Tag: Speakership
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Just In: Tinubu in closed door session with traditional rulers
President Bola Tinubu is in a closed door session with traditional rulers and their delegates from across the country at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. Since taking office on May 29, the President has met with critical stakeholders from the executive, legislative, business, and traditional institutions. Tinubu is anticipated to raise themes of…
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Just In: Tinubu meets with members of PDP G5 in Aso Villa
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders known as G5 at the presidential villa, Abuja. Members of the G5 include Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state; Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers state, and Samuel Ortom, the immediate past governor of Benue. Others are Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the…
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Speakership: How we will vote – Labour Party
The Labour Party, (LP), has revealed how its members would vote during the speakership election in the green chamber. According to the Labour Party, members would vote en bloc in the election of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives.
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Ahead proclamation: Reps-elect plot to reject APC, Tinubu’s anointed Candidate for HoR
The decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to impose Tajudeen Abass as its anointed candidate for the Speaker of the House of Representatives is no longer going to fly as the lawmakers are already shopping for another candidate, some members of the National Assembly have disclosed. This coming barely hours to when President Ahmed…
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I regret ever supporting Tambuwal to become speaker – Gbajabiamila
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has said he regrets ever supporting Aminu Tambuwal to become the speaker of the 7th National Assembly. Recall that Tambuwal emerged the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2011 with the support of key members of the Green Chamber.
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Speakership position not determined by party majority – NBA
The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Enugu State Branch, Chief CNN Nwagbara, has said that selection of speaker or Senate president is not determined by party majority. Nwagbara made the disclosure in an interview with NAN in Enugu on Tuesday.
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Speakership: Group condemns campaign of calumny against Rep. Kalu
A group under the aegis of Conference of Civil Society Of Nigeria (CCSN), has condemned in strong terms attempts by some regional groups to discredit the aspiration of the spokesman of the 9th House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu for the post of the Speaker of incoming 10th Assembly, through campaign of calumny and Media…
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10th Assembly: Opposition parties lay claim to majority in Reps, set to clinch speakership position
For the first time ever in the history of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, the opposition parties have got more numbers than the ruling party as of today. The recent Supplementary elections in the country put figures of opposition to 182, one more than 181 by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
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HOR Speakership: Gbajabiamila speaks on endorsing a candidate
Femi Gbajabiamila the Speaker of the House of Representative of the 9th assembly has denied reports making the rounds that he’s working against current Deputy speaker, Idris Wase and eight others from becoming the speaker of the house.
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Speakership: Minority political parties plan an upset against APC
In a bid to hijack the speakership position from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) lawmakers from different political parties in the minority caucus on Tuesday met to pull an upset against the APC. On Tuesday, the lawmakers gathered at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja to deliberate on ways to pull their numbers together in…