-
1 day ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The House of Representatives has rejected a bill seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for rotation of the offices of the president and vice president among the six geopolitical zones of the country. The bill which was sponsored by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Okezie Kalu was titled: “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Cap.
-
1 day ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to deploy gunboats to urgently rescue 18 passengers abducted by sea pirates along the Bile and Bonny waterways in Rivers State. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep Hart Cyril Godwin representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency of Rivers State.
-
5 days ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Kamoru Ogunlana, has declared that adopting digital technology in Nigeria’s legislative processes is no longer optional but a pressing necessity.
-
6 days ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina State, on Thursday, stormed the House of Representatives as three lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party from his state defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Radda was ushered into the chamber at 11:10 am to witness the defection of the lawmakers. The lawmakers are Hon. Balarabe Dabai (Bakori/Danja federal constituency), Hon. Iliyasu Abubakar (Batsari, Safana and Dan-Musa federal constituency) and Hon.
-
1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, on Tuesday announced that the National Assembly would soon establish a high-level reconciliation committee to address the deepening political crisis in Rivers State.
-
1 week ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
As the National Assembly resumes plenary today, high on its agenda are constitutional and electoral reforms, along with mounting security concerns across various zones of the country.
-
2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The Sole of Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), on Thursday, appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the State of Emergency in the state and formally requested a new date for a more comprehensive engagement with the panel. Daily Trust reports that Ibas had failed to appear before the committee on two consecutive occasions.
-
2 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), on Thursday, failed to appear before the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight for an interactive session. Daily Trust reports that the committee, constituted by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and inaugurated on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, had earlier scheduled a meeting with Ibas for Thursday, April 17, 2025 but was later rescheduled at the instance of Ibas who sought for another date.
-
3 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), has requested the rescheduling of his interactive session with the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State Oversight, initially slated for Thursday, April 17, 2025. The committee, chaired by House Leader Prof Julius Ihonbvere, was inaugurated on Tuesday to probe the political crisis in Rivers State.
-
3 weeks ago | 
dailytrust.com | Itodo Daniel Sule
A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Solomon Bob, has tackled the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over its criticism of the recent state of emergency declared in Rivers State, accusing the association of hypocrisy, insincerity, and political bias. He also demanded the immediate refund of N300 million allegedly paid by the state government to the NBA for its conference earlier scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt.
