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By Tordue Salem – Abuja Rep. Adedeji Stanley Olajide representing Ibadan Southwest and Northwest Constituency of Oyo State, on Friday, pounced on and chased out journalists from a public hearing on COVID-19, held at the National Assembly. The Oyo lawmaker went berserk at the public hearing, organised by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee
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By Ibrahim Hassan – Wuyo The Chairman House of the House of Representatives Committee on anti-corruption, Hon. Shehu Nicholas Garba, has appointed 79 aides that will assist him in the discharge of his responsibilities. This was disclosed in a statement issued by his Adviser on Media & Publicity, Mr Mock S. Kure, and made available
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By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives has commenced an investigation of the Auditor General’s office, over the absence of audit reports on over 400 federal agencies, since 2018. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep Wole Oke, in an exclusive interview with Vanguard last week, said the House,
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Summons PTF on COVID-19, Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Aviation By Lawani Mikairu The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, yesterday said the planned use of Ethiopian Airline, a foreign airline, to evacuate stranded Nigerians from Canada instead of Air Peace Airline earlier billed to evacuate them, would not be accepted by the House. This was
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Members of the House of Representatives will resume plenary this Tuesday after more than one month of forced adjournment occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
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By Emmanuel Aziken The global coronavirus pandemic has seemingly struck the chord of charity among Nigeria’s ruling class. The members of the House of Representatives said this week that they would donate two months’ salary to the COVID-19 relief efforts. As with everything money concerning the National Assembly, the donation is dogged in secrecy and
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As Reps withdraw sack threat to FCT doctors By Levinus Nwabughiogu Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed all its members on strike to resume work immediately to contribute to the efforts being made to contain the rampaging coronavirus. The development came on the heels of the intervention made by the House of Representatives to get
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ABUJA—The Senate, House of Representatives and the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, asked the Federal Government to shut all borders and urgently consider banning non-Nigerian travellers from countries with high risk of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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For the second time in parliament, a bill seeking to regulate activities of Civil Society Organizations, CSOs through a commission has suffered a fatal defeat and was eventually stepped down by the Sponsor, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen from Kaduna State (APC).
Read More The House of Representatives Committee on Navy has called for the establishment of a Naval Air Base at the Headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command in Calabar. Rep. Yusuf Adamu-Gagdi, Chairman, House Committee on Navy, said this on Thursday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. Adamu-Gagdi led other members of
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