NCoS Admits Receiving N1bn In Error From Unknown Contractor     Reps panel gives service two weeks for fresh evidence The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, heard of how a contractor, whose name was not disclosed, erroneously transferred N1 billion to the account of the Nigerian Correctional...

Plant Protection Bill To Generate $2bn – NESG       The Nigerian Economic Summit Group on Thursday said the implementation of the Plant Variety Protection Bill, which was recently signed into law, would help Nigeria to generate over $2bn from seeds export. It applauded the Federal Government for...

Reps Allege Sabotage, Grill Officials Over $120m Abandoned Ports’ Scanners         The House of Representatives’ Committee on Customs and Excise, on Monday, grilled top officials of the Federal Government over the abandonment of 22 cargo scanners that cost taxpayers $120m at the seaports, airports and land...

FG Releases N5bn Aviation Bailout, Bars 22-year Aircraft From Nigeria       The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Hassan Musa on Monday told the House of Representatives that the Federal Government had released N5bn out of the N26bn approved as COVID-19 intervention fund for the aviation...

Reps Plan to Prevent NCC, NPA, NIMASA from spending revenue The House of Representatives is moving to prevent some ministries, departments and agencies from further spending and diverting the revenue they generate, especially the Nigerian Ports Authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Nigerian Maritime...

Reps Direct NERC To Halt Electricity Tariff Hike       The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to direct the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to halt with immediate effect, the proposed increase in electricity tariff scheduled to take effect from June 2021. Adopting a motion...