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Correctional Service explains decision during House of Representatives hearing The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has confirmed that Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was placed in a separate cell during…
The House of Representatives is to meet with the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, and other stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the lingering strike embarked upon by the union. This is contained in a…
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the June 30, 2022, deadline for voter registration by 60 days, to enable more eligible Nigerians to register, get their…
The bill was read on the floor of the Green Chamber during Tuesday’s plenary. The sponsor of the bill, Shina Peller, said the proposed legislation seeks to repeal the National Security and Civil Defence Corps…
A bill seeking the establishment of the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund passed second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. Sponsored by Akinfolarin Mayowa, lawmaker representing Ileoluji…
Hon. Mohammed Gudaji Kazaure representing Kazaure/Roni/Gwiwa/Yankwashi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has said President Muhammadu Buhari has budgeted the sum of over N5.1 trillion to service…
The House of Representatives has called for the identification and release of Nigerians imprisoned in other countries across the world. The House particularly urged the Federal Government to “intervene and secure the…
Fifteen years after the last census, Nigeria is likely to have another headcount next year. President Muhammadu Buhari has given the National Population Commission (NPC) the nod to conduct another census in May, it was…
Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, an infamous Nigerian fraudster who recently pleaded guilty in the United States, has narrated how he bribed a Nigerian decored police chief Abba Kyari to do his dirty jobs. Federal…
Lawmakers of the House of Representatives, on Friday, July 16, passed the Electoral Amendment Bill, thus stepping down the controversial section 52 (3) of the bill which deals with the electronic transmission of…
The House of Representatives adopted pay-as-you-go and a price slash for DSTV and other cable satellite operators in the country. The House considered and approved recommendations of the Ad–hoc Committee on…
Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be a reprieve from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did…
One of the widows of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola, Zainab Duke-Abiola opened up to the public about an ugly encounter they both had while they were on their way to Ibadan many years ago. She disclosed this exclusively…
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has finally picked up the gauntlet thrown down by the National Assembly to name lawmakers who got contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).…
The list containing names of Senators and House of Representatives members involved in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, contracts has surfaced. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio…
The House of Representatives Committee on Works, has frowned at the slow pace of work by Julius Berger Construction Company in handling the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Ibadan and the…
Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, informed his appointed ministers that he would not accept any form of disrespect to the National Assembly. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,…
Perhaps leveraging on their huge following and fan base which sadly, does not always guarantee political success especially in a country like Nigeria, many top-notch Nollywood stars have deserted film-making and acting…
The Honorable member representing Yenago/Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituency of Bayelsa State at the House of Representatives, Prof Steve Sinikiem Azaiki has sent a word to President Buhari to re-instate the Coordinator of…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to suspend plenary for two weeks amidst coronavirus scare. The House said the period was to allow the Management of the National Assembly and principal officers, provide…
