President Bola Tinubu has written a letter to House of Representatives seeking the repeal and re-enactment of the Students Loan Bill. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas who read the letter titled “TRANSMISSION OF STUDENT LOANS (ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION) (REPEAL AND RE-ENACTMENT) BILL, 2024”, dated March …
Read More »Oronsaye report: House of Representatives should be scrapped – Filmmaker, Ugezu Ugezu
Filmmaker, Ugezu Ugezu has said that for the Oronsanye report be fully implemented, the House of Representatives should be scrapped. In a post shared on his Instagram page, Ugezu said what Nigeria needs now is the Senate with only 18 Senators, three from each geopolitical zone. Read his …
Read More »Former House of Representatives Speaker, Ghali Na'Abba, dies at 65
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, is dead. Na’Abba who was the second Speaker of the House of Representatives in the current 4th Republic, died in the early hours of Wednesday, December 27 in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness. …
Read More »President Tinubu writes House of Representatives, seeks approval of N2.1trn 2023 budget
President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as 2023 supplementary budget to address labour wage adjustments, security and more. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the 2023 supplementary budget of N2.1 trillion. While speaking to State House correspondents …
Read More »NLC and TUC are currently in a meeting with federal government representatives in Aso Rock
A meeting is currently ongoing between the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and representatives of the Federal Government at the Chief of Staff Conference Hall, at Aso Rock, Abuja. This is coming days after the organized labour leaders walked out of a meeting at Aso Rock, claiming …
Read More »House of Representatives approve President Tinubu?s request for N500 billion palliatives
The House of Representatives has approved the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for an amendment to the 2022 appropriation act to allow the Federal Government to take N500 billion for palliatives to Nigerians to cushion the pains of subsidy removal. The lawmakers approved the request during plenary today …
Read More »Speaker of the Federal house of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas visits Former President Buhari in London (photo)
Speaker of the Federal house of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, visited Former President, Muhammadu Buhari in London today Monday, June 26. He shared a photo from the visit online. The post Speaker of the Federal house of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas visits Former President Buhari in London (photo) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
Read More »Abia speakers loses house of representatives election to Labour Party candidate
Chinedum Orji, Speaker of Abia House of Assembly and son of former Governor of Abia state, T.A Orji, has lost the house of representatives election for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, to Labour Party (LP) candidate, Obi Aguocha. The Returning Officer, Uma Oke, who announced the result on Monday, …
Read More »New Naira notes: CBN gov, Godwin Emefiele, finally appears before House of Representatives
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, is currently before the house of representatives ad hoc committee investigating the redesign and swap policy of some Naira notes. Recall that last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had threatened to issue a …
Read More »US House of Representatives passes LGBTQ marriage protections
The United States House of Representatives has voted once more to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would enshrine federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. An earlier version of the bill first passed the House in July, in a surprise bipartisan vote that brought 47 Republicans …
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