Senate, Reps Pass Finance Bill     The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the Finance Bill 2021, transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, on December 7, 2021. They passed the bill on Tuesday following the consideration of a reports from committees of the...

Reps Summon Aregbesola, NIS Boss Over Foreign Missions’ Visa, Passport Contracts     The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has criticised the Nigerian Immigration Service for engaging consultants to manage visa and passport-related matters at Nigerian missions across the world. Consequently, the committee summoned the Minister...

Lawmakers Give FAAN Three Weeks To Remove Abandoned Aircraft From Airports   The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to ensure that abandoned and non-functional aircraft are “immediately removed from all airports across the country...

Reps Order Probe Of Navy’s $195.3m Equipment Contract To Foreign Firm   The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Navy to investigate whether the Deep Blue contract agreement is in line with extant laws and regulations, and the standards of all platforms purchased for...

Reps Probe Uber, Bolt, Others Over Tax Returns   The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the car hire service providers like Uber, Bolt and other technology-based transport companies in Nigeria. The House is to set up an ad hoc committee to “investigate the level of...

Reps Okay Fresh $5.8bn Loan, $10m Grant For Fed Govt   The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved external borrowings totaling $5,803,364,553.50 and a grant of $10,000,000 for the Federal Government as part of the proposed 2018–2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan No.3. The approval followed the adoption...