Hon Tajudeen Abbas has been elected as Speaker of the House Representative. He emerged after a voice vote by Reps-Elects of the 10th National Assembly. Voting is still on at this point but Hon Abass has attained more than 200 votes enough to become Speaker. Details loading….
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Speakership: G7 Meets “Greater Majority”, To Present Consensus Candidate
G7 aspirants for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives has met with “Greater Majority “, with a resolved to present a consensus candidate for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The G7 aspirants met at a parly with the “Greater Majority ” in Abuja on Saturday at Transcorp Hilton. The G7 reiterated their commitment […]
Breaking: Gbajabiamila Faces Impeachment For Forging House Rules
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, may face impeachment at the plenary Tuesday, weeks to the end of his tenure after members of the lower chamber accused him of forging the house’s standing rules in favour of his ally as his successor. A source familiar with the matter told news men that about […]
10th National Assembly: As Dan Ado’s Join The Race For Speakership
Abba Dukawa The battle for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly leadership has already started heating up, with the major contenders of the number three and four seats in the country flexing their muscles through underground works and lobbying returns and new elected members of the hallow chambers On the other hand, the ruling […]
Speaker: APC Urged To Support Candidate With Multi-party Acceptance
The Movement for Effective Legislature and Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria (MELSDN), has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support a candidate acceptable across political parties represented in the House of Representatives as speaker. The movement in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja noted that the legislature being a key arm […]