Kalu Advocates U.S. Support for Nigeria’s Gender, Electoral Reform Agendas

Kalu Advocates U.S. Support for Nigeria’s Gender, Electoral Reform Agendas

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu on Wednesday advocated for partnership with the United States government to support Nigeria's efforts in promoting gender equity and electoral reforms. Kalu made the call at a meeting with a delegation from the U. S Embassy in Nigeria led by David Frost, a political counsellor and Cassandra Carrony at the National Assembly on Wednesday in Abuja. According […]

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Reps Target Rural Agriculture to Strengthen Food Security

By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill seeking to amend the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria Act. The amendment seeks to expand its mandate through the establishment of specialised training institutions across the federation to deepen national agricultural productivity capacity and ensure innovation is not confined to a few urban centres. The proposed legislation titled, "Bill for an Act to Amend the Agricultural […]

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House to Prioritise Electoral Reforms, Security, and Citizens’ Welfare – Speaker Abbas

By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives on Tuesday reiterated assurance that it would accelerate action on legislation that affect the wellbeing of Nigerians. This is according to the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, who noted that issues on security, economic, educational, electoral, and health would be prioritised. The Speaker also said it is important to acknowledge the challenges facing the nation, including unjustified killings in Borno, Plateau, Benue, […]

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Kalu @ 54: You are a Dependable Co-pilot – Speaker Abbas

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has hailed the Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, for being a “dependable partner.” In a congratulatory message ahead of the 54th birthday of the Deputy Speaker on Monday, Speaker Abbas commended Kalu for being “a reliable co-pilot in the affairs of the 10th House,” saying both of them have recorded successes as leaders of the “progressive” federal parliament. According […]

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Workers Day: Raise Bar Of Service In Nation Building – DG NILDS

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman has urged Nigerian workers to use the instrumentality of being the engine room of the nation's development to raise the bar of performance for enhanced service delivery . Professor Sulaiman gave the charge on Thursday, May 1st in a felicitation message to public servants on the occasion of the 2025 Workers Day Celebration. […]

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Speaker Abbas Advocates Safer Work Conditions

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has called for improved safety measures to protect Nigerian workers from occupational hazards. Speaking at the *World Day for Safety Conference, Nigeria 2025*, held in Abuja, Abbas highlighted the alarming number of injuries and fatalities that occur in workplaces due to inadequate safety standards. He expressed concern over the lack of reliable data on workplace incidents in […]

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House PAC Retrieves Additional ₦11.49bn from Oil Companies

By Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ramped up its recovery efforts, announcing the retrieval of an additional ₦11,488,761,099 from oil and gas companies with outstanding obligations to the Federal Government. This new tranche brings the total recovery secured by the Committee to ₦61.5 billion. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Spokesman, House of Representatives, Representative Akin Rotimi, Jr., the Committee’s intensified efforts […]

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Nigeria’s Democracy Must Reflect All Voices — Speaker Abbas

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, says Nigeria’s democracy must be measured by how much the critical stakeholders in the nation are involved in the processes. He stated this while addressing a group of social media influencers, most of whom were youth, at the National Assembly on Monday, highlighting the importance of the teeming youth population and their voice on the Internet to democracy. […]

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Draw Line Between Activism and Slander, APC Chieftain Warns VeryDarkMan

By Chinedu Echianu The South South Zonal Organizing Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Blessing Agbomhere Esq has warned social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as VeryDarkMan to immediately tender an unreserved apology to the President of the Senate and number three citizen of Nigeria, Senator Godswill Akpabio following what he described as Otse's unwarranted and slanderous verbal attack on the person of Akpabio for leading a […]

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