The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has removed former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam and former House of Representatives member Gbenga Elegbeleye from the party’s final list of National Assembly candidates. The decision also saw the replacement of five other senatorial aspirants and 19 House of Rep...
•Oshiomhole and the Senate The Senate has formally condemned and dissociated itself from comments attributed to Senator Adams Oshiomhole describing the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as ‘a bunch of criminals and thieves’. According to the upper chamber, the remarks do not represent the official position, resolution, opinio...
•Lanre Oladebo A member of the House of Representatives representing Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency, Lanre Oladebo, has advised politicians against destroying political relationships over unfavourable outcomes in ongoing party primaries. Oladebo gave the advice in a statement personally signed by him and made available to journal...
•Fata and Kwankwaso ‎The member of Kano State House of Assembly representing Gwale Constituency, Hon. Abdulmajid Isa Umar Mai Rigar Fata, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). ‎‎The lawmaker represents Gwale Local Government Area where Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf hails from, reports Daily...
•Philip Agbese The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has cautioned against the increasing politicisation of pipeline surveillance contracts in the Niger Delta, warning that such moves could weaken national security and erode gains in safeguarding oil revenue. Agbese issued the warning amid renewed agitation by...
•A Satena Airlines aircraft A twin-propeller aircraft carrying 15 people, including a Colombian lawmaker, Diogenes Quintero, has crashed in a mountainous region near the Venezuelan border. According to our correspondent, the aircraft departed from the border city of Cúcuta and lost contact with air traffic control shortly before it was schedul...
•Tinubu Calls are mounting for immediate suspension of the implementation of the new tax laws as lawmakers, opposition parties and civil society groups continue to raise the alarm over allegations of post-passage alterations. Those calling for suspension warn that proceeding with the implementation in January without resolving the allegations ...
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulsammad Dasuki (PDP Sokoto), today raised a matter of privilege on the floor of the House, alleging discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the versions subsequently gazetted and made available to the public. Rising under Order Six, Rule Two of the House [&hellip...
•Ikenga Ugochinyere (red cap) with the protesting contractors today President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been asked to sack the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Zack Adedeji over unpaid local contractors, who besieged the Ministry of Finance in the past three days. Hon.Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, w...
•Idris Wase A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, today said bandits were threatening to abduct members of the National Assembly. Idris stated this during the resumption of debate on national security in the lower chamber, calling on President Bola Tinubu to review his directive on the withdrawal of police operat...
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