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Yesterday, just about 24 hours to the unveiling of the lists of the leadership of the standing committees of the two chambers of the legislature, indications showed there was a tense atmosphere at the National Assembly. The Presidency, which had hijacked the statutory functions of the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives…
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The Senate has described the allegations of padding the palliative supplementary budget presented to it as Spurious and inaccurate. The Senate also said that it is not ready to join issues with some misguided and mischief makers on the allegations and that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was part of the constitutional duties…
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The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the nomination of service chiefs newly appointed by President Bola Tinubu, following the screening of the top brass by the upper chamber. Senate President Godswill Akpabio said during the closed-door session, the service chiefs answered questions on defence-related matters and topical issues. The President had in a letter read on…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Tajudeen Abbas has named Hon. Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo) as the Majority leader of the 10th House of Representatives. This is as Hon.Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) also emerged as the Minority Leader. Abbas during plenary in Abuja on Tuesday unveiled the two and other principal officers. Ihonvbere represents Owan…
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As the NASS members adjusts and prepare for resumption of the 10th Senate on Tuesday, July 4th, there are strong Indications that who becomes the Senate Majority leader has polarised Senators from the North and South, especially the South West, Vanguard reports. Several Senators who spoke separately on conditions of anonymity said that the efforts…
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Senator Godswill Akpabio has emerged the 10th President of the Senate after defeating Senator Abdulaziz Yari. Akpabio, a former Senate Minority Leader polled 63 votes to defeat Yari, a former governor of Zamfara, who scored 46 votes. The lawmakers-elect voted on the floor of the Nigerian Senate, in the build-up to the inauguration of the…
AS the proclamation of the 10th National Assembly closes in, two contenders for the Speakership of the House of Representatives, Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi have stepped down for Tajudeen Abbas, the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). They announced their withdrawal from the race after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu and…
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As the June 13 inauguration date of the 10th National Assembly closes in, there is a cloud of uncertainty on the fate of those aspiring to become presiding officers, especially so as President Bola Tinubu is yet to make a formal pronouncement on it. Wednesday night, the president met with lawmakers-elect at Aso Rock Villa…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the bill seeking to extend the retirement age of High Court judges from 65 to 70 years into law. The president assented the bill on uniform retirement age for judicial officers today, June 8, 2023. In a statement on Thursday, Abiodun Oladunjoye, the Director of Information to the President,…
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As the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly draws. nearer, there are strong indications that President Bola Tinubu may have changed his mind over the choice of Senator Godswill Akpabio and Mr Tajudeen Abass as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively. In what appears as a move to make the process…
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