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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has declared vacant the seats of Tunji Olubunmi-Ojo and Tanko Sununu, who were appointed ministers by President Bola Tinubu. Mr Abbas declared the seats vacant after reading communications from the erstwhile lawmakers. The duo in separate letters announced their resignations from the House. Meanwhile, the House […]

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, has urged organised labour to shelve its planned strike, saying the lower chamber will intervene in the dispute between labour and the Federal Government. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has remained unequivocal in its position that the Federal Government has failed to adequately address the […]

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New developments have emerged regarding reports of plots to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio. It appears that at least 10 former governors who are currently serving as senators in the upper chamber, along with a coalition of civic organizations, are now advocating for his impeachment. THE VANGUARD reports that on Tuesday, some senators who support […]

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the increase in the standing committees of the House from 109 to 134 was to allow for better legislative oversight of the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government by the legislature. Abbas made this known durng an interactive session with […]

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the claim that lawmakers got N100 million each as palliatives from the Federal Government. Reps spokesman Akin Rotimi, in a statement, described a claim by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Assistant General Secretary, Christopher Onyeka, as baseless. Onyeka alleged that each lawmaker raked in the palliative sum from […]

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The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on International Boundary Dispute has halted plans to cede Sina in Michika Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa to the Republic of Cameroon.Rep. Beni Lar, the Chairman of the Committee, gave the ruling in Abuja on Tuesday at an investigative hearing on the the Nigeria-Cameroon boundary disputes. Lar […]

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The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Disposal of Public Property, on Thursday, summoned the Director-General of NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh; the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Mallam Mohammed Koko; and the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, to defend the auctioning of some public properties by the agencies. The Chairman of the committee, […]

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The Senate has ruled out the possibility of the National Assembly cutting down on expenses despite the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, told journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Monday that the National Assembly is not responsible […]

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The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the utilization of Ecological Funds and other intervention funds of the Great Green Wall Project on Wednesday queried claims by the National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW) that it spent N81bn to plant 21 million trees in the frontline states in the north.  The states are Kebbi, […]

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No fewer than 60,000 Nigerians across Nigeria have so far lost their lives during the unabated farmers-herders clashes since 2001. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas disclosed this during the flag-off of stakeholders’ interactive session held at the instance of Ad-hoc Committee on the ‘Recurring annual clashes between Farmers and Herders […]

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The House of Representatives has begun investigation into the alleged non-remittance of contributions into the National Housing Fund (NHF). This is just as the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, said the 10th House would review the National Housing Fund (NHF) Act to make it meet the current realities in the sector in order to provide affordable housing for Nigerians. […]

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 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has said the 10th national assembly has resolved to address  issues surrounding  multiple taxation in the country. He said this will be done through a bill that would address the anomaly. Abbas said this when Mr Lee Hun Seung the South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria […]

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The Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has criticized Senate President Godswill Akpabio for mistakenly revealing that a ‘holiday allowance’ had been deposited into senators’ bank accounts. During his address to fellow colleagues on Monday prior to the annual recess, Akpabio mentioned that the Senate clerk had sent a token to the lawmakers for them to […]

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas, over what it describes as “the unlawful plan to spend N40 billion on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70 billion as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” […]

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The House of Representatives has issued an arrest warrant against Yusuf Kolo, a former staff of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, over failure to appear before the ad hoc committee investigating job racketeering in ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs. Yusuf Gagdi, chairman of the committee, issued the arrest warrant yesterday after Kolo failed twice to […]

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The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Kano has nullified the election of Muktar Umar Yerima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The tribunal also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return earlier issued to Yerima. The petitioner, Hafizu Kawu of the All Progressives […]

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Senator Ireti Kingibe representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja in the Senate says she has not received any ‘prayers’ in her email from the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Kingibe, a Senator under the platform of the Labour Party, LP, was reacting to Akpabio’s assurance during the day’s plenary session that “prayers” had been sent […]

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The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, announced new chairmen of some standing committees in the red chamber. The Senate President named the chairmen of the committees after confirming 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees during the day’s plenary session. President of the Ninth Senate Ahmad Lawan (Defence), former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal […]

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The senate has approved the appointment of 45 out of the 48 ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees were confirmed on Monday evening after the upper legislative chamber concluded the screening of the candidates. Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna and two other nominees were not confirmed as the senate awaits security […]