The All Progressive Grand Alliance candidate for the gubernatorial elections of kogi state, Mr. Kingsley Idoko Ilona has congratulated Muslims on the occasion of the year’s EID-El-KABIR, urging kogites and Nigerians at large to pray for peace, unity and progress of the country. Idoko in a press statement signed by his campaign council felicitated with […]
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ICEA calls on security agencies prosecute politician, INEC officials compromising Electoral process
The Incident Centre for Election Atrocities (ICEA) has called on the Inspector General of Police and the DG of the Department of State Security to immediately arrest and prosecute politicians and the INEC officials that are compromising the integrity of the electoral process by demanding payment for insurance of Permanent Voters Cards in Enugu State. […]
Old Naira Notes: House c’ttee rejects CBN extension, says position of law sacrosanct, must be respected
The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy has rejected the ten days extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the exchange of old naira notes. The CBN had fixed January 31st as the deadline for the exchange of the old naira notes; N200, N500 and […]
Deletion of Section 84 (12): Court Temporarily Stops NASS from Granting Buhari’s Request
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday temporarily restrained the National Assembly from deleting or taking any further steps regarding Section 84 (12) of the newly Electoral Act, 2022. Justice Ekwo made the order while delivering ruling in an exparte application brought by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challengingly the legality […]
Senate receives Executive bill to extend teachers’ retirement age by 5 years
The Senate has received an executive bill seeking to increase the retirement age for teachers in the country from 60 to 65 years. The bill also seeks to extend the years of service for teachers from 35 to 40 years. President Muhammadu Buhari, in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read […]
Insecurity: Impeaching President Buhari will plunge nation into crises – Senator Musa
Senator representing Niger East Senatorial district, Mohammed Sani Musa has ruled out an option of booting President Muhammadu Buhari out of office over his incompetence in securing the country. According to him, Nigeria’s security crisis was already at its peak, saying that security of lives and properties is a constitutional responsibility of government, but as […]
Insecurity: Declare state of emergency, House tells President ….Condemns attacks, invites security heads
The House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security in the country as part of urgent measures to address the worsening situation. The House took the decision at an executive session members held on Tuesday that lasted for over three hours in Abuja, coming out with […]
Reps uncovers three years duplication of annual budget figures by NUC …..threaten sanctions over alleged budget fraud
The House of Representatives has raised an alarm over three-years duplication of annual budget figures by the National Universities Commission, NUC. It was uncovered by the House panel thatthe agency duplicated its annual capital budgets from 2017 to 2020. According to the house ad hoc committee “On the need to investigate capital projects executed and […]
Education remains our priority, says Gbajabiamila . Speaker gets praises from LASU for attracting projects to varsity
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that education remains one of the major priorities of the 9th House of Representatives. Gbajabiamila said the House would do everything within its power to support educational institutions to have conducive learning environments. This is even as the Speaker got praises from the […]
INSECURITY: House of Reps delegation meets with US Mission
A delegation from the House of Representatives had constructive engagements with the US Department of States to review the relationship between both countries with specific regards to Nigeria’s security issues. The legislative delegation was led by Rep. Jimi Benson, Chairman House Committee on Defence; and had Rep. Abdulrazak Namdas, Chairman House Committee on Army; Rep. […]