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The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Population to investigate the use and management of 200 billion naira that was spent for the suspended 2023 Population and Housing census. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by Hon Clement Akanni during plenary in Abuja.  Moving the...

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to revisit all the gender-based legislations of the 9th Assembly on women participation in politics and other sectorial matters at it marks this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD). The House commemorated with Nigerian Women and women all over the World and recognize the...

The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committees on National Planning and Economic Development, Appropriation and Finance to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the implications of the foreign exchange on the 2024 Appropriation Act. The Committees are to determine the method of alignment of the current foreign exchange...

Nigeria has been elected to chair the Euro-African Dialogue on Migration and Development, also known as the Rabat Process, for the period 2025 to 2026 in Rabat, Morocco. Alhaji Aliyu Tijani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), disclosed this...

The immediate past House of Representatives candidate for Dekina/Bassa Federal Constituency in the 2023 general election, Comrade Usman Okai Austin, stated that the alleged deduction of 20% from LG salaries of local government staff in Kogi State is a grave injustice that cannot be overlooked. He also called on Governor...

Members of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) have apologised to the Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo led leadership of the Council over allegations that it mismanaged N369 million. Recall that the NEC, being the apex organ of the NYCN, in January said it...

The Renewed Hope Ambassadors of Nigeria (RHAN) has applauded the Nigerian Navy’s aggressive onslaught on crude oil theft and other maritime crimes in the Niger Delta region. The group said the Navy’s operations have drastically reduced the negative trend, notably in the destruction of illegal refining sites and the arrest of sea...

Nigerian Navy has arrested a crude oil theft syndicate crew comprised of one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians. The crew were on board a Ghanaian owned and registered vessel known as Motor Tanker, MT SWEET MIRI, the Navy announced in a statement by its Director of Information, Rear Admiral Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan...

The heat is obviously on the Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule as the people of his North Central state, especially those in his local government area have taken him up over financial matters. The heat is such that even the Nasarawa State chief executive himself has come out to...

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, received the Mayor of London Borough of Southwark, Michael Situ, and his team, on a working visit on Friday, March 1. The pair met to discuss avenues of collaboration and student exchange programme, a statement issued by M. A....