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Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has berated members of the National Assembly for using voice vote to approve President Bola Ahmed Tinubu request to validate the emergency rule in Rivers State.In a series of posts on his X handle on Thursday, he said the procedure adopted by the…
The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) Lapai, Niger State, Prof Hassan Ibrahim has said members of the National Assembly demand bribes from universities during oversight visits. Ibrahim spoke during the 3rd Annual Lecture of the Bursary Department of the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, themed, ‘The Role of Accountants in Enhancing…
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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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LAGOS: The National Assembly yesterday waded into the controversy generated by the Federal Government’s plan to peg the age limit for students to write the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate, WASSCE, examination at 18 years. It will be recalled that the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, announced plans on Sunday by the federal…
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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 South-West Frontiers has expressed worry over the concerns that a section of those who call themselves supporters of President Bola Tinubu is scheming the illegal arrest of some prominent aspirants for the House of Representatives Speaker and the Senate Presidency such as the former Zamfara Governor, Abdulaziz Yari who is seeking the Senate President…
Members of the Parliament Staff Association of Nigeria have threatened to start a strike action from Monday, January 10, 2022 over the failure of the National Assembly management to pay their allowance arrears. The National Assembly workers on Thursday staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands, requesting in particular the payment of eight…
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House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday spoke of how the National Assembly plans to resolve the logjam over the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. He hinted that lawmakers may drop the controversial clause from the Bill before passing it into law when they reconvene next month. According to him, legislators could resort to the option,…
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ABUJA – The Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF) has indicted the management of the National Assembly and the National Assembly Service Commission for allegedly making unexplained expenditures amounting to N9.424 billion in 2019 financial year. Out of the said sum, N5.521 billion of such expenditure was credited to the House of Representatives in five different…
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