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President Tinubu and Deputy Speaker Kalu praised for the swift enactment and constitution of the South East Development Commission (SEDC), which addressed 54 years of marginalisation in the region.    The Chairman of the Security, Climate Change, and Special Interventions Committee on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Rep. Sam Ifeanyi Onuigbo, has commended President Bola Tinubu for taking a historic step toward addressing long-standing marginalization in the South East by...

On Thursday, the House passed a whopping 15 bills, including the Nigerian content and CSR bills, while the Labour Party lost another Rep to the APC Uproar as Plateau Rep defects from Labour Party  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again gained one more member as a Plateau lawmaker, Rep.  Ajang Alfred Iliya defected from the Labour Party. In a letter read by the Speaker on Thursday, Rep. Iliya, cited internal crises within the Labour...

The federal government has been asked by the House of Reps to stop the unprofessional disposal of seized stolen crude oil The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to halt environmental hostile practice and adopt eco-friendly and professional method of disposing of crude oil and allied materials seized, in the course of security operations. It also urged the security agents to include environmental experts to supervise the disposal of seized crude which...

The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into an alleged misappropriation and misapplication of the $232 million loan intended for nutrition intervention programmes in Nigeria. The House of Representatives has directed its committees on nutrition and food security, judiciary, finance, aids, loan, and debt management to investigate an alleged mismanagement of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) World Bank loan, valued at $232 million (approximately ₦350 billion). The loan was intended to support...

Uproar in the House of Representatives as opposition protests the defection of another Labour Party Rep to APC The defection of another Labour Party (LP) lawmaker to the All Progressives Congress (APC) sparked an uproar on the floor of the House on Thursday, with opposition members protesting the move and calling for the lawmaker’s seat to be declared vacant. Speaker of the House, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna), announced the defection of Rep. Ajang Alfred...