The Lagos State House of Assembly has rejected 17 commissioner nominees of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, including former commissioner for health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and former commissioner for information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho. The lawmakers, however, confirmed 22 other commissioner nominees of the governor. The exercise, which was done through a...
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The Federal Government says it will continue to dialogue with the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the labour unions towards addressing their grievances. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, said this after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee to investigate alleged 9.05 billion dollar-revenue loss from gas flaring in the last one decade in Nigeria. Abbas, at the inauguration of the House ad hoc committee on Gas Flaring on Monday,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Few days after resolving the one month old crisis that rocked Nasarawa State House of Assembly and subsequent emergence of Balarabe Abdullahi, as Speaker, new principal officers have been appointed to run the affairs of the house. The Speaker of the house, Rt. Hon...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, says the 10th Assembly is ready to respond and urgently too, to the yearnings of Nigerians who brought them to the National Assembly. Abbas said this at a stakeholders meeting on the 10th House of Reps Legislative Agenda in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- The leadership tussle rocking the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has been put to rest today following fresh inauguration and the subsequent election of Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi ( APC- Umaisha/ Ugya) as the Speaker of the 7th Assembly. Similarly, the assembly also...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker, Cross River House of Assemb, has directed an upward review of monthly emoluments to auxiliary staff of the Assembly with immediate effect. Rt. Hon. Ayambem, who gave the directives in a meeting at the Assembly’s Conference Center in Calabar, on Tuesday emphasized...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Service Commission, has commenced the screening of over 100 casual staff of the State House of Assembly, to be absorbed into the main stream of the civil service. Permanent member one of the Commission, Yusuf Ibrahim Wamba, disclosed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, His Excellency Hon Tajudeen Abbas has unveiled members of the leadership of the 10th Assembly. Announcing the names on the list, Hon (Prof) Julius lhovbere is the house majority leader while Hon Usman Kumo is the Majority...
Members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday in Abeokuta re-elected Mr Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo I) as the Speaker of the state’s 10th assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluomo was the Deputy Speaker in the eighth assembly before emerging the Speaker in the ninth...
The Committee of Diaspora Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President and Tajudeen Abass, Speaker, House of Representatives, to be magnanimous in victory. The committee gave the advice in a statement jointly signed by Prof. Adesegun Labinjo and Mr Bola Babarinde,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The factional deputy speaker of Ogazi’s camp, Mohammed Oyanki, in the raging crisis that engulfed Nasarawa State house of assembly since last week has dumped the embattled Speaker, Daniel Ogah Ogazi. Two other members who also dumped Ogazi and were sworn in today included...
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, says the oil discovery in the state is a landmark achievement of Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s stewardship. Abdullahi said the feat will stand the test of time in the history of the state. The speaker stated this on Monday in...
On May 8 the National Working Committee of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) came up with a list of its preferred candidates for the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives, the two chambers of the National Assembly. The anointed candidates are Sen. Goodwill Akpabio from Akwa-Ibom and...
Chairman of the House committee on land transport, Hon. Tajudeen Abass has the highest chances of becoming the speaker of the 10th House of Representatives. The choice of Abass is the outcome of a survey conducted by Legislative Trends Assessors, a parliamentary research-based organisation. In the Report released by...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, has been reelected under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for another term to represent Ningi State Constituency. Suleiman, who is also the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, was...
The Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Dr Albasu Kunini, on Wednesday resigned his position as speaker, a position he held since December 2019. Kunini, who represents Lau state Constituency, said that his resignation was on personal ground, thanking members for their support. Mr Kizito Bonzena, member, representing...
Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Ibrahim Abdullahi has said that Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State will be victorious in the 2023 general elections. The speaker stated this on Tuesday while inaugurating his 60- man...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that it was doubtful that the current constitutional amendment effort would be concluded before the expiration of the 9th Assembly. He made the call at the “2022 Parliamentarians Lecture” organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS)...
The Ekiti State House of Assembly says the impeachment of Gboyega Aribisogan, who spent only six days as Speaker is irreversible. This is contained in a counter statement issued on Thursday night by Adeoye Aribasoye, the new Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, on behalf of the lawmakers....