The lawmaker representing the Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Marcus Onobun, has been hospitalized due to multiple fractures following a car accident. The accident occurred on the Ekpoma-Abuja Highway while he was travelling from his hometown of Ekpoma to Abuja, according to Peoples Gazette. The crash severely…
House of Representatives has taken the final decision on scrapping NYSC. Truetells Nigeria reports that the House of Representatives Committee on Youths has dropped the plan to scrap the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC). The chairman of the committee, Yemi Adaramodu, stated this in Abuja at an event on Thursday. At the unveiling of nine…
House of Representatives is currently deliberating on a bill seeking to compel the Armed Forces and paramilitary organizations to permit Muslim female officers to wear the Islamic veil, commonly known as hijab. The bill, known as the Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention) Bill, 2020, which has passed second reading at the House, is being sponsored by…
House of Representatives representing Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency of Plateau State has died in a car accident. Truetells Nigeria reports that Haruna Maitala, a member of the House of Representatives representing Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency of Plateau State, and three others died in an accident. Haruna was travelling Friday, April 2, from Abuja to Jos,…
House of Representatives, on Monday, resolved to investigate complaints by airline operators and other stakeholders on the handling of the COVID-19 intervention fund by the Ministry of Aviation. Rep. Nnolim Nnaji, the Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, in a statement, explained that the concerns raised by aviation stakeholders regarding the matter were too…
Security detail attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday, November 19, fired a gunshot that killed a newspaper vendor in Abuja. In a statement released on his social media handles, the Speaker while expressing his regret over the unfortunate incident, gave an account of how it happened. Gbajabiamila said the…
