Leah Fatima Twaki

Education Minister has urged the National Assembly to prioritise funding for existing institutions than create new ones The Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa, has called on the National Assembly to focus on adequately funding already established tertiary institutions rather than creating new ones. Alausa made the appeal in a memorandum presented at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education on Thursday. The hearing featured...

The House of Representatives has called for immediate implementation of mandatory diphtheria immunisation, testing, and treatment across all 774 LGAs The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)to immediately implement mandatory diphtheria immunisation, testing, and treatment at all healthcare centres across Nigeria’s 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The directive, issued during Wednesday’s plenary, also mandated the...

House committee warns Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that maintaining high interest rates aimed at curbing inflation may backfire  The House of Representatives Committee on National Planning and Economic Development has cautioned the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) against the unintended consequences of maintaining high interest rates aimed at curbing inflation. Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Gboyega Nasiru (APC-Ogun), issued the caution on Wednesday in Abuja during a meeting with the Statistician-General of the Federation...

The second reading of a bill seeking for rotation of offices of President and Vice President among the six regions in Nigeria has been rejected along side other constitution alteration bills The House of Representatives on Tuesday witnessed heated debate and division over a constitutional amendment bill proposing the rotation of the offices of the President and Vice President among Nigeria’s six geo-political zones. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the...

At the inaugural National Policy dialogue on legislative agenda, Deputy Speaker Kalu revealed  that 1,059 bills have been considered in the 10th House since June 2023 Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia), has revealed that no fewer than 1,059 bills have been presented on the floor of the House of Representatives since inauguration in June 2023. The deputy speaker stated this on Monday at the inaugural National Policy Dialogue...

Governors Hyacinth Alia of Benue State and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State failed to honour summons by House Committee on Public Petitions Governors Hyacinth Alia of Benue State and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State on Thursday failed to honour a summons issued by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions. Parliament Reports recalls that the committee summoned both governors and their state assembly leadership following the petition brought before the House on March 27,...

The House of Representatives has advanced a bill seeking to repeal NEMA Act to better tackle critical  emergency issues The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to give more power to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to address critical emergency issues in Nigeria. The bill seeks to give power to the agency on critical issues such as climate change adaptation, drought, desertification, flooding, coastal erosion, dam failure, building collapse,...

The Law School DG has revealed that only those who pass the bar examinations are eligible for the call saying that malpractice remains a serious offence  The Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Isa Chiroma, has reiterated that examination malpractice remains a serious offence, stressing that anyone caught engaging in such acts during examinations will face grave consequences. Chiroma made this known on Thursday during an investigative hearing convened by the House Committee...

The House of Representatives push for lasting security solutions in Plateau state, set to hold a national security summit  The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently deploy additional security personnel to Plateau state, with a particular focus on the violence-ravaged Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas, in a bid to stem the rising tide of attacks and restore peace. The call was part of a series of resolutions adopted on...

Another defection in the House of Representatives as three Katsina lawmakers dump PDP for APC The gale of defections rocking the Nigerian political landscape has continued to have its fair share in the the House of Representatives, with three lawmakers from Katsina state announcing their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their defection was formally announced during Thursday’s plenary session and was witnessed by the Governor of...