NEITI report: Reps go after 77 oil firms over unremitted N2.6tn revenue

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, commenced an investigative hearing into the N2.6tn owed the Federal Government by 77 oil companies operating in Nigeria. The House is acting on the 2019 report of the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, threatened that parliament might be forced to invoke the provisions […]

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Reps grill Amaechi, BPE officials over $214m Deep Blue contract

Leke Baiyewu16 March 2022THE Bureau of Public Procurement has told the House of Representatives’ Committee on Navy that it does not possess the documents presented by the HSL International Limited, which the Federal Government awarded the ‘Deep Blue Project’ contract, before the firm was issued a Certificate of No Objection. According to the BPP, the […]

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Buni’s men tighten hold on APC, Akpanudoedehe returns to office

Leke Baiyewu, Stephen Angbulu and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole16 March 2022Members of the All Progressives Congress, who are loyal to the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday, consolidated their hold on the party after surviving last week’s attempt to remove them. On Monday, the Secretary of the CECPC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, who […]

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