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Abbas Tajudeen reveals why Tinubu wants him to be Reps Speaker

2 years ago10586 min

Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, a frontrunner for the position of Speaker of the incoming 10th House of Representatives, has revealed why the President-Elect chose him over his rivals. The Zaria-born legislator believed the President-Elect chose him because of his pedigree and dedication to his duties in the lower legislative chamber. “I want to believe, first and foremost, that he is impressed with my legislative contributions,” he says. I told him that I’ve been in the National...

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Umahi: Tinubu pushed me to resign for Akpabio

2 years ago1173 min

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has revealed that Senator Godswill Akpabio asked him to resign from the race for the 10th Senate presidency after President-elect Bola Tinubu urged him to do so. When Umahi arrived in the state from Abuja on Monday, he made the revelation while responding to questions from reporters at the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport in Onueke. The governor stated that after talking with Tinubu about running for Senate, he...

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Gbajabiamila tasks Senators-elect, Members-elect to unimpeachable discourse at 10th NASS

2 years ago1238 min

Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged Senators-elect and Members-elect of the 10th National Assembly to engage in unimpeachable debate. On Tuesday in Abuja, he declared the induction of the first batch of new representatives. While congratulating the members on their election victories, Gbajabiamila urged them to justify their positions through the quality of their efforts in those positions. “This means that the quality of our legislation and advocacy, the excellence...

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Senior APC lawmakers disagree with Tinubu, APC’s choice for House Speaker.

2 years ago598 min

Senior members of the ruling party in Nigeria have vowed to contest their party’s selection for Speaker of the House of Representatives. Tajudeen Abbas (Kaduna) has reportedly been chosen by the ruling APC to serve as the Speaker of the 10th House, which will be inaugurated next month. This announcement was made on Monday. The APC claimed that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, had been consulted before making the decision. Five high-ranking APC lawmakers, who had...

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Presidential Polls: Tribunal warns against using technicalities, delay strategies

2 years ago98711 min

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), which met yesterday under tight security, issued a warning to all parties not to use technicalities and delay tactics that might impede the timely resolution of the five petitions it was considering. Justice Haruna Tsamani, the five-member tribunal’s chairman, issued the warning during his inaugural speech to formally begin the pre-hearing session. 180 days are given to the tribunal to complete its task. Justice Stephen Adah, Justice Monsurat O....

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Politics

NASS: Orji Kalu writes APC NWC and incoming senators

2 years ago10210 min

Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip, has informed the NWC and 108 senators-elect of his desire to lead the Senate. This was stated in a statement released yesterday in Abuja by the Chief Whip of the Senate’s Media Office. He, however, denied the rumor that he has received the support of incoming South East senators. He claimed that the South East senators-elect had not endorsed any candidates and had only come together to make a...

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FG plans to save Nigerians working as maids in Iraq

2 years ago1003 min

To support Nigerian women living in Iraq, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has announced that it will collaborate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide assistance. On Monday, this information was shared with our correspondent by Zacks Dauda, who serves as the spokesperson for NAPTIP. According to report, the NAPTIP issued a statement of concern on Wednesday of the previous week regarding the precarious situation of young Nigerian...

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Business & Economy

CBN to penalize banks supporting unlicensed foreign businesses

2 years ago871 min

By linking funding to various investment opportunities, it might also encourage foreign direct investment in the host nation. The Central Bank of Nigeria issued this directive to set forth the conditions for the licensing and operation of authorized representative offices of foreign banks in Nigeria in light of the aforementioned factors. The CBN noted that the rules applied to banks licensed under any foreign law whose registered head office is outside of Nigeria; any financial...

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Politics

National Assembly: APC chooses Akpabio and Abbas

2 years ago803 min

Sen. Godwin Akpabio, the former minister of Niger Delta affairs, was named as the consensus candidate for Senate presidency in the 10th Assembly by the All Progressives Congress on Monday. As the next Deputy Senate President, the ruling party elected Senator Jibrin Barau, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The APC zoned the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the North-West and the Senate presidency to the South-South. Tajudeen Abbas, a lawmaker...

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Politics

Breaking: Full list – APC National Working Committee revealed zoning formula for National Assembly seats

2 years ago751 min

Godswill Akpabio and Abass Tajudeen have been nominated by the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee to be the next Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker in the upcoming 10th National Assembly, respectively. See the complete list of nominated members and zones here: SENATE: Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa-lbom) is the South-South Senate President. 2. Senator Barau Jubrin (Kano), Deputy Senate President for the North West. REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE: 3. Speaker of the North West...

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