Reps have dismissed a bill seeking life pension for Speaker, Senate President and others. The House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected the constitutional amendment that seeks to bestow life pension on Senate President, Speaker and their Deputies. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the bill failed to get the required 240 votes as provided in the … Read more
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines arrived Nigeria on March 2 – a year after the country recorded its index case of the deadly virus Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has warned against enmeshing politics with the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines which arrived in the country on Tuesday. The lawmaker stated this on … Read more
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged Christians to use the Christmas period to adopt the teachings of Jesus Christ and continuously pray for peaceful coexistence among Nigerians. The Speaker in his Christmas message on Thursday urged Christians to pray for the country to overcome the myriad of challenges facing her, especially … Read more
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday, expressed the House’s readiness to pass the 2020 Finance Bill at a public hearing organized by the House Committee on Finance. In a communique, the Speaker was of the opinion that the Finance Bill is an important piece of legislation, deserving of thorough consideration, and … Read more
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has promised that the National Assembly will pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill within the first quarter of 2021. He gave the assurance on Wednesday at a public hearing on the repeal of the 2010 Electoral Act and enactment of the 2020 Electoral Act. Lawan at the public hearing said the … Read more
NOVEMBER 22, 2020 … sets up trust fund for slain vendor’s children The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday met with members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) and the Newspapers Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) to condole with them over the death of their colleague, Ifeanyi Okereke. Okereke was shot … Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a security aide to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. In a statement issued on Friday by the spokesman of the secret service, Peter Afunanya, the said personnel was detained following the alleged shooting of a vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke in Abuja, … Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 Newspaper vendors in Abuja, on Friday, staged a protest in following the killing of one of its members by a security detail attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila at the Three Arms Zone. “Sequel to the sad incident that happened this afternoon at the Federal Secretariat, which … Read more
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has accused the leadership of the House of Representatives of allegedly taking a $10 million bribe from Bill Gates to pass a compulsory vaccine bill. In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP asked Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila … Read more