Nigerian Reps pass Judicial Officers Salaries Bill, CJN to get N5.39m monthly

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has passed a bill for upward review of the salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of judicial officers, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria now expected to earn a monthly salary of N5.39m. In the executive bill submitted to the House on Tuesday by President Bola Tinubu and passed on Wednesday, other […]

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Elder stateman Ango Abdullahi backs Nigerian Reps on Parliamentary Govt, says Presidential System expensive, unsuitable

The Parliamentary System bills sponsored by 60 members of the House of Representatives have continued to receive support from prominent Nigerians, as former Vice Chancellor of Ahmmadu Bello University and Convener of Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, has endorsed the call for a return to Parliamentary System of Government. Abdullahi, a professor of Agriculture, gave […]

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Nigerian Reps declare ‘Nigeria Air’ launch, a fraud

Nigerian House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the deal between the […]

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ASUU tells Nigerian Reps to drop Students’ Loan Bill

Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the House of Representatives to drop the Student’s Loan Bill, being sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, and currently before it, saying the bill is totally unnecessary. The President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, gave this position in an exclusive interview with […]

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Suspension of Twitter operations ill-timed and dictatorial ―Nigerian Reps

Members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Tuesday have described the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria as ill-timed and dictatorial. Nigerian government had on June 4 through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, suspended Twitter operations on the grounds that the platform was undermining the country’s corporate existence. The following day, […]

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