The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the federal government to intervene by subsidising the 2024 hajj fare to enable intending Muslim pilgrims participate in the pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Makkah. The House also mandated its committee on Muslim Pilgrimage to engage the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) in...

The House Representatives has called for collaboration between Nigeria and Ireland  in areas of education, technology, agriculture and renewable energy.  The chairman, Nigeria-Ireland Parliamentary Friendship committee, Professor Paul Nnamchi, gave the charge, while receiving the Irish Ambassador, Peter Ryan, on Thursday, in Abuja.  Nnamchi, Nnamchi, stated the parliamentary friendship is...

The Africa Peace and Security Watch Initiative (APSWI) has slammed the National Assembly over its alleged plans to involve non-state actors in the policing of the country’s blue waters and deep sea. In a statement signed by its Country Director, Professor Opeyemi Ola, the group in strong terms condemned the move which...