The Northern Caucus of the House of Representatives, comprising lawmakers from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, has thrown its weight behind the emergency rule declared in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued on Thursday, the caucus, led by its chairman, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, described President Bola Tinubu’s intervention […]
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The House of Representatives has approved the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, along with the six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, his deputy, and all elected members of the assembly, as announced by President Bola Tinubu. The seal of approval for the president’s proclamation came via voice vote during plenary on
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The House of Representatives has formally received a letter from President Bola Tinubu notifying it of the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The letter was read by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, at a plenary on Thursday. Before the letter was read, the House dissolved into an executive session which lasted for
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the delay in the disbursement of conditional cash transfers to some nominees under the Household Upliftment Programme of the Federal Government. During a plenary session presided over by Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, the House agreed to constitute an ad hoc committee to probe the delay in
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The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser, to provide patrol vehicles and surveillance gadgets to security operatives in the Federal Capital Territory. The House made this call after considering and adopting a motion brought before it by Chinedu Obika, the representative of the Abuja
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The House of Representatives has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to restore what it called the 12 suppressed constituencies in Kogi State. This decision of the House was a sequel to the consideration and adoption on Wednesday of a motion brought to the attention of the lawmakers in plenary by the Kogi House
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the delay in disbursing the conditional cash transfer to some nominees of the Household Upliftment Programme of the Federal Government. This is just as the House during a plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, resolved to constitute an ad-hoc committee to probe the
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