The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas says sequel to the recent spate of attacks in some parts of the country, the House is taking measures to nip the situation in the bud. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the speaker, Mr Musa Krishi, said...
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honorable Tajudeen Abbas, says lawmakers will ensure that Nigerians get a survival wage that can take them home in the ongoing minimum wage review. Abbas, who was represented by Hon. Busayo Oluwole-Oke, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, made the pledge on Tuesday in...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas has urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to immediate suspend the impeding strike. Abbas made the call at a meeting between the leadership of the House and NARD in Abuja on Monday against the backdrop of...
Rep. Tunji Olawuyi (APC-Kwara) says he stepped down from the race for speakership of the 10th National Assembly, as a mark of respect for his party. Olawuyi, who represented Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun...
Rep. Ahmed Wase, the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has congratulated Rep. Tajudeen Abbas and Rep. Benjamin Kalu as the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th Assembly Wase who contested alongside Abbas for the speaker on June 13 said his contesting for the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The immediate past Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has congratulated Sen. Godswill Akpabio on his emergence as the President of the 10th Senate. Omo-Agege, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Sunny Areh, expressed confidence in Akpabio’s “leadership qualities and drive”. He...
A member of the House of Representatives from Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas has been elected Speaker of the Green Chamber. The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Idris Wase and Aminu Jaji in a voice vote on Tuesday at the National Assembly...
The All Progressives Congress “anointed candidates” for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker for the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu on Thursday met behind closed door with President Bola Tinubu. The meeting, held at the Presidential Villa Abuja, came on the heels of the inauguration...
President Bola Tinubu met with Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday in Abuja over the choice of the leadership for the 10th National Assembly. Lawan told newsmen after the meeting that the president emphasised the need for the...
The North East Progressives Coalition, a group of professionals from diverse fields, advocating for good governance, has endorsed Alhaji Tajudeen Abbas for the speakership position of the 10th National Assembly. During the group’s meeting on Wednesday in Gombe, the State Co-ordinator of the group, Mr. Khalid Abbas, said by...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his inauguration as the 16th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Gbajabiamila in a statement on Monday in Abuja hailed Tinubu for his sagacity, resilience, determination...
To every society where the media is free, the marketplace of ideas is allowed to sort the unaccountable from the responsible and reward the latter. Likewise, the Ahmed Lawan led 9th Nigeria National Assembly four years reign which is coming to a close few days from now has come...
The G7 aspirants for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives met with “Greater Majority ” and resolved to present a consensus candidate for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The groups met at a parley in Abuja on Saturday. The G7 reiterated their commitment to work with the...
Senator-elect, Aliyu Wadada (SDP-Nasarawa) has said the North-Central caucus of the National Assembly will ensure that the zone gets the position it deserves among the list of presiding officers of the assembly. He said this on Friday in Abuja while speaking with newmen on the sideline of the just...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday adjourned plenary indefinitely over fear of possible impeachment plot by some lawmakers. Gbajabiamila, who presided over plenary after weeks of recess, called for adjournment over speculation of his impeachment. He hinged the adjournment on the current induction...
One of the support Groups of the President-Elect, Tinubu Hope of Nigeria Vanguard, has commended the zoning arrangement for the National Assembly positions by the National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sen....
A few days ago, a pressure group in the House of Representatives, The Joint Task-10th Assembly unveiled its agenda ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly. The group led by the Chairman, Hon. Bello Kumo (APC, Gombe) and co-chairman, Hon. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) has made its...
Rep. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa(APC-Kano) says he deserves to be the Speaker of the 10th House of the Representatives, because he has paid his dues and deserves to be rewarded. Doguwa said this when he unveiled his plans for the Speaker on Wednesday in Abuja.“I have paid my dues; it is...
The House of Representatives has appealed for leniency from the UK government over the sentencing of former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu for organ harvesting. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Toby Okechukwu (PDP-Enugu) at plenary in Abuja on Tuesday titled ”...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Enugu State Branch, Chief CNN Nwagbara, has said that selection of speaker or Senate president is not determined by party majority. Nwagbara made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday. The chairman...