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Fresh Reps Defection Increases APC Majority To 220, Minority Leader Kicks

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Fresh Reps Defection Increases APC Majority To 220, Minority Leader Kicks

Seven members of the House of Representatives, made up of six ex-Peoples Democratic Party members and one from the Young Progressives Party from Akwa Ibom State have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The defections brought the number of APC members in the 360-member House of Representatives to 220. The official notification of their…

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Politics

Gusau Fed Varsity VC Denies Bribe For Budget Allegations Against Reps

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Gusau Fed Varsity VC Denies Bribe For Budget Allegations Against Reps

The Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, Prof. Mu’azu Abubakar Gusau, has denied reports that he accused the House Committee on University Education of demanding bribe from Vice Chancellors to pass their 2025 budget. An online media had published the allegation that the lawmakers demanded about N480 million bribe to approve their 2025…

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News

Reps Ask Tinubu To Cut Down Number Of Ministers

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Reps Ask Tinubu To Cut Down Number Of Ministers

The House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Review is currently evaluating a proposal aimed at amending the 1999 Constitution to restrict the number of ministers appointed by the president to 37. This proposal, titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Streamline the Number of…

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Legislation and Legislature

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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Legislation and Legislature

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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Legislation and Legislature

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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Legislation and Legislature

Reps Bill Seeking To Increase Appeal Court Judges To 150 Passes Second Reading

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Reps Bill Seeking To Increase Appeal Court Judges To 150 Passes Second Reading

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed through second reading a bill to amend the Court of Appeal Act to increase its number of justices from 90 to 150. The House also wants the appointment of a minimum of six justices in every Judicial division of the Court of Appeal for speedy and efficient justice…

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Legislation and Legislature

Reps Ask CBN To Withdraw Cyber Security Levy Circular, Says It’s ‘Ambiguous’

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Reps Ask CBN To Withdraw Cyber Security Levy Circular, Says It’s ‘Ambiguous’

The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw the circular directing financial institutions to commence implementation of the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy, describing it as “ambiguous”. The development was in response to a motion on the urgent need to halt and modify the implementation of the cybersecurity…

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Finance and Economy

S-East Govs, Army, Reps To Fight Insecurity Collectively

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S-East Govs, Army, Reps To Fight Insecurity Collectively

The governors of the southeastern states of Nigeria, the House of Representatives ad hoc committee, and security agencies including the Chief of Army Staff, yesterday met over the worsening insecurity in the southeast. The Reps ad-hoc Committee at the meeting with the Chief of Army Staff decried the violent crimes by gunmen and other criminal…

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National Security and Military, Uncategorized