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Minority caucus of the House of Representatives has said that the killing of three intelligence officers by military personnel in Taraba State is an international embarrassment.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/31skju1 Get More Nigeria Political News

Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed reasons behind leaving out Abdulmumin Jubril’s name from the list of leadership of the House’s Standing Committees which he recently made public The Speaker on Thursday released the name of chairmen of the Standing...

The House of Representatives has granted President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to appoint 15 special advisers. The approval was given at yesterday’s plenary following the presentation of the request by leader of the House, Hon. Garba Alhassan Ado Doguwa..... Read more via Newtelegraph –...

A cross section of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives yesterday threw their weight behind the leadership of the minority leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu and his team. Addressing the media, the lawmakers, led by Hon. Leggo Idagbo (PDP, Cross...

A former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Doraga were among notable absentees at the National Democracy Day celebration on Wednesday. Recall that President Buhari had on Monday signed June 12 into law as the Democracy Day in honour of late...

Mr Yakubu Dogara, immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, has congratulated Sen. Ahmad Lawan and Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on their election as Senate President and Speaker of the 9th Senate and 9th House of Representatives respectively. Dogara also felicitated … Read more via...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday elected Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, convicted for fraud in the United States of America as the speaker of the 9th House of Representatives. Gbajabiamila was declared the speaker after an election following his nomination by the former Appropriations Committee...

More facts have emerged on how lawmakers in the House of Representatives both old-timer and first-timer were induced with vouchers and credit cards to vote massively for Femi Gbajabiamila to emerge as the speaker. SaharaReporters can authoritatively report that all members were given vouchers...

Femi Gbajabiamila, majority leader in the 8th house of representatives, has been elected speaker. The choice candidate of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 281 votes to defeat Mohammed Bago, still of the APC, who had 76 votes.... Read more via TheCable –...

As parties intensify campaign for the ninth House of Representatives Speaker election, the campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Femi Gbajabiamila, has threatened to sue the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) defamation of character. The … Read more via...

A final push by the National Assembly to oust the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has virtually been consummated with a bill to that effect already passed by the House of Representatives, pending concurrence by the … Read more via Vanguard...

The house of representatives has rejected a bill seeking to prevent public officials from seeking medical treatment abroad. The lower legislative chamber voted against the bill when it came up for debate during Tuesday’s plenary. They had passed it for second reading last year. The bill seeks to...

The house of representatives has rejected a bill seeking to prevent public officials from seeking medical treatment abroad. The lower legislative chamber voted against the bill when it came up for debate during Tuesday’s plenary. They had passed it for second reading last year. The bill seeks...

One hundred and seventy-eight House of Representatives members-elect from various political parties have resolved to vote for House leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the next speaker of the lower chamber. Current speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly … Read more via Newtelegraph...

The speakership ambition of leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, seems to be embroiled in more problems as opposition against him swelled after his endorsement by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition against the Lagos lawmaker … Read more via...

An aspirant for the position of House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has responded to a statement credited to the campaign team of another aspirant for the same position, Umaru Bago. Mr Bago’s team had said on Wednesday that the lawmaker would not drop his ambition. The …...

The Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) Public Relations Officers in the North-East says it supports the South-East’s quest to shift the leadership of the House of Representatives to the zone. The Coordinator of the forum, Mr Aaron Artimas, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in...

The House of Representatives yesterday moved to reduce waivers and increase taxes on luxury goods and services. The House also approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper 2019-2021 with a benchmark of 2.3 million barrels of crude oil production as daily production...

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomole, addressing elected APC House of Representatives members in Abuja. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has called on elected members of the House of Representatives under the...

Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives became the second person in the Fourth Republic to spend a full … Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2D56WFI Get More Nigeria Political News