Lawmakers disrupted the speeches of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and Senate President Bukola Saraki during 2019 budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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There was a mild drama in the House of Representatives during the 2019 Budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari as All Progressives Congress lawmakers and their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party exchanged blows and words.
The House of Representatives’ Committee on National Population and Identity on Monday tasked the National Identity Management Commission on achieving accurate population figure for Nigeria.
Four House of Representatives members on Thursday resigned their membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
The Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday said the exit of some National Assembly members from the All Progressives Congress, APC, would not undermine the strength or the popularity of the ruling party.
A bill for an Act to Amend the Public Holiday Act to give legal backing to the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day on Wednesday scaled through the First Reading on the floor of the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector-General of Police to constitute a team of detectives to fish out those behind the murder of four policemen in Edo.
House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to rescind the suspension of the executive and non-executive directors of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company.
This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Hon. Iboro Ekanem at plenary.
In a chat with newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday, Lasun said regardless of sponsored political blackmails, threats and politically inspired smear campaigns from known elite quarters within and outside the state to muscle him out of the governorship race of Osun State, he is determined to enlist the support of the masses of the state.
Moving the motion, Abiante noted that the Federal Government in 2005, in response to the plight and pitiable condition of communities in the riverine areas of Nigeria, occasioned by severe difficulty in getting petroleum products, and sometimes at exorbitant and unauthorised prices, directed the construction of floating mega stations to ameliorate the situation.
The House condemned the brutal attack on the girls, who are students of Methodist Girls Model Secondary School, Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area, on May 25.
Giving the order at plenary on Wednesday, Dogara asked the lawmakers to appear before members of Committee on Ethics and Privileges for the clarification of their statements.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, had at Security Council meeting on Tuesday urged states to suspend ranching and open grazing law.
Agbedi disclosed this at the Natural Gas Business Forum 2018, hosted by the Nigerian Gas Association in Lagos.
This followed a motion by Hon. Chinda Ogundu at the plenary on the urgent need to investigate the implementation of the project.
The speaker, who made the call on Monday at the 2018 Democracy Day Lecture in Abuja, said in spite of 19 years of civil rule, Nigeria’s democracy was still fragile.
He disclosed this on Saturday during the Students Education Enhancement and Scholarship Award presentation and Third Anniversary of his constituency briefing.
It said that failure of the NPDC management to appear would attract a bench warrant.
Also granted bail in the sum of N10million each were the former deputy governor, Lucky Imasuen, a former member of the House of Representatives, Tony Azegnemi and Efe Anthony.