Balarabe Alkassim

2 days ago | allafrica.com | Saawua Terzungwe |Itodo Daniel Sule |Balarabe Alkassim

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has ruled out automatic tickets for its first term members at the National Assembly. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka, in a statement said the party would not give automatic tickets to federal lawmakers who are members of the party as reported by an online medium.

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The House of Representatives has stated that it became necessary to amend the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) in order to reposition it to discharge its responsibilities effectively. The Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Rep. James Abiodun Faleke stated this in his address at a public hearing on a Bill to restructure and strengthen MOFI’s operations, held jointly by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance and Committee on Public Assets on Tuesday.

1 week ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Abbas Tajudeen, says he has withdrawn the controversial Compulsory Voting Bill. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi on Monday, the Speaker stated that, “following extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, he has decided to withdraw the Bill to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting mandatory for all eligible Nigerians, which he co-sponsored with Hon.

2 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The House of Representatives has apologised to Nigerians, especially parents and candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), over the avoidable glitch that affected more than 300,000 participants. The Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies, Rep. Oboku Oforji, expressed the apologies, on behalf of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | dailytrust.com | Balarabe Alkassim

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading the N1.738 trillion 2025 budget of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The bill was presented for second reading at the plenary on Tuesday by the House Leader, Prof. Julius Ihonvre, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda. It would be recalled that the FCT Budget was presented to the House by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a letter addressed to the Speaker, Abbas Tajuddeen, which was read on Tuesday May 13.