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Bipartisan lawmakers on Tuesday called for severing more of America’s economic and financial ties with China, including revoking the low tariff rates that the United States granted Beijing after it joined the World Trade Organization more than two decades ago. The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the process of conducting fresh elections into the 27 State Constituencies in Rivers State which have become vacant by reason of the defection of the 27 former State lawmakers in the Rivers State …

Eleven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Plateau state assembly were on Friday, November 24, sacked by a court of appeal sitting in Abuja.    The panel led by Justice Okon Abang, held that all the sacked lawmakers scored wasted votes at the time of the March 2023 general …

The lawmakers of the Rivers state House of Assembly have reportedly signed an impeachment notice on Governor Siminalaye Fubara. In a session that was presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon Martins Amaewhule and majority of the lawmakers, the Leader of the House, Hon Edison Ehie and those loyal to …

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has slammed the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Services, Sunday Karimi, for consistently defending the lawmakers decision to purchase N160 million luxury SUVs.    On Tuesday, October 24, Karimi said that the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly decided to …

The House of Representatives has called for the sake of police barracks across the country to tackle the deplorable living conditions of officers.   The resolution by the House comes after the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Murphy Omoruyi (LP-Edo) during plenary in Abuja on Thursday, …

Nigerian lawmakers in the House of Representatives want the federal government and other sub-national governments to ban the use of the popular children’s textbook ‘Queen Premier’ in schools for containing pro-LGBTQ+ texts.   The lawmakers made the call on Thursday, Oct. 19, during plenary, following the adoption of a motion …

Former Minister of Education and also ex-Minister of Mineral Resources, Oby Ezekwesili, has stated that she never ordered for a new car when she was in office in both Ministeries. Ezekwesili stated this on her X handle in response to some Nigerians who have criticized her for lashing out at …

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Aminu Baba Waziri, has called on lawmakers to institute a law that would compel civil servants on Level 12 to take additional wives.   He made the call in his Friday sermon, Oct. 13, at Takur Commercial Mosque in Dutse, Jigawa State.   He explained that …

Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio has accused President Biden of trying to inundate the heartland with fentanyl to “punish people who didn’t vote for him.” He has eagerly promoted the false claim that former President Donald J. Trump won the 2020 election. And recently, he announced his plans to block …