Leah Fatima Twaki

Three opposition members in the House of Representatives have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)  The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday recorded fresh gains in the House of Representatives as three opposition lawmakers formally defected to the party during plenary. Rep. Oluwole Oke (Osun), formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alongside Reps. Kabiru Hassan Rumrum and Sani Abdullahi, both from Kano and formerly of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP),...

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...

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 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...