The Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, has stated that the non-governmental organisation (NGO) regulation bill is being passed in the interest of Nigerians. On Thursday, Chidi Odinkalu, former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), launched a campaign against the bill, saying the proposed law would affect religious bodies, […]
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The supreme court of Nigeria has dismissed the application of Herman Hembe, sacked member of the house of representatives from Benue state. The Apex court insists the ousted lawmaker must return allowances earned. Recall that on June 23, the Supreme Court sacked Hembe and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to present Dorathy Mato […]
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The house of representatives says it has taken delivery of 200 of the 360 Peugeot 508 cars it ordered from Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited (PAN). The vehicles are estimated to worth about N3.4bn, at a time when the country is struggling to get out of economic recession. DailyTrust quoted Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of the house, […]
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The National Assembly has concluded its review and voting on constitution amendments. The senators did their review and voting on amendment of up to 33 laws in the Constitution, while members of the house of representatives voted on Thursday. The Voting Process Except for exceptional cases, 73 votes were required for an amendment to pass […]
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The House of Representatives on Thursday considered 33 bills from the harmonised report of the committee on constitution review. Some of the bills passed by the lower legislative chamber are the 35 percent affirmative action for women, not too young to run, financial autonomy for state legislature, reduction of authorisation of expenditure before budget passage from […]
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The House of Representatives, unlike the senate, has approved the devolution of more power to states. This is part of some amendments to the 1999 constitution seeking to alter the “second schedule, part I & II to move certain items to the concurrent legislative list to give more legislative powers to states”. The senate had […]
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has expressed grief over the death of another serving member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Mohammed Wamakko. Wamakko died on Friday in Abuja at the age of 50. The lawmaker represented Kware/Wamakko Constituency, Sokoto State and was serving his first term. In a statement […]
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A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi Wammako (Sokoto State), is dead. He died at an Abuja hospital after a brief illness at the age of 51. Wammako was a first term lawmaker, who represented Kware/Wammako federal constituency. He contested and won the 2015 parliamentary election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress […]
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The house of representatives has asked Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, to appear before an ad hoc committee chaired by Aliyu Madaki, a lawmaker from Kano state, over what is described as a breach of parliamentary privilege and public incitement. The resolution of the house followed a motion sponsored by Sadiq Ibrahim, […]
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Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house of representatives, says he has not been expelled from the All Progressives Congress (APC). On Thursday, Sani Ranka, chairman of the party in the local government area of Kano state, said a unanimous decision was taken to expel Jibrin for alleged anti-party activities. But reacting in a statement, the […]
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