NASS Probes MDAs Over N600bn Illegal Spending   The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced a full-scale investigation of 115 ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government for spending over N600bn outside their approved budgets on salaries and allowances. Office of the Auditor...

Minister Faults Foreign Airlines Over Blocked Funds, Others The Federal Government has dismissed threats by foreign airlines to suspend operations in Nigeria over their inability to repatriate their blocked forex from the country. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said that Nigeria would fare better...

Reps, Senators Face Probe Over Illegal Budget Passage   The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has confirmed the allegation by President Muhammadu Buhari  that some committees of the National Assembly are passing budgets for ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government illegally. It was...

Reps Investigate Reoccurring National Grid Collapse   The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on power to conduct investigation into the root causes of incessant national grid collapse in the country. The Committee was mandated as well to look into Transmission Company of Nigeria’s (TCN) capacity...

Reps Demand Tax Records, Documents Of NNPC JV Accounts   The House of Representatives has demanded the tax records and other relevant documents on joint venture (JV) businesses and production-sharing contracts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from 1990 to date from the Federal Inland...

House Moves Against Non-payment Of Salaries, Pensions   The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed for second reading, a bill seeking to prohibit late and non-payment of workers and pensioners by employers. When it becomes law, employees will be entitled to interests on unpaid wages. Underpayment of...