By Femi Adesina The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has...
At a ceremony on passage of the PIA, which preceded the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the president announced a steering committee to oversee the process of implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has projected generating N10.1 trillion revenue for the 2022 financial year, according to its chairman, Muhammad Nami. He disclosed that the Service is working on a bill to introduce road...
The Management of the Corporation has announced the promotion and redeployment of some staff to fill key vacant positions. In a statement released by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru...
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says the Federal Government will engage with oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta over the three per cent equity allocated to them in the recently passed Petroleum...
Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, House of Representatives, Umar El-Yakub has said the President is waiting for the National Assembly to transmit the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and Electoral Act Amendment bill...
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed the Electoral Act (Repeal/Re-enactment) Bill, 2021, after the full consideration of the report on the bill by members in the Committee of the Whole. The bill was passed in absence...
The House has adopted the report of the conference committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill, which recommended three per cent for the Host Communities Development Fund. Following the rancour over the Electoral bill, the Peoples Democratic...
The Senate on Thursday passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in a storm of disagreement over the transmission of results between members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and those of the Peoples...
There was commotion in the House of Representatives on Thursday as lawmakers protested the contentious aspects of the electoral act amendment bill and the petroleum industry bill scheduled for consideration and passage. The confusion over Electoral...