POLITICS
Deputy Speaker, Kalu Celebrates Tinubu Over Landmark Assent to South East Devt. Comm. Bill
Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has expressed an extravagant gratitude to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR, for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law, thereby approving the creation of the commission. It will be recalled that the bill was sponsored by Kalu...
President Tinubu Okays South-East, North-West Dev’t Commissions
President Bola Tinubu has assented the South-East and North-West Development Commission Bills into law, thereby setting the stage for the establishment of the two interventionist agencies to address development challenges in the North-West and South-East parts of the country, respectively, following years of insecurity. The Deputy President of the Senate and sponsor of the North-West Development Commission Bill, Senator Jibrin...
Kogi Reps Member Dumps ADC For APC
The member representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu federal constituency of Kogi State in the House of Representatives, Arc. Salman Idris, has defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Arc. Idris, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and read on the floor of the Green Chamber on Tuesday, said...
180 Reps Members Adopt Hon. Aguocha’s Motion Seeking Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
No fewer than 180 members of the House of Representatives have adopted a motion moved by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Obi Aguocha calling for the immediate release of embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, ABN TV reports. The parliamentarians are comprised of the minority caucus led by a Rivers...
Amaewhule-Led Rivers Assembly Wants Arrest Of Caretaker LG Committee Chairmen Appointed By Fubara
The Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly has frowned at the continued stay in office of the Caretaker Committee Chairmen (CTC) despite a Supreme Court judgement declaring them illegal. The lawmakers want them arrested. The apex court had recently given judgement in a case between the Attorney General of the Federation and the Attorneys General of the 36 states,...
House Speaker, Mike Johnson Calls For Immediate Resignation Of President Biden
House Speaker Mike Johnson has called on President Joe Biden to resign “immediately” in the wake of Biden’s announcement that he will not seek reelection. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. He must resign the office immediately,” Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said in a statement Sunday afternoon. Biden...
Court Refuses To Halt Governor Fubara’s Expenditures
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused to halt the expenditures of Governor Siminalay Fubara of Rivers State. This decision comes pending the hearing of a substantive suit filed by former speaker of Rivers state House of Assembly Martin Amaewhule and his commitee of friends. Justice Emeka Nwite, ruling on the motion ex-parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24 and presented by...
Joe Biden Pulls Out Of 2024 US Presidential Race
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, bringing an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House just four months before Election Day. Biden, 81, could not reverse growing sentiment within his party that he was too frail to serve and destined to lose to Donald Trump...
Senator Kalu Advocates For Part-Time Legislature To Cut Costs (Video)
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North, has suggested that the National Assembly and state legislatures operate on a part-time basis to reduce financial burdens on the government. In an exclusive interview with ABN TV in the US, Kalu proposed a constitutional amendment to enable lawmakers to sit for only three months, with four sessions per year, and emergency sittings...
Afam Osigwe Emerges As President-Elect Of Nigerian Bar Association
In the recently concluded 2024 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) elections, Afam Osigwe, a senior advocate of Nigeria and former general secretary of the NBA, has emerged as the president-elect, ABN TV reports. The 2024 NBA election was held online and was monitored by our correspondent. The Voting began at 12am on Saturday and ended at 11.59pm with the live results for...
