The House of Representatives has set up a 40-member joint committee to screen the new Service Chiefs. The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced this at Wednesday’s plenary. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the new service chiefs on January 26. He had also forwarded the names to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation. The
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Ahmad Tijjani Abubakar, a legislative aide to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase Idris, has resigned from his appointment with the lawmaker, saying his “integrity and peace of mind are more important to him.” Abubakar, who tendered his resignation letter to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Francis Akabueze, on
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The House of Representatives has threatened to arrest any member or group of persons who would constitute themselves into a nuisance within the confines of the National Assembly Complex in the future. The warning was issued in a statement on Friday by the spokesman of the House, Benjamin Kalu who was reacting to a fight
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It was a free-for-all by oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region on Thursday during a public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB) at the House of Representatives. The fight broke out at House hearing room 028 among some of the leaders of the host communities Although it was not clear what led to
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The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services on Saturday urged the Federal Government to postpone the resumption of schools across the country by three months over the COVID-19 pandemic. Several states governments in Nigeria had directed schools in their domains to resume academic activities on January 18. The Chairman of the committee,
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday sent condolences to a former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Babangida Nguroje, over the death of seven of his family members. Nguroje was said to have lost two of his sisters, Zainab and Hajiya Hadiza with her husband and their four kids, to a
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The leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday disclosed that it has never apologised to anyone including President Muhammadu Buhari for exercising its constitutional responsibility to the Nigerian citizens. Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Honourable Benjamin Kalu, who gave the position via a statement entitled: ‘Clarification on apology to the Presidency’,
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The House of Representatives is no longer keen on inviting President Muhammadu Buhari to address it on the security challenge in the country. The House leadership, according to sources, found that the initial invitation had assumed ethnic and political dimension. It was also learnt that some of the lawmakers behind the motion to invite Buhari
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a bill which proposed 70 years as age limit for any individual vying for the office of the president. The bill also proposed 65 years as the age limit for all persons targeting seats in the National Assembly. The bill which was sponsored by a member of the
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Two members of the House of Representatives announced their defections at the plenary on Tuesday. While Aliyu Ya’u (Peoples Democratic Party, Kano), defected to join the All Progressives Congress, Shiddi Danjuma (APGA, Taraba) also defected to the APC. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read their separate letters of defection during Tuesday’s plenary. The Minority Leader, Ndudi
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House of Representatives has vehemently refuted the claims by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami that the National Assembly lacked powers to invite the President for questioning. The House said it did not act in error by inviting President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the House had the right to
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By: Isaac Ojo The lawmaker representing Idemili North and South Local Government Areas in the House of Representatives, Hon Obinna Chidoka has played host to elders and stakeholders from Nkpor. Hon. Chidoka during an interaction with his visitors charged political office holders to perform in their first tenure rather than waiting for the second term.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus of the House of Representatives has called on members of the Green Chamber, to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari. They opine, he is incapable of continuing as the leader of the country. Besides, the section of PDP lawmakers in the Green Chamber, urged members of his cabinet
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The House of Representatives has invited Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget and national planning as well as Ahmed Idris, the accountant-general of the federation over the purported illegal withdrawal of $21 billion from the Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas Limited (NLNG)’s Dividends
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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called on Federal Government to increase the salary and allowances of Nigerian medical practitioners for their better welfare. The House specifically urged the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Productivity to “review the salary, allowances, and welfare of Nigerian medical practitioners and House decried the mass exodus of workers in
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