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Ugochinyere loses out as the House of Representatives restricts principal offices to lawmakers with full four-year legislative experience The House of Representatives has clarified that only lawmakers who have completed at least one full four-year term in the Green Chamber are eligible for appointment as principal officers. This comes amid growing controversy over the vacant minority leader position. The resolution was adopted during plenary on Wednesday following a motion sponsored by Rep. Babajimi Benson seeking...

Nigeria’s defence, security chiefs, and the finance minister have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the rising insecurity across the country The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, the Service Chiefs, and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before lawmakers over the worsening security situation...

Stakeholders at a policy dialogue have called on the National Assembly to expedite the passage of the Child Online Access Protection Bill Civil society organisations, child rights advocates, educators, students, digital rights experts, National Assembly officials and other policy stakeholders have called for the speedy passage of the Child Online Access Protection Bill. They warned that stronger legal safeguards are urgently needed to protect Nigerian children from growing online threats. The appeal was made during...

The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session on Thursday after a lawmaker, Rep. Philip Agbese, denied endorsing Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere for the position of Minority Leader The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session on Thursday after a lawmaker, Rep. Philip Agbese, denied endorsing Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere for the position of Minority Leader, He alleged that his signature was forged on a nomination document circulating online. The controversy erupted during...

A total of 61 out of the 81 opposition members in the House of Representatives have signed a nomination letter backing Rep. Ugochinyere’s emergence as the new Minority Leader of the House, pending the announcement by the Speaker A majority of opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have endorsed Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the next Minority Leader, following the vacancy created by the defection of former Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, to the...

Defections continued to rock the ruling APC as 3 join opposition parties ADC, PRP Three members of the House of Representatives have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for opposition parties, citing political developments following the party’s recent primaries. The lawmakers, Rep. Abubakar Baba Zango, who represents Yola North/Yola South/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State; Rep. Rabilu Bala, representing Jama’are/Itas-Gadau Federal Constituency; and Rep. Abdullahi El-Rasheed, representing Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency of Gombe State, formally...

Borno lawmaker, Rep. Balami, has expressed concern over the latest abduction of 42 school children and the recurring attacks on schools and communities, demanding urgent action The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to intensify efforts to secure the release of 42 school children abducted from Mussa Ward in Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, while calling for stronger measures to protect schools nationwide. The resolution followed the adoption...

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, has finally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and 13 others have dumped other political parties  The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, finally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday and formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), marking a major shift in the political composition of the lower chamber....