Reps reject new CBN deadline as anger spread over new Naira scarcity 
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Reps reject new CBN deadline as anger spread over new Naira scarcity

…CBN governor announced February 10 as the new deadline The House of Representatives has rejected the new deadline announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the phasing out of old currency notes. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele had in a press statement on Sunday said the new deadline is February 10, 2023. The

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Gbajabiamila swears in new Abia Rep, as PDP replaces APGA 1
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Gbajabiamila swears in new Abia Rep, as PDP replaces APGA

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday inaugurated the new member representing Aba-North/South Federal Constituency in Abia State, Mr Chimaobi Ebisike.  Ebisike of the Peoples Democratic Party replaced Ossy Prestige, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who died in Germany on February 8, 2021. After the inauguration, Gbajabiamila said

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Missing N4.4bn NASS fund: SERAP sues Senate, Reps Speaker 2
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Missing N4.4bn NASS fund: SERAP sues Senate, Reps Speaker

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, over alleged failure to probe, and to refer to appropriate anti-corruption agencies allegations that N4.4bn of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated, diverted or stolen. SERAP

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Speaker of Reps, Gbajabiamila urges Nigerians to join APC 3
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Speaker of Reps, Gbajabiamila urges Nigerians to join APC

The Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Saturday revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos. Gbajabiamila, who undertook the exercise at his Surulere Constituency in Lagos, urged Nigerians to take advantage of the exercise to join the party. According to him, APC is the only party committed to the

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No ethnic group should claim superiority over others in Nigeria —Gbajabiamila 4
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No ethnic group should claim superiority over others in Nigeria —Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Wednesday no particular ethnic group in the country should claim superiority or lord it over others. Gbajabiamila, who stated this to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, added that there was no alternative to the

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Family of killed newspaper vendor, Ifeanyichukwu Okereke demands N500m compensation 5
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Family of killed newspaper vendor, Ifeanyichukwu Okereke demands N500m compensation

The family of late ifeanyichukwu Okereke, the newspaper vendor that was killed by a police officer attached to the speaker of house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has asked for a compensation of N500 million from the speaker. In a letter signed by the family’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and dated November 23, 2020, also

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Security aide who killed newspapers vendor suspended by Gbajabiamila 6
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Security aide who killed newspapers vendor suspended by Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has suspense his security aide that killed a newspaper vendor in Abuja yesterday. He future described the killing of a newspaper vendor in Abuja by one of the security details as horrible, saying he is distraught by the incident. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he personally signed

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Gbajabiamila Asks Ghanaian Authorities To Revise Law On $1m Business Capital 7
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Gbajabiamila Asks Ghanaian Authorities To Revise Law On $1m Business Capital

House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called on Ghana’s Central Government to review its law on $1m business capital, which has turned a turbulent issue for entrepreneurs of Nigerian descent in the country.  The DAILY VENDOR reported that Nigerians living in Ghana had lamented maltreatment and accused the Ghanaian authorities of forcefully sealing their

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