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Category: From the National Assembly

Reps pass bill to establish specialised medical college for armed forces
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Reps pass bill to establish specialised medical college for armed forces

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish a specialised medical college for members of the Nigerian Armed Forces. The bill,…

Yuletide: Reps clash over outrageous fares by local airline operators
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Yuletide: Reps clash over outrageous fares by local airline operators

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Thursday engaged in a robust debate over the sharp increase in domestic airline ticket fares ahead of the festive season The lawmakers expressed concern…

Reps summon NNPCL boss over abandoned projects, tax breaches
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Reps summon NNPCL boss over abandoned projects, tax breaches

Isaac Samuel The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Representatives has summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, to…

Plan to reserve 182 legislative seats for women gains momentum
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Plan to reserve 182 legislative seats for women gains momentum

Isaac Samuel Nigeria is on the verge of one of the most consequential constitutional amendments in its democratic history as the Reserved Seats for Women Bill moves through the National…

Reps postpone constitution review debate over need for wider consultation
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Reps postpone constitution review debate over need for wider consultation

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has deferred its scheduled debate on the ongoing constitution review exercise. The Green Chamber cited the need for broader consultation and careful alignment on…

Reps propose ban on amnesty for terrorists, ransom payment
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Reps propose ban on amnesty for terrorists, ransom payment

…seek nationwide audit of firearms, special court for terrorism trial Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted series of resolutions aimed at overhauling Nigeria’s national security architecture following…

Reps to debate constitution amendment bills Wednesday
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Reps to debate constitution amendment bills Wednesday

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives will on Wednesday open debate on a wide-ranging set of constitution amendment bills as part of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution. Deputy…

Reps order forensic audit of NMDPRA over alleged mismanagement of gas infrastructure fund
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Reps order forensic audit of NMDPRA over alleged mismanagement of gas infrastructure fund

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has raised concerns over the alleged misapplication and mismanagement of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund by the Nigerian Midstream…

House of Reps to vote on constitution review December 10
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House of Reps to vote on constitution review December 10

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives may cast its vote on the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution on 10 December, the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the House Committee…

Senate Dissolves Air Force, National Security Committees, Orders Briefings Within One Week
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Senate Dissolves Air Force, National Security Committees, Orders Briefings Within One Week

The Senate has dissolved its standing committees on Air Force, national security and intelligence with immediate effect. It also said that new committees would be reconstituted within one week. The…

Senate In Heated Debate Over Nigeria’s Growing Security Crisis
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Senate In Heated Debate Over Nigeria’s Growing Security Crisis

The Senate has begun a heated debate on Nigeria’s worsening security situation, following a motion by Lola Ashiru from Kwara South, on the urgent need to address escalating insecurity in…

Boko Haram members found in Army recruitment list – Rep member
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Boko Haram members found in Army recruitment list – Rep member

Isaac Samuel Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase, on Wednesday alleged that names of Boko Haram members were once discovered on the Nigerian Army recruitment…

Drama at Reps as Doguwa attacks Tinubu govt over insecurity, demands shutdown of NASS
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Drama at Reps as Doguwa attacks Tinubu govt over insecurity, demands shutdown of NASS

Isaac Samuel Drama erupted on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday as the Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, launched a stinging critique of…

US officials attend Reps’ special plenary session on security
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US officials attend Reps’ special plenary session on security

Isaac Samuel The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has urged Nigerians to remain undaunted by recent terrorist and bandit attacks, calling for unity in confronting the nation’s…

Reps’ Southeast caucus urges Tinubu to grant pardon to Nnamdi Kanu
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Reps’ Southeast caucus urges Tinubu to grant pardon to Nnamdi Kanu

Isaac Samuel The Southeast Caucus of the House of Representatives has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to exercise his constitutional powers to grant pardon to the detained leader of…

Reps meet senior U.S. officials, say Nigeria open to honest dialogue
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Reps meet senior U.S. officials, say Nigeria open to honest dialogue

Isaac Samuel The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Hon. Babajimi Benson, has said sustained collaboration between Nigeria and the United States remains critical to tackling insecurity and other…

Kebbi Abduction: Senate Asks Tinubu To Recruit 100,000 Military Personnel
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Kebbi Abduction: Senate Asks Tinubu To Recruit 100,000 Military Personnel

The Senate has asked President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian Armed Forces to immediately recruit at least 100,000 additional personnel to strengthen the fight against worsening insecurity across the…

Reps seeks mandatory 15% women representation in police recruitment
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Reps seeks mandatory 15% women representation in police recruitment

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives, on Monday, commenced a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the Nigeria Police Act No. 2 of 2020, seeking to make 15 per…

Poor budget funding: How Reps’ leadership averted open rebellion against Tinubu
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Poor budget funding: How Reps’ leadership averted open rebellion against Tinubu

Isaac Samuel Tension nearly boiled over in the House of Representatives in the last two weeks as lawmakers expressed their frustration over the delayed implementation of capital projects under the…

Lawmakers warn of mass failure, ask WAEC to delay 2026 CBT rollout
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Lawmakers warn of mass failure, ask WAEC to delay 2026 CBT rollout

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has warned that the planned introduction of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in 2026 could trigger widespread failure among…

Ganduja present as two Kano Reps dump NNPP for APC
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Ganduja present as two Kano Reps dump NNPP for APC

Isaac Samuel Two members of the House of Representatives from Kano State have officially resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).…

Kaduna Rep dumps PDP for APC
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Kaduna Rep dumps PDP for APC

Isaac Samuel A member of the House of Representatives, Amos Daniel, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). His defection was…

Reps approve Tinubu’s request to borrow N1.15tr two weeks after endorsing .35bn loan
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Reps approve Tinubu’s request to borrow N1.15tr two weeks after endorsing $2.35bn loan

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Wednesday granted approval for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposal to source an additional N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to bridge the…

Senator Jarigbe Dumps PDP for APC, Cites Deep Division in Party
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Senator Jarigbe Dumps PDP for APC, Cites Deep Division in Party

Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe, representing Cross River North, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Jarigbe, in a letter written to the President…

Reps adjourn plenary, leave key bills, motions unattended
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Reps adjourn plenary, leave key bills, motions unattended

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resumed plenary but abruptly adjourned after about two-hour closed-door session, leaving several bills and motions listed on the order paper unattended. The…

ALTON raises concern over regulatory overlap in digital economy bill
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ALTON raises concern over regulatory overlap in digital economy bill

Isaac Samuel The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has cautioned the National Assembly against certain provisions in the proposed National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2025. The…

Reps launch probe into .6bn health grants from global fund, USAID
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Reps launch probe into $4.6bn health grants from global fund, USAID

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Monday inaugurated an investigative hearing to probe the over $1.8 billion and $2.8 billion grants received by Nigeria from the Global Fund and…

Reps suspend plenary for one week over contractors’ protest at National Assembly
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Reps suspend plenary for one week over contractors’ protest at National Assembly

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, suspended plenary for one week following a protest by indigenous contractors who barricaded the entrance of the National Assembly over unpaid debts…

APC secures two-thirds majority in Reps after Enugu lawmakers’ defection
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APC secures two-thirds majority in Reps after Enugu lawmakers’ defection

Isaac Samuel The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has clinched a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives following the defection of six lawmakers at the plenary on Thursday. While…

Senate confirms newly appointed Service Chiefs
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Senate confirms newly appointed Service Chiefs

…Oluyede, Shuaibu, Aneke, Abbas pledge stronger military Isaac Samuel The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointments of the new service chiefs nominated by President Bola Tinubu, following hours of screening…

Drama as JAMB officials walk out on Reps’ committee, say ‘we can’t be intimidated’
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Drama as JAMB officials walk out on Reps’ committee, say ‘we can’t be intimidated’

Isaac Samuel Drama played out on Wednesday at the National Assembly when representatives of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) staged a walkout on the House of Representatives Committee…

Reps probe alleged 0bn unrepatriated oil, non-oil proceeds
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Reps probe alleged $850bn unrepatriated oil, non-oil proceeds

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into the alleged non-repatriation of Nigeria’s crude oil and non-oil export proceeds estimated at over $850 billion between 1996 and 2014.…

Reps divided over motion to shield Dangote refinery from labour action
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Reps divided over motion to shield Dangote refinery from labour action

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, witnessed intense debate over a motion seeking to protect the Dangote Refinery and other strategic private investments from “unlawful and adversarial” labour…

Reps probe m Brass modular refinery project
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Reps probe $35m Brass modular refinery project

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the abandoned $35 million Brass Modular Refinery project in Bayelsa State, despite the huge financial commitments made about four…

Reps mull legislation to grant Dangote refinery, others right of first refusal on crude allocations
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Reps mull legislation to grant Dangote refinery, others right of first refusal on crude allocations

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has indicated plans to introduce new legislative measures aimed at protecting and promoting Nigeria’s local refineries. The lower chamber said the proposed legislation would…

Reps probe NECO over alleged unauthorised virement, budget implementation
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Reps probe NECO over alleged unauthorised virement, budget implementation

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies to investigate the National Examinations Council (NECO) over alleged unauthorized virement and the implementation of…

Reps seek answers over bn spent on non-functional refineries
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Reps seek answers over $18bn spent on non-functional refineries

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives on Thursday directed its relevant committees to investigate the persistent non-functionality of Nigeria’s state-owned petroleum refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, despite about…

Reps reject U.S. Senate claim of ‘genocide against christians’ in Nigeria, to inform UN
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Reps reject U.S. Senate claim of ‘genocide against christians’ in Nigeria, to inform UN

Isaac Samuel The Nigerian House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the narrative advanced by the United States Senate that frames Nigeria’s security crisis as genocide against Christians or as state-sponsored…

Tinubu seeks NASS approval to raise .35 billion external loan
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Tinubu seeks NASS approval to raise $2.35 billion external loan

Isaac Samuel President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking approval to raise a total of $2.347 billion in the international capital market. This includes a…

Senate ‘ll Remain Open, Accountable and Responsive – Akpabio assures Nigerians
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Senate ‘ll Remain Open, Accountable and Responsive – Akpabio assures Nigerians

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has once again assured Nigerians that the 10th Senate under his leadership will remain open, accountable and responsive. Akpabio gave the assurance on…

After six months out, Natasha resumes senate plenary
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After six months out, Natasha resumes senate plenary

Isaac Samuel Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, on Tuesday returned to the Senate, marking the end of a six-month suspension that had caused public debate earlier this year.…

Planned protest over poor welfare split N’Assembly workers
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Planned protest over poor welfare split N’Assembly workers

Isaac Samuel As the National Assembly resumes plenary tomorrow, a planned protest over poor welfare and alleged management neglect has split staff at the National Assembly, with the Parliamentary Staff…

NASS postpones plenary resumption to Oct. 7
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NASS postpones plenary resumption to Oct. 7

Isaac Samuel The leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives have postponed the resumption of plenary previously scheduled for Tuesday, September 23 to Tuesday, October 7. A notice…

National Assembly battles reputation challenges as lawmakers resume Tuesday
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National Assembly battles reputation challenges as lawmakers resume Tuesday

Isaac Samuel The National Assembly is set to resume plenary sessions on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, and it is returning under a cloud and challenges that could smear its reputation…

Nigeria’s 2.8bn metric tonnes of coal wasting as lawmakers push revival bill
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Nigeria’s 2.8bn metric tonnes of coal wasting as lawmakers push revival bill

Tinubu’s campaign promises resurface amid stalled mines in Enugu, Kogi, Benue Isaac Samuel Nigeria is estimated to have 2.8 billion metric tonnes of coal, with proven reserves of approximately 639…

FG puts 2024 budget performance at 80% as Reps raise concerns
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FG puts 2024 budget performance at 80% as Reps raise concerns

Isaac Samuel The Federal Government Wednesday declared that the performance of the 2024 budget has reached about 80 per cent, with critical projects still underway across the country. Minister of…

Reps launch probe into alleged diversion of N1.06trn COVID-19 recovery funds
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Reps launch probe into alleged diversion of N1.06trn COVID-19 recovery funds

Isaac Samuel The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into the implementation of the $696 million (N1.06 trillion) Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme NG-CARES, a flagship…

Lack of funds delaying Baro Port completion – Oyetola
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Lack of funds delaying Baro Port completion – Oyetola

Isaac Samuel The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has blamed paurcity of funds for the delay in making the River Port in Niger State operational. The minister…

Controversy trails plan to move safety bureau to presidency
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Controversy trails plan to move safety bureau to presidency

Isaac Samuel A proposed bill seeking to relocate the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) from the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to the Office of the Secretary to…

How lawmakers collect bribes, falsify reports, divert staff entitlements, NASS director alleges
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How lawmakers collect bribes, falsify reports, divert staff entitlements, NASS director alleges

Isaac Samuel A senior official of the National Assembly, Ifeoma Ofili, has accused federal lawmakers of widespread corruption, including accepting bribes, falsifying legislative reports, and diverting staff entitlements. Ofili, a…

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