Deputy Speaker Kalu Emphasizes Equality Among House Members
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has reiterated that all members of the parliament are equal and colleagues, regardless of political affiliation, economic or social background. Responding to allegations of preferential treatment towards ranking members, Kalu clarified that seating arrangements, not seniority or experience, determine recognition to contribute to debates. The Deputy Speaker emphasized that...
South East Governors To Meet President Tinubu Over Release Of Nnamdi Kanu
South East Governors’ forum has revealed plan to meet with president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to seek for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPO), Nnamdi Kanu. The forum made this known in Enugu after their meeting in Enugu. Reading the communique of the meeting, the chairman of the forum and governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma...
Senate Seeks Quick Intervention To Tackle Flooding In Abia-North Communities (Video)
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to urgently tackle the menace of flood bedeviling communities in Abia-North Senatorial District which has cut short lives, destroyed properties, public and private infrastructures. Lamenting the floods attendant hardships and level of destruction, the Lawmakers also asked the Federal Ministries of Housing & Urban Development and Power to rehabilitate some of the...
Bill To Create Etiti State Passes First Reading In House Of Representatives
A bill seeking to create a new state, Etiti, out of the existing Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states in the South East region has passed its first reading in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Hon. Amobi Godwin Ogah and four other lawmakers from the affected communities, the proposed state will have 11 local government areas with Lokpanta...
I Rejected N250m Offered To Me To Support Third Term — Wabara
Former Senate President Adolphus Wabara has reiterated his claim of turning down a N250 million bribe offered to support the controversial third-term agenda during Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. When questioned about the veracity of this claim in an excerpt of a YouTube interview series, Untold Stories with Adesuwa, released on Monday, Wabara firmly stated, “That’s very correct.” He maintained his...
Confusion Hits Edo Labour Party As Obidient Movement Backs APC Candidate
A group on the platform of Obidient Movement has pledged support for the Edo State All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the state. The group, which comprised members from the Edo South Senatorial District, on Monday, declared support for the APC candidate because of his close ties with the people. However,...
Don’t Repeat Buhari’s Mistakes, Nepotism — Shehu Sani warns Tinubu
Former Kaduna Central Senator and social critic, Shehu Sani has warned President Bola Tinubu not to make the same mistakes as his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari, in terms of appointments. Sani said that, unlike Buhari, Tinubu’s nominations should be based on competence. During an appearance on Channels Television‘s Sunday Politics, the former legislator accused Buhari of nepotism while in government. Stressing...
Labour told to Declare Fresh Nationwide Strike over new Minimum Wage Delay
The organized labour has been told to immediately mobilise and declare a nationwide strike over the minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariff. Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, made the call in a statement on Monday. The organized labour comprises of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the private sector. According to...
Northerners In Tinubu Cabinet Reduced To ‘On Your Mandate We Stand’ Singers — Salihu Lukman
A former National Vice Chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has berated Northern politicians in the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Lukman, who recently resigned from APC, said politicians from the north have been reduced to members of a “choir group poorly singing ‘on your mandate we stand’ irrespective of the shaky and staggering reality being demonstrated...
Abia PDP Chieftain Tells Speaker, Emereuwa To Swear In Party’s Assembly Member Or Face Impeachment
A chairmanship aspirant for the Abia State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), James Kwubiri Okpara, has called on the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emereuwa, to immediately swear in an elected PDP member of the House or be removed from office. A member of the PDP, Aaron Uzodike, was declared winner of the Aba North...
