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Heated Exchanges As Akpabio, Wadada Disagrees During Senate Plenary

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Heated Exchanges As Akpabio, Wadada Disagrees During Senate Plenary

The Senate plenary on Tuesday witnessed a heated exchange between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa West) over the status of operations at the Port Harcourt refinery. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had announced last week that the Port Harcourt refinery had commenced operations. However, the claim has…

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Reps Reject President Tinubu’s National Honour Award To Speaker Tajudeen Abbas

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Reps Reject President Tinubu’s National Honour Award To Speaker Tajudeen Abbas

The House of Representatives has rejected the National Honour conferred on Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas. The lawmakers accused President Bola Tinubu of discriminating against the lower chamber of the National Assembly after conferring a higher honour to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. President Tinubu while addressing the nation to mark Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary celebration, stated that…

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National Assembly Divided Over Regional Government Proposal

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National Assembly Divided Over Regional Government Proposal

Nigerian Senators from both Southern and Northern regions have expressed divergent views over the agitation for the return to a regional system of government. They shared their opinions at the sidelines of a two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution, organized by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy…

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National Assembly To Jointly Probe Economic Sabotage In Petroleum Indutry

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National Assembly To Jointly Probe Economic Sabotage In Petroleum Indutry

The ad hoc committees set up by both the Senate and House of Representatives to probe alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum sector have settled for a joint investigation of the allegation. Disclosing this in a statement personally signed yesterday by him, the chairman of the Senate ad hoc committee and leader of the Senate,…

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New Minimum wage Law Forbid Housemaids, Gatemen, Drivers Earning Below N70,000 – Akpabio

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New Minimum wage Law Forbid Housemaids, Gatemen, Drivers Earning Below N70,000 – Akpabio

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has said Nigerian employers can’t pay their staff below N70,000. Akpabio said employers can no longer pay their housemaids, drivers, gate men below N70,000. He made the declaration while passing the new minimum wage bill into law on the floor of the senate. According to Akpabio: “If you’re…

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Reps Committee Blames FCCPC For High Cement Cost

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Reps Committee Blames FCCPC For High Cement Cost

A House of Representatives committee has blamed the Federal Competition and Consumers Protection Commission (FCCPC) for its inefficiency and failure to curb rising cement prices. The House Committee investigating the arbitrary increase of cement prices in the country blamed the laxity and inefficiency of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for the high…

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Reps Tell Nigerian Govt To Suspend Samoa Agreement

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Reps Tell Nigerian Govt To Suspend Samoa Agreement

As the resultant controversy trails the signing of the Samoa Agreement, 88 members of the House of Representatives have moved a motion urging the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the contentious accord until all the clauses are addressed and spelt out. The Samoa Agreement signed by the Federal Government with the European Union,…

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Imo Assembly Moves To Prove CJ’s Alleged Age Falsification

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Imo Assembly Moves To Prove CJ’s Alleged Age Falsification

The Imo State House of Assembly has set up a committee to look into a petition brought before it by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Clinton Amadi, against the Chief Justice of the State, Justice Theresa Chikeka, on alleged falsification of her age. Presenting the petition on the floor of the House, the…

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Amidst Hardship, Reps Panel Recommends New Aircrafts For Tinubu, Shettima

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Amidst Hardship, Reps Panel Recommends New Aircrafts For Tinubu, Shettima

The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence has asked the Federal Government to purchase new aircraft for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The committee’s recommendation is contained in a report released after its investigation into the status of the aircraft in the presidential air fleet. “The committee is of the…

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Reps Probe Sales Of Two Government Helicopters, Summon Keyamo, Sirika

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Reps Probe Sales Of Two Government Helicopters, Summon Keyamo, Sirika

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has invited the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, and his predecessor, Senator Hadi Sirika, over the sale of two Bell helicopters belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, to private individuals, despite the interest shown by the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Police. The House Committee…

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