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FixPolitics backs diaspora voting, independent candidacy bills

FixPolitics initiative has called on Nigerians and the media to support diaspora voting and independent candidacy bills up for constitution review public hearing  FixPolitics initiative has called on Nigerians, especially the media, to rally behind two vital constitutional amendment bills, which have both passed second reading in the House of Representatives and listed for consideration at the zonal public hearings. The Diaspora Voting Bill and the Independent Candidacy Bill (HB 1630) represent crucial steps towards...

Constitution Review: Women groups back special seats 

Women groups and organised labour have urged the Constitution Review Committee to prioritise fairness in addressing issues affecting women and workers The organised labour and various women groups have urged the National Assembly Constitution Review Committee to prioritise fairness in addressing issues affecting women, workers, and other segments of Nigerian society. They made this appeal during separate presentations at the north-central centre ‘A’ public hearing held in Minna, Niger State, on Saturday. The centre covers...

Constitution Review: North-central states demand state police

Creation of state police, comprehensive electoral reforms echoed strongly at the public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution held at the north-central centre  Calls for the creation of state police, comprehensive electoral reforms, and true federalism echoed strongly at the public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution, organised by the House of Representatives Committee at the north-central centre B, comprising Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa states, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The...

Buhari: National Assembly suspends legislative activities

The National Assembly has suspended legislative activities for one week to mourn former President late Mohammadu Buhari The National Assembly has postponed the resumption of legislative duties to honour the memory of late former president Mohammadu Buhari. This communication was contained in a statement in Monday by the Clerk of National Assembly Kamoru Ogunlana. He said “In honour of his legacy and service to the nation, I am directed by the President of the Senate...

Mokwa Flood: NIRSAL boss blames railway embankment, not dam releases   

Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation and the Minister of Transportation are to appear before House Committee over the Mokwa flood The Managing Director of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Mr. Aliyu Abdulhameed, has blamed poor railway infrastructure for the recent flood disaster in Mokwa, Niger State, which claimed lives, destroyed farmlands, and displaced residents. Abdulhameed made this disclosure during an appearance before the House of Representatives Committee on...

Reps committee slams polytechnic rectors

The committee slammed polytechnic rectors over disregard to legislative oversight, threatened sanctions  Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education, Rep. Fuad Kayode Laguda (APC Lagos), has expressed strong displeasure over the poor turnout of rectors at a key meeting convened to deliberate on the future of technical education in Nigeria. Speaking at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, Rep. Laguda criticized the leadership of polytechnics across the country...

Senate seeks Tinubu’s intervention in NDLEA toddler death in Delta

According to eyewitness accounts and the family’s testimony, NDLEA officers opened fire during a raid in the neighbourhood. The senate has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to, on compassionate grounds, assist the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in paying a ₦200 million compensation to the family of two-year-old Ivan Omhonrina, who was tragically killed during an NDLEA operation in Asaba, Delta State last year. The call was made on Thursday during plenary, following the...

Senate accuses NNPCL of contempt over N210trillion audit queries

The committee chairman, Sen. Wadada, emphasised that the NNPCL probe is a constitutional obligation not a political vendetta. The Senate, through its Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has clarified that the ₦210 trillion financial query raised against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in federal audit reports covering 2017 to 2023 does not imply theft, but rather an unaccounted sum that the national oil company must explain. This clarification was issued during a high-stakes investigative...

Reps give NELFUND 48 hours to submit student loan records

NELFUND has 48 hours to provide detailed records on students loans disbursement The House of Representatives has directed the Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyer, to submit comprehensive documents detailing the appropriation and disbursement of funds to various institutions under the students loans scheme. The directive was issued on Thursday during an investigative hearing convened by the joint committee on students loans, scholarship and higher education financing, banking and other...

Senate removes Natasha as committee chair

Embattled Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has now been stripped of her last remaining leadership position within the senate. The senate has officially removed Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi central) as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations, replacing her with Sen. Aniekan Bassey (PDP, Akwa Ibom north-east). The announcement was made by the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, during Thursday’s plenary, and the decision is to take immediate effect, according to...

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