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Rep To Commence 2025 Budget Defense Tuesday

Rep To Commence 2025 Budget Defense Tuesday

The House of Representatives, on Monday, announced the commencement of the defence for the 2025 appropriation bill by Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs). New Telegraph reports that the defence is scheduled to commence on Tuesday,…

2025 Budget: Cut Lavish Allocations To Presidency, Lawmakers – SERAP

2025 Budget: Cut Lavish Allocations To Presidency, Lawmakers – SERAP

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas to cut lavish budget allocations for the presidency and National Assembly. Sunday…

Reps Invite CDS, COAS Over Unlawful Arrest Of Nasarawa Community Leader

Reps Invite CDS, COAS Over Unlawful Arrest Of Nasarawa Community Leader

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives resolved to invite the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), and the commanding officer of the 177 battalion over an alleged unlawful arrest and…

Bill On Diaspora Voting Scales Second Reading

Bill On Diaspora Voting Scales Second Reading

On Wednesday, the bill to amend the constitution and provide for diaspora voting scaled 2nd reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen and Sodeeq Abdullahi, seeks to amend…

Bill To Establish FMC In Lagos Scales Second Reading

Bill To Establish FMC In Lagos Scales Second Reading

The House of Representatives has passed for a second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a Federal Medical Centre (FCM) in Lagos State. The bill is titled, “A bill for an Act to amend…

Reps Seeks 10 Years Jail Term, N5m Fine For Nat’l Anthem Defaulters

Reps Seeks 10 Years Jail Term, N5m Fine For Nat’l Anthem Defaulters

With the introduction of the Counter Subversion Bill, the House of Representatives has moved to punish those who fail to recite the new National Anthem accented to by President Bola Tinubu. According to the proposed legislation,…

Petroleum Sabotage Probe: Abbas Appoints Rep Members To Joint Committee

Petroleum Sabotage Probe: Abbas Appoints Rep Members To Joint Committee

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, PhD., on Friday, appointed Honourable Members of the house to the Joint Senate/House Committee tasked with investigating alleged economic sabotage within the petroleum industry.…

Ex-Rep Member, Diya Dies At 60

Ex-Rep Member, Diya Dies At 60

A former member of the House of Representatives, Wole Duro Diya has reportedly passed away. New Telegraph gathered that Duro Diya, the younger brother of the late former Chief of Defence Staff died in the early…

Kalu Seeks Return Of Abia Gov, Otti To APC

Kalu Seeks Return Of Abia Gov, Otti To APC

There are strong indications that Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, is actively seeking to persuade Chief Alex Otti of Abia State, to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress…

Abbas, Kukah Tasks Nigerians On Nat’l Cohesion

Abbas, Kukah Tasks Nigerians On Nat’l Cohesion

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass and founder of the Kukah Centre, Bishop Matthew Kukah have urged Nigerians to work toward building a united nation. The duo made made the…