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As many Nigerians were taken aback by the refusal of President Mohammadu Buhari refusal to honour the invitation of the House of Representatives to appear before it, Forrmer Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has also lent his voice to the matter. The former two-term Governor described President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to honour its invitation as a sign of a ...

A day before his commitment to honour an invitation by the House of Representatives to address lawmakers on what his administration is doing to combat rising insecurity, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday walked back on his promise. The presidency cited the constitution, which the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), said does not confer the ...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose has broken silence on the invitation given to President Mohammadu Buhari by House of Representatives today. The lawmakers today passed a resolution amid uproar to summon President Buhari over the murder of about 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram insurgents. Reacting through his Twitter handle, Fayose said he would be surprised if Buhari ...

A bill seeking to amend the the Electoral Act and enact on Tuesday scaled through second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill which was sponsored by was sponsored by Rep. Aishatu Dukku (APC-Gombe) seeks to regulate the Federal, States and Area Councils Elections and other others. The lawmaker added that the bill if passed into law would restrict ...

The House of Representatives has denied report saying that it is investigating the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo The Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Wole Oke said this while addressing the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget & National Planning, Mrs Olusola Idowu. Oke explained that the ongoing investigation was aimed at getting documentary evidences of ...

The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia) has challenged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to prove his allegations of publicly. In a statement, Kalu urged the minister to go public with documents to prove that 60 per cent of contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were awarded to lawmakers. He ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives has threatened showdown with Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The Speaker,. Femi Gbajabimila has directed the Clerk of the House to engage to engage the services of a lawyer to institute a suit of perjury against Akpabio. The speaker made the announcement at the plenary on Thursday while reacting to ...

Some top members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the House of Representatives have threatened to President Muhammadu Buhari with impeachment One of the masterminders, Kingsley Chinda warned that impeachment proceedings would be initiated against Buhari if his government fails to stop the “calculated blackmail” against the National Assembly and the insecurity in the country. In a statement he ...

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has come down hard on the leadership of the House of Representatives, accusing them of collecting bride from foreign producers of the Coronavirus vaccines. According to CNPP,  the lawmakers are in concert with the foreign producers to impose a forced vaccination law on the country. The political organisation, in a statement signed by ...

Two members of the Action Alliance (AA) from Imo state in the House of Representatives have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The two lawmakers are Uju Kingsley China and Pascal Chigozie Obi. Governor Hope Uzodinma, former Governor Rochas Okorocha, National Organising Secretary of the APC, Emma Ibediro and the former of Staff to Okorocha, Uche Nwosu were ...