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Oct 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Abdullateef Aliyu |Saawua Terzungwe |Itodo D. Sule
The federal government on Thursday initiated moves to reform the country's tax reforms with new bills presented to the National Assembly. The four new bills sent to the two chambers of the National Assembly are aimed at giving legislative frameworks to some proposals of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee headed by Taiwo Oyedele.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Saawua Terzungwe |Balarabe Alkassim |Itodo D. Sule
We've surpassed previous records - Speaker A former national vice chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has said the 10th National Assembly, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas, has failed Nigerians. In a statement on Tuesday, Lukman noted that the 10th Assembly had failed to compel the executive arm to act in the interest of Nigerians.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Peter L Moses |John Chuks Azu |Itodo D. Sule
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied that the issue of releasing Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was part of his discussion with the South-East Governors on Tuesday. Our correspondent reports that governors under the umbrella of the South-East Governors Forum met on Tuesday in Enugu, Enugu State, and resolved to meet with President Bola Tinubu to seek the release of Kanu.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
newsngr.com.ng | Saawua Terzungwe |Balarabe Alkassim |Itodo D. Sule |Dennis Abiola
We've surpassed previous records - Speaker By Saawua Terzungwe, Balarabe Alkassim & Itodo D. Sule A former national vice chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has said the 10th National Assembly, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas, has failed Nigerians.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo D. Sule
The House of Representatives said it is empowered by the constitution to carry out oversight on the implementation of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions in Nigerian tertiary institutions. This is as the house also denied allegations that its committee on TETFund and other services is extorting heads of tertiary institutions in the country to verify their documents ahead of the implementation of their 2024 approved projects.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo D. Sule
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, on Thursday condemned the recurring attacks and killings in Plateau State, promising to meet President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the matter. The speaker said it was devastating to read the news about renewed attacks and hostility in communities around the Mangu Local Government Area of the state, seeking an end to such killings.
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Nov 19, 2023 | 
dailytrust.com | John C. Azu |Itodo D. Sule |Ado Musa |Yusufu A. Idegu
Judgement against facts of the case — PDP By John C. Azu, Itodo D. Sule, Baba Martins (Abuja), Ado A. Musa & Yusufu A. Idegu (Jos)The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo D. Sule |Abdullatrteef Salau
The House of Representatives on Thursday yanked off the budgetary allocation of N5.09 billion for the purchase of a presidential yacht in the N2.176trn supplementary budget submitted to the lawmakers. This is even as the National Assembly approved the plan by the Presidency to renovate President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima’s official residences in Lagos and Abuja with N13.5 billion and purchase official vehicles for the First Lady’s Office with N1.5bn despite public outcry.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo D. Sule
The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Inspector General of Police to address the dangerous trend of killings of young girls for ritual purposes in the country. The House also called on the Inspector General of Police to set up a crack team to conduct a holistic investigation with the sole aim of unmasking the cartels behind the killings and bringing them to justice. This followed the adoption of a motion of matter of urgent public importance moved by Rep Awaji-Inombek D.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo D. Sule |Balarabe Alkassim
Nigerians have expressed anger over the plan by the Presidency to renovate President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kassim Shettima’s official residences in Lagos with N7bn and purchase official vehicles for the First Lady’s Office with N1.5bn. Daily Trust reports that the expenses will be funded from the N2.176trn supplementary budget passed for second reading by the National Assembly on Tuesday.
