The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to order internet service providers in the country to block all websites hosting obscene and pornographic content. The resolution was passed on Tuesday following a motion sponsored by Dalhatu Tafoki, a lawmaker from Katsina State. Tafoki argued that unrestricted access to pornographic materials has…
Following a motion of urgent public importance, the House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for the suspension of the increase in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transaction charges and the stoppage of free ATM withdrawals for customers from other banks in Nigeria. The motion moved by a member, Marcus Onobun, drew the attention of…
The House of Representatives has called on the relevant Federal Government agencies to implement tough measures against homicidal and femicidal acts in Nigeria. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion during Tuesday’s plenary, moved by Rivers lawmaker, Awaji-Inombek Abiante and three others. Drumming support for the motion, Abiante noted that the…
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Mr. Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, has categorically denied allegations that bribes were solicited from Binance and its executives, describing the claims as false, malicious, and defamatory. In a statement titled ‘Limited Reaction to False, Malicious, and Defamatory Publications Against Me by Tigran Gambaryan of Binance,’…
The House of Representatives is set to deliberate on a range of critical legislative matters including a bill seeking to create three additional states: Oke-Ogun, Ijebu and Ife-Ijesa. The private member bill sponsored by Hon. Oluwole Oke, seeks to alter relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). As outlined on Thursday’s Order Paper, the…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has asked the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, to answer a petition before the Committee over the refusal of some top officials of the service to leave the service after their due retirement dates. While issuing the summons, the House noted that the CG…
The four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in 2024 by President Bola Tinubu have scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. The bills scaled second reading on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday six months after the President transmitted them to the National Assembly for consideration following the recommendations…
Garba Koko, a member of the house of representatives, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, announced Koko’s defection in a letter read on the floor of the lower legislative chamber on Wednesday. Koko represents Besse/Maiyama Yema federal constituency of Kebbi state….
Another member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives, Amos Gwamna Magazine has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Magaji, who represents Java/Zango Kataf Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, said he was leaving the PDP as a result of unresolved crisis in the party right from the national to…
The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. During the plenary, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee outlining the conditions that must be met before any state…