KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY TONY ELUMELU CFR AT THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE 2023 INTRODUCTIONS AND PROTOCOLS. Mr. President and our Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. We have come together today united. United with one ambition, one duty – nation building. I thank Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), President of the Nigerian Bar Association and his leadership for the honour of speaking here today – and the...
Rep. Gagdi said prior to the commencement of the hearing, he warned committee members that they would be targets of mischief makers. The Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating job racketeering in Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau) has summoned all the Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities to appear before it on Friday, over allegation of bribery and extortion by a member of the ad-hoc committee. Gagdi,...
Dr. Austin Uganwa celebrates Rt. Hon. Austin Adiele Opara, former Deputy Speaker of the Fifth House of Representatives, as he clocks sixty, READ ALSO: Composition of the 10th House of Reps Standing Committees Rivers-born Politician, Rt. Hon. Austin Opara, has been described as a source of inspiration, leading light and pillar of strength to his people, who has made his mark in the nation’s shadowy political landscape. Public Affairs Consultant and academic, Dr...
The Bayelsa State legislators insisted that before an operation of such magnitude is carried out, protocol demands that the Governor be informed, especially given that there was no imminent threat to national security. The Bayelsa State caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned in the strongest terms, the recent invasion of the Opu-Nembe community of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by officials of the Nigerian Police Force SWAT department. The lawmakers...
Hon. Obasa insisted that its decision to reject the nominees was in accordance with the constitution, adding that it would not yield to threats or intimidation. Following the rejection of some nominees sent in by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, by the Lagos State House of Assembly, the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, has alleged threats against him and other members of the Assembly over the decision. The speaker revealed this during Monday’s plenary, stating that he had received...
Rep. Ogene revealed that only two transport companies benefitted from a sixteen billion naira loan for the purchase of buses for Public Mass Transit Buses in 2012, liquidated their loans. The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee constituted to investigate the ‘Failure of Federal Mass Transit Schemes in Nigeria since 1999,’ has condemned the serial mismanagement of humongous government investments under the Urban Mass Transit Scheme. It also expressed worry that despite the...
In terms of gender distribution, one hundred and twenty-four (124) male members chair ninety-three per cent (93%) of the Committees, while nine (9) out of the fifteen (15) female members of the House chair seven (7%) of the committees. Seven weeks after the inauguration of the Tenth National Assembly, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas announced the Standing Committees of the 10th House of Representatives to enable...
The Senator’s media aide noted that the scholarship scheme will be extended to all students from Kano North studying in Nigeria. The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has granted scholarships to 628 students enrolled at Bayero University Kano (BUK). These students, who hail from the Kano North Senatorial District, which Senator Jibrin represents, have been awarded N50,000 each as part of this initiative. Flagging off the scheme at the School...
Rep. Jaha said recruitment waivers result in lop-sided recruitment, which is contributory to the upsurge of insurgency in the northeast zone. The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating recruitment racketeering in Federal Government agencies and parastatals will recommend the abolition of waivers to bypass advertisement of job opportunities. The Ad hoc Committee Chairman, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, stated this position at the resumption of the investigative hearing on Monday. Gagdi, who also accused the Registrar...
The Speaker said the farmers/herders clash over the years, has restricted farmers from access to their farmlands, leading to food price inflation, a high cost of living, unemployment, and loss of foreign earnings. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajuddeen Abbas, has expressed concern over the effects of the persistent clashes between farmers/herders on the country’s economy, particularly the potential threat to its quest to attain food security. The Speaker raised the concern...
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