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Tension Boils In NASS As Management Insists On Tenure Extension For Clerk, Others

National Assembly
A fresh crisis is imminent at the nation’s apex legislative institution over the insistence of its management to implement a document which approved extension of tenure for the clerk, Mr.Read More

Why We Discharged Benue Index Case – National Hospital

Susan Idoko Okpe
The National Hospital, Abuja has given reasons for discharging a 58-year-old Nigerian-British, Susan Idoko-Okpe, who was the index case of coronavirus in Benue State. The NHA said no coronavirus patientRead More

Court Refuses To Stop Reps From Passing NCDC Bill

House of Representatives
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected a request to restrain the House of Representatives from continuing the consideration of the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020,Read More

Court Stops House From Passing NCDC Bill, Summons Gbajabiamila

Femi Gbajabiamila
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the House of Representatives to maintain status quo on the infectious disease bill which has passed second reading. Justice Ifeoma OjukwuRead More

Reps Seek Review, Release Of Benue Coronavirus Index Case

Susan Idoko Okpe
The House of Representatives has ordered the review of Benue State’s coronavirus (COVID-19) index case, Susan Idoko, who has accused the government, in a viral video on social media, ofRead More

Mixed Reactions As Senate’s Quarantine Bill Passes First Reading

Nigeria Senate
The Senate version of the Quarantine Bill, titled, ‘National Health Emergency Bill’, passed first reading on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020. The proposed legislation surfaced on the floor of the SenateRead More

You Lied Against Osinbajo, BMO Tells PDP

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
The Buhari Media Organisation on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of lying against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over an alleged indictment by a House of Representatives’Read More

House Of Representatives Resume Plenary (Photos)

Reps at resumption of plenary on Tuesday in Abuja
The House of Representatives resumed plenary on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 in Abuja as Nigeria’s cases of the COVID-19 hits 1,337. Clerk to the House, Patrick Giwa, had announced theRead More

Reps Resume Plenary Tuesday, As Coronavirus Spreads To Over 30 States

Nigeria House of Representatives
The House of Representatives has said it will resume plenary on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020, as Nigeria’s cases of coronavirus spread to over 30 states. Clerk to the House, PatrickRead More

We Won’t Tolerate Maltreatment Of Nigerians, Gbajabiamila Tells Chinese Ambassador

Femi Gbajabiamila
Following the alleged maltreatment of some Nigerians living in China, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has demanded an end to the inhumane treatment of fellow citizensRead More