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Nigeria’s House of Reps confirms illegal alterations in Tax laws, others (List of alterations)

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged distortions in the nation’s tax laws has confirmed that illegal alterations were made to some recently passed tax reform laws. The minority ad-hoc committee identified the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, as the law most affected by alleged distortions. Findings were revealed on Friday in […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps amends Electoral Act 2022 concerning use of BVAS, real-time electronic transmission of election results, campaign spending limits

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In a plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu on Thursday, the House of Representatives has approved a significant increase in campaign spending limits for candidates contesting elective offices, and made other amendments to the Electoral Act 2022, aimed at strengthening the credibility, transparency and integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process. The House endorsed […]

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Bill to upgrade 37 LCDAs in Lagos State to real local govts now before House of Reps

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A bill for an Act to alter the 1999 Constitution, as amended, to upgrade the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of Lagos State to full-fledged local government areas passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by James Faleke, Babajimi Benson, Enitan Badru, and 19 other lawmakers, if passed, would increase […]

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Bill to strip Nigerian Vice President, Governors and their Deputies of Immunity passes for 2nd reading in the House of Reps

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A bill sponsored by Hon. Solomon Bob, seeking to remove the immunity conferred on the vice president, governors, and their deputies has passed for second reading in the House of Representatives. The constitutional amendment bill was passed for second reading at plenary in the House yesterday. Spearheading the debate, Bob said Section 308 of the 1999 […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps approves Tinubu’s state of emergency rule in Rivers

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives has voted in support of the declaration of a state of emergency rule in Rivers State, Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Rivers and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Prof. Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months […]

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House of Reps committee proposes creation of 31 more states for Nigeria

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In what looks like ‘awada kerikeri’ (comedy), Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on Thursday proposed the creation of 31 new states in the country, thereby bringing the states to 67 if the proposal scales through. The proposal for new states was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by the […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps deputy Chief Whip dies

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Nigeria’s House of Representatives has announced the death of its Deputy Whip, Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga, representing the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State. A statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the Reps spokesman, Akintunde Rotimi, said the Ogun State lawmaker died yesterday after a brief illness. Born on December 2, 1965, the late Onanuga […]

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Like the House of Reps, Nigerian Senate passes Bill reinstating old national anthem

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Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, May 28, passed the National Anthem Bill 2024, which aims to reinstate the original national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” which Nigeria adopted at independence in 1960, The bill had previously undergone first and second readings and was referred to the Senate’s Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters for […]

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Nigeria’s House of Reps supplementary election results as announced by INEC

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Supplementary Election held by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on April 15, 2023: Candidates contested in two Governorship polls, 5 Senatorial Districts, 31 House of Representatives Constituencies and 57 State Constituency seats. Below are the Nigerian House of Reps seats results as announced by INEC: (3 Pending) KHANA/GOKANA PDP/incumbent: Dumnamene Robinson Deekor (18641)✓ SDP: […]

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Like Nigerian Senate, House of Reps tells Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists

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Like the Senate did on Wednesday, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, on Thursday, asked the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to designate bandits, who have dominated the North-West and parts of the North-Central geopolitical zones, and their sponsors as terrorists. Chairman of the House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, at the plenary on Thursday, moved a motion of […]

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A member of Nigeria’s House of Reps has passed away

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A member of Nigerian House of Representatives representing Irepodun Isin/ Ekiti /Oke Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State, Ms. Funke Adedoyin, has died. According to reports, Adedoyin died on Friday September 28 in an Abuja hospital after a long battle with cancer. She returned to Nigeria from the UK recently where she received treatments for […]

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