Nigeria is blessed with vast natural resources and raw materials in large commercial quantities but most of them end up being exported in their raw form. The House of Representatives has called for the immediate ban of export of unprocessed natural resources and raw materials from Nigeria during Wednesday sitting at the green chambers. The House urged the Federal Government to provide support and incentives to local industries and entrepreneurs engaged in the processing and...
Sarkindaji, speaker of the Niger state House of Assembly, announced last week that he would sponsor the wedding of 100 girls, some of whom were orphaned by insurgency. The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has petitioned the inspector-general of police (IGP) and seeks a court injunction to halt the marriage of 100 girls in Niger state. Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, who is the speaker of the Niger state House of Assembly, announced last week that he...
President Tinubu said the state governments had to be reimbursed because the federal government had assumed ownership and control of the airports. President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval of the reimbursement of over N15 billion to Kebbi State Government for the construction of Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi. In addition, the president requests that the Nasarawa State Government be granted N9 billion in reimbursement for the building of Lafia Cargo Airport...
The ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged manipulation of UTME results by Mmesoma has recommended that JAMB reconsider the three-year-ban on her. The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged manipulation of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by Mmesoma Ejikeme, has mandated the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to soften the three-year ban placed on her. Rep. Soli Sada who chaired the Committee revealed this on Wednesday while defending the report before...
The Senate called on President Tinubu to immediately halt the allocation of funds to caretaker committee-led Local Government Areas. The Senate has accused State governors of misappropriating funds allocated to Local Government Councils in Nigeria. This is as it claimed that Area Council chairmen are usually compelled to sign off cheques by State governors, who in turn allocate peanuts to them. This was a sequel to the adoption of a motion during Wednesday’s plenary, to...
Tinubu urged the lawmakers to expedite the screening and confirmation process. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the Senate to screen and confirm four persons appointed as members of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The President’s request was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio during Wednesday’s plenary. READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Students Loan Fund chairman  The appointed members of the SEC...
The Senate is worried following a massacre in the Nimbo community in the early hours of April 28th 2024, which left over 46 people dead and 14 persons injured, with their houses and other properties completely razed down. The Senate has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Chief of Army Staff and the Director General of the Department of State Services to investigate, arrest and prosecute the criminal gangs attacking the...
Only one man in the history of Nigeria’s National Assembly has been Minority Leader, Majority Leader and Speaker of the House of Representatives. In this EX-NASS MEMBERS SERIES, Esther Adedoyin writes on Femi Gbajabiamila. Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila attended Mainland Preparatory School for his elementary education and then Igbobi College, where he completed his secondary education in 1973. He continued his studies at King William’s College on the Isle of Man, United Kingdom, for his A-Level qualifications....
The House of Representatives has restated that no citizen of Nigeria is obligated to pay the cybersecurity levy. The House of Representatives confirms that no Nigerian citizen is required to pay the cybersecurity levy. Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP Rivers), emphasized this during a motion of public importance addressing misconceptions about who should be responsible for the levy. READ ALSO: CYBERSECURITY LEVY: The making of a controversial law that caught citizens napping Chinda clarified that only...
Disregard for federal character principles in job employment, and other irregularities that violate the Nigerian constitution must be met with stiffer penalties. The Senate is set to consider stiffer penalties to stem job racketeering, disregard for federal character principles in job employment, and other irregularities that violate the Nigerian constitution. This was disclosed Tuesday by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Allwell Onyesoh (PDP, Rivers East), after a...
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