Amid growing public outcry over police use of force, new systems for police accountability and public oversight have taken root in cities across the country over the past five years. That’s the key ...

The suspension of erstwhile Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, threw up the question of transparency in the management of the affairs of the House. In ...

The National Assembly’s oversight functions can be more effective if those indicted by its probe reports are promptly prosecuted. This is the view of some speakers at the Annual Law Week of the ...

Member representing the Oke-Igbo/Ile Oluji/Odigbo Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Festus Ayodele Adefiranye, has said the National Assembly is solely concerned ...

The leadership of the House of Representatives has denied any underhand dealings in its oversight functions on Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government, challenging any of the MDAs to ...

Despite the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that Congress consolidate oversight of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into a single, principal point of oversight, Congress has done little to ...