The House of Representatives has vowed to recover N100 billion unremitted oil revenues to oil companies owing the federal government. The strong message was sent to the iol companies by the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resource (downstream). Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the Chairman of the Committee disclosed that the Committee has put modality in place to probe the abuse in the handling of fuel subsidy regime Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the committee,...

The House of Representatives has squashed the N5 billion budgetary provision for a presidential yacht following the public outcry against the item in the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget request by President Bola Tinubu. Nigerians rejected the purchase of the presidential yacht, saying it was insensitive at a time when Africa’s largest economy has nosedived owing to Tinubu’s reforms since taking office in May, including ending the petrol subsidy. Presidency Clears the Air… In reaction to...

In its effort to Reconstruct, Rehabilitate, and Resettle millions of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs and other victims of insurgency in the Northeast region, the North East Development Commission, NEDC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MOU with a Chinese construction company for that purpose. Major General Paul Tarfa (Rtd), NEDC Chairman disclosed this to newsmen shortly after signing the MOU at the headquarters of the Commission in Maiduguri. General Tarfa said MoU became imperative to...

The popular Mandate Market, Ilorin was shut down on Thursday by the Kwara State Government over noncompliance with environmental laws of the state. Mallam Shehu Ndanusa Usman, the state Commissioner for Environment who announced the closure of the market during an inspection visit, said the action was due to the refusal to adhere to several warnings to the market leaders by the Ministry. “We decided to close the market after several meetings with market leaders...