•House of Representatives The gale of defections from opposition parties in the National Assembly has increased the membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to 68 in the Senate and about 207 in the House of Representatives, barely two years into the life of the 10th National Assembly. With Senator Neda Imasuen of the […]...
•House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Abbas Tajudeen, says he has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi today, the Speaker stated that, “following extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, ...
A cross section of Nigerians, including lawyers and civil society organisations have opposed a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022, to make voting in all national, state and local council elections compulsory for all eligible Nigerians. The bill, jointly sponsored by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and Daniel As...
•House of representatives Three members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State today announced their defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers blamed deep-seated crises and leadership failures within the PDP for their defection, reports The Guardian. Th...
•House of Reps Six members of the House of Representatives from Delta State today announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Similarly, two federal lawmakers from Enugu State also dumped the Labour Party (LP) for the PDP, reports The Guardian. Speaker of the House, Tajudeen ...
•House of Representatives The Federal High Court in Lagos will on July 18 hear a suit by Sterling Bank and its subsidiaries challenging the House of Representatives’ authority to investigate the management of funds in the accounts of two of its customers – Dr. Innocent Usoro and Miden Systems Limited. The plaintiffs – Sterling Bank, […]...
The Senate and House of Representatives have postponed resumption of plenary sittings from April 29 to May 6, 2025. The Clerk to the Senate, Andrew Ogbonna Nwoba and his House of Representatives counterpart, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, disclosed this in a separate internal memorandum dated April 20, 2025, addressed to all senators and House of Repres...
•Former President Muhammadu Buhari House of Representatives is probing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on the disbursement of about N1.12 trillion through the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). Chairman of the House Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Chike Okafor, who spoke at th...
•House of Representatives Thirty-nine constitutional amendment bills have scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bills cut across various sectors including judicial reforms, electoral matters security and policing, inclusive governance, legislature, and others, reports Channels TV. Some of the proposals include: A bill for ...
•Nigerian Senate chamber Like the House of Representatives, the Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State, invoking its constitutional powers under the amended 1999 Constitution. The approval grants President Tinubu the authority to enforce emergency measures while mandating a review of th...
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