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GBAJABIAMILA, ELUMELU, REPS MEMBERS VISIT  IDPs IN BORNO

Speaker of the Federal House of Reprentatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday, July 30, arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to commence a scheduled visit to the constituencies and assess first hand, the state and management of the security situation and the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the affected areas. The Speaker came with a high powered delegation of about 10 members of the … Continue reading GBAJABIAMILA, ELUMELU, REPS MEMBERS VISIT  IDPs IN BORNO

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National Assembly, Niger - Delta News

NWAOBOSHI RETAINS NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, MELAYE HEADS AVIATION, AS LAWAN NAMES SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS (FULL LIST)

Distinguished Senators Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North Senatorial zone) and Dino Melaye (Kogi West Senatorial zone) are amongst a select list of high profile opposition PDP Senators that got choice portfolios, as Senate President Ahmed Lawan named Chairpersons of the various Senate committees in the 9th Senate of the National Assembly. Both Senators had been prominent amongst the list of early opposition PDP Senators to throw … Continue reading NWAOBOSHI RETAINS NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, MELAYE HEADS AVIATION, AS LAWAN NAMES SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS (FULL LIST)

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Breaking: SENATE CONFIRMS ALL 43 BUHARI MINISTERIAL NOMINEES

The Senate on Tuesday, July 30, confirmed all 43 ministerial nominees that were screened for appointment into the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. The screening that began on Wednesday, July 24 and ended today Tuesday, July 30, with former Information Minister, Lai Muhammad as the last screened nominee. Subsequently, the Senate took the next step of confirming all the screened ministerial nominees, when Senate president … Continue reading Breaking: SENATE CONFIRMS ALL 43 BUHARI MINISTERIAL NOMINEES

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Governance, National Assembly, News, Politics

PDP Minority Leadership Probe: PLOT TO DISCREDIT AYU, BoT PROBE C’TTEE CHAIRMAN UNCOVERED, AS PETITIONERS PLEAD FOR FORGIVENESS

Amid the intrigues surrounding the Minority Leadership positions of the House of Representatives, it has emerged that a recent petition sent to the Peoples Democratic party, PDP leadership, discrediting the Committee set up by the PDP Board of Trustees to investigate the circumstances surrounding the emergence of Hon. Ndudi Elumelu as Minority Leader and three other Minority Officers, was authored by persons still nursing the … Continue reading PDP Minority Leadership Probe: PLOT TO DISCREDIT AYU, BoT PROBE C’TTEE CHAIRMAN UNCOVERED, AS PETITIONERS PLEAD FOR FORGIVENESS

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ELUMELU IN ASO VILLA, AS PRES. BUHARI HOSTS NAT. ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP

David Diai Minority Leader, Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Godwin Elumelu, was amongst the principal officers of the National Assembly who graced the Presidency, when President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the top leadership of the Senate and House of Representative to an inaugural dinner in Aso Villa, the seat of power, on Thursday, June 11, 2019. Led by the Senate president, Distinguished Senator Ahmed … Continue reading ELUMELU IN ASO VILLA, AS PRES. BUHARI HOSTS NAT. ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP

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Controversy, National Assembly, News

HOR Minority Leadership: PDP SETS PANEL TO PROBE ELUMELU’S EMERGENCE, GIVES THREE WEEKS DEADLINE

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has set up a committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the nomination of Mr Ndudi Elumelu as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. The committee, headed by former Senate President Adolphus Wabara as chairman, was inaugurated on Wednesday, July 10, at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, by the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi … Continue reading HOR Minority Leadership: PDP SETS PANEL TO PROBE ELUMELU’S EMERGENCE, GIVES THREE WEEKS DEADLINE

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Elumelu: HOUSE OF REPS MINORITY CAUCUS URGE PDP TO RESCIND LAWMAKERS’ SUSPENSION, PASS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON SPEAKER, PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

The minority caucus in the Federal House of Representatives, numbering in excess of 111 (One Hundred and Eleven) elected members of the House, on Monday, July 8, joined the groundswell of voices and groups in support of calls for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Working Committee, NWC, to lift the one month suspension handed down to the Minority Leader of the House of Reps, … Continue reading Elumelu: HOUSE OF REPS MINORITY CAUCUS URGE PDP TO RESCIND LAWMAKERS’ SUSPENSION, PASS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON SPEAKER, PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

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