The House of Representative has accused Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the federation and Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), of manipulating the country’s legal system. The resolution of the house was sequel to a motion sponsored by Yakubu Barde, minority whip. Barde, while moving the motion on Thursday spoke about […]
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The National Assembly Conference Committee on Electoral Act (amendment) Bill on Tuesday adopted the re-ordered sequence of the 2019 General Elections, making presidential poll the last election to be conducted. The House of Representatives had few weeks ago amended the Electoral Act 2010 with the inclusion of section 25(1). This was to reorder the sequence […]
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday gave the Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, and other stakeholders 72 hours to produce the documents of the $195m waterways security contract awarded to an Israeli security firm. The Federal Government had approved the contract in October 2017 for waterways security. It was approved for HLSI Security Systems […]
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday amended the Electoral Act to change the order of 2019 general elections’ time table. This came barely a month after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the time-table for the general elections. With the amendment, the National Assembly election is to hold first, followed by gubernatorial and state […]
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The speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has strongly condemned the killings in various parts of the country, stating that all is not well. Giving his address to lawmakers when they resumed from recess on Tuesday, Dogara frowned at the violence in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Rivers, Zamfara, and Adamawa states. “Indeed at no […]
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Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, the suspended member of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. Jibrin, who spoke to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Buhari, described his encounter with the president “as a meeting between a son and a father.’’ He dismissed the […]
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The 2018 budget has taken a step closer to its destination after the House of Representatives passed it through a second reading on Tuesday. The House members began discussing the bill last Tuesday. On Tuesday, they approved a second reading of the bill and referred it to the House Committee on Appropriations and all other […]
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The Senate on Tuesday announced the postponement of debate on the 2018 budget submitted to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari about 2 weeks ago. Senate President and leader of the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki, made the announcement at the commencement of Tuesday’s legislative business. He told the lawmakers that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented about N8.612 trillion as the 2018 Budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), saying the projected expenditure will drive rapid economic recovery. He said; “With the economic recovery made so far, it is clear that we made the right decisions. President Buhari said at the session […]
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The House of Representatives rejected a bill seeking the establishment of the South-East Development Commission, after it was put to a voice vote by speaker, Yakubu Dogara. Some of the lawmakers argued that the timing of the bill was not right and adequate consultations were not made before it was brought to the house. Earlier, […]
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