Yorubas in Kwara, Kogi ask Nass to merge them with south west states

As southern Kaduna demands state The Yoruba ethnic group in Kwara and Kogi states has demanded a merger with their kith and kin in the South-West region in Nigeria through boundary adjustment. According to the National President of the group, Pa Joseph Aderibigbe, who was the first Secretary to Kwara State Government when it was created in 1967, the group had submitted a memorandum to the 9th National Assembly’s Committee on Review of the Nigerian Constitution, with a demand for the merging of the Yoruba of Kwara and Kogi states with their kith and kin in the South-West Region through

By |September 28th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Thinking National Assembly members are overpaid is wrong – Buhari

The President, Major General Muhammadu  Buhari (retd.), has said it is wrong for Nigerians to perceive the National Assembly as being “highly overpaid” for doing little. He said the lack of trust in the lawmakers had made their critics not to see the enormous work they were doing for the country. Buhari said this in Abuja on Wednesday when the House of Representatives launched The Green Chamber Magazine, a publication by the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs. At the event were the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who represented the President; Deputy President of the Senate,

By |February 20th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Don’t declare Kalu seat vacant, APGA senatorial candidate tells NASS

A member of Board of Trustees of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Dr David Bourdex, on Monday asked the National Assembly not to declare vacant the Abia North Senatorial seat, occupied by Orji Uzor Kalu. Recall that a Federal High Court in Lagos had last year sentenced Kalu to 12 years’ imprisonment, for diverting the sum of N7.2bn while in office as the governor of Abia State. Bourdex, who was also the APGA candidate for Abia North Senatorial seat in the 2019 general elections, said, “It is preposterous and presumptuous to make such a demand to declare his seat vacant.

By |January 28th, 2020|Categories: Politics|Tags: , |1 Comment

NASS contractors to begin multi-billion contracts execution this week

The delivery of various office equipment and other items for federal legislators at the National Assembly is expected to begin this week by contractors While cars requested by the Service Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives are to be delivered in batches after the National Assembly’s recess on September 24, contractors are expected to deliver some of the office equipment to the National Assembly’s stores before then. On Tuesday, April 23 this year, then Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje revealed that outgoing lawmakers in the 8th National Assembly led by Senator Bukola Saraki allocated N23.7

By |September 8th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Senators, Reps seek bank loans for accommodation challenges over delayed payments

Lawmakers still expecting their welcome package one month after their inauguration Federal lawmakers have started discussing with the representatives of various banks operating within the National Assembly on how to secure loans to meet their accommodation challenges pending the payment of their welcome package. Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday revealed that members of the 9th National Assembly were still expecting their welcome package about one month after their inauguration. The money, which has been conservatively put at between N65m and N70m for each lawmaker, is meant for their accommodation, personal vehicles, quarterly allowances and others for furniture and wardrobe.

By |July 7th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Police IG orders arrest of Sen. Elisha Abbo, for slapping a nursing mother

Vanguard reports that, Following the call by Nigerians to arrest, prosecute and jail Senator Elisha Abbo, who allegedly slapped a nursing mother at a sex toy shop in Abuja, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered for his arrest on Wednesday. Investigations are currently ongoing at the Federal Capital Territory police by an investigative team set up by the Police Force headquarters in Abuja. The news of the attack went viral after a video recorded by the Close Circuit Television (CCTV), installed in the shop was shared on the social media, an act which is said to

By |July 3rd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments

9th Assembly: ’51 APC Senators, 191 Reps signed for Lawan, Gbajabiamila

Senator representing Oyo North, Senator Fatai Buhari; the House of Representatives-elect for Ibadan North federal constituency, Hon. Musiliudeen Akinremi and a Civil Society Group, Gbaja for Speaker Civil Society Coalition, on Saturday in Ibadan, said Senator Ahmed Lawan and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the moment, have enough support of the National Assembly to lead the 9th National Assembly.  Fatai Buhari, while responding to questions from journalists in Ibadan, said 51 out of the 66 Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have signed an endorsement list and pledged to vote for Senator Lawan, representing Yobe North District.

By |May 25th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

9th National Assembly: 469 Members To Receive N4.68bn Welcome Package

Four hundred and sixty-nine lawmakers who were elected on the platform of various political parties in the February 23 National Assembly elections and the subsequent supplementary election will get N4.68bn as welcome package immediately after their inauguration in June, The PUNCH investigation has shown. The package is to help the lawmakers sort out accommodation and furniture issues. According to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, accommodation and furniture allowances are two of the irregular entitlements of lawmakers and other political office holders. While accommodation is paid once every year, furniture allowance is paid once in four years. Each member

By |May 15th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |0 Comments

National Assembly Leadership: We’ll Strike At The Right Time, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it is not bothered about moves by the ruling All Progressives Congress to sideline its members in the election of the presiding officers of the Ninth National Assembly. Rather, it said it was monitoring what is ongoing in the camp of the ruling party and would act when the time comes. The PDP said there was no way the votes of about 46 senators would not count in the election of the leadership of the Senate. The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, said these in an interview with our correspondent on

By |April 15th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

I Have No Power To Choose Who Becomes Senate President, Deputy— Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomhole has said that contrary to claims in some quarters, he does not possess the power to chose who becomes the Senate President of the 9th National Assembly (NASS). The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made this statement on Friday while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy. He said all that he has done with regards to the issue of who becomes president of the 9th NASS, is to engage members of the National Assembly and members of the executive, in a bid to bring the two together to discuss questions of how

By |March 30th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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