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FLASH: Reps Move To Create Oke-Ogun, Ijebu, Ife-Ijesa States

GISTSMATE 012 months ago04 mins

The House of Representatives is set to deliberate on a range of critical legislative matters including a bill seeking to create three additional states: Oke-Ogun, Ijebu and Ife-Ijesa. The private member bill sponsored by Hon. Oluwole Oke, seeks to alter relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). As outlined on Thursday’s Order Paper, the…

Reps Summon Customs Boss, Others Over Refusal To Retire

GISTSMATE 012 months ago06 mins

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has asked the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, to answer a petition before the Committee over the refusal of some top officials of the service to leave the service after their due retirement dates. While issuing the summons, the House noted that the CG…

BREAKING: Tax Reform Bills Scale Second Reading At House Of Reps

GISTSMATE 012 months ago04 mins

The four tax reform bills transmitted to the National Assembly in 2024 by President Bola Tinubu have scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. The bills scaled second reading on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday six months after the President transmitted them to the National Assembly for consideration following the recommendations…

Barely 24 Hours After Hon. Magaji Defection, Another PDP Rep Joins APC

GISTSMATE 012 months ago04 mins

Garba Koko, a member of the house of representatives, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, announced Koko’s defection in a letter read on the floor of the lower legislative chamber on Wednesday. Koko represents Besse/Maiyama Yema federal constituency of Kebbi state….

BREAKING: PDP Loses Another Rep Member To APC

GISTSMATE 012 months ago04 mins

Another member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives, Amos Gwamna Magazine has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Magaji, who represents Java/Zango Kataf Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, said he was leaving the PDP as a result of unresolved crisis in the party right from the national to…

FULL LIST: 31 New States Proposed By Reps Committee

GISTSMATE 012 months ago02 mins

The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. During the plenary, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee outlining the conditions that must be met before any state…

BREAKING: Reps Committee Proposes Creation Of 31 New States

GISTSMATE 012 months ago55 mins

The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee during plenary, outlining the conditions that must be met before any state creation…

BREAKING: Reps To Present N704.91 Million Half-Year Salary Donation To Tinubu Dec 31

GISTSMATE 013 months ago04 mins

The House of Representatives on Thursday announced plans to submit the sum of N704.91m for the use of vulnerable Nigerians owing to the economic hardship occasioned by the removal of subsidy from petrol on December 31, 2024, to President Tinubu. Recall that on July 18, the House resolved to slash 50 per cent of…

FLASH: Reps Summon CDS, Army Chief Over ‘Arrest’ Of Miyetti Allah President

GISTSMATE 013 months ago03 mins

The house of representatives has summoned Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff (CDS), and Olufemi Oluyede, chief of army staff (COAS), over the alleged arrest of Bello Bodejo, president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. During Thursday’s plenary, the parliament asked Musa and Olufemi to order the “immediate release” of Badejo from “unlawful detention and apologise…

JUST-IN: Labour Party Loses Seventh House Of Reps Member To Ruling APC

GISTSMATE 014 months ago04 mins

Another lawmaker under the platform of the Labour Party has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), making a total of seven federal lawmakers to exit the LP in one week. The House of Representatives member representing Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, Plateau State, Mr Ajang Iliya defected barely a week after the LP lost…

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FLASH: Reps Move To Create Oke-Ogun, Ijebu, Ife-Ijesa States

Reps Summon Customs Boss, Others Over Refusal To Retire

BREAKING: Tax Reform Bills Scale Second Reading At House Of Reps

Barely 24 Hours After Hon. Magaji Defection, Another PDP Rep Joins APC

BREAKING: PDP Loses Another Rep Member To APC

FULL LIST: 31 New States Proposed By Reps Committee

BREAKING: Reps Committee Proposes Creation Of 31 New States

BREAKING: Reps To Present N704.91 Million Half-Year Salary Donation To Tinubu Dec 31

FLASH: Reps Summon CDS, Army Chief Over ‘Arrest’ Of Miyetti Allah President

JUST-IN: Labour Party Loses Seventh House Of Reps Member To Ruling APC