it would ensure that Federal Universities were removed from the Band A electricity tariff plan to lessen the huge electricity bill.
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Reps give EFCC chairman 4-day ultimatum to appear before it
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has given Mr Ola Olukoyede, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), till July 30 to appear before it over budgetary allocation issues. The committee said that Olukoyede, along with his management team, should appear to answer
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Just in: Reps order NERC, DISCOs to reverse tariff hike now
The House of Representatives has asked the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, and the distribution companies, DISCOs, to reverse the tariff hike for Band A customers. This directive was given on Tuesday after the adoption of a report presented by the House Committee on Power. It would be recalled that NERC announced a hike affecting…