…later revoked by then-Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin following criticism from Republican lawmakers. Mohammed is accused of orchestrating the plot to hijack passenger planes and crash them into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. The September 11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and remain one of the…

…know the name of their senators, including here in Lagos Central. That’s because many lawmakers are not representing. A lot of them will tell you. And that’s what I do normally when I campaign.”

…of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Vanguard gathered that 24 of the 26 lawmakers had backed the move to impeach the Speaker over alleged financial misconduct. The party leadership met with the aggrieved lawmakers over the weekend and prevailed on them to suspend the impeachment bid and sheath their sw…

…as military deputy to the publisher, a move interpreted by many, including Democratic lawmakers, as eroding the publication’s independence. AFP

…won nine seats in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly in 2023 but currently has seven lawmakers after two members left the party. According to him, the party is determined to increase its representation and win all 24 state Assembly seats, alongside the governorship election, in 2027. Also speaking, the PDP state chai…

…for the proposed collaboration, adding that the Minority Caucus had agreed to nominate lawmakers to participate in the process. He explained that the initiative, which began with about 100 people signing on to the project, had since grown beyond its original membership. “It is an organic initiative. We want to ensure t…

…will not return to the National Assembly, reacting to a social media post predicting the lawmakers’ political future. Davido made the remark on Tuesday in response to a post on X by a […] The post APC’s Fadahunsi, Wole Oke won’t return to National Assembly as long as I’m alive — Davido appeared first on Tribune Online.

…in Malawi over the xenophobic attacks in South Africa (video) Nigerian and South African lawmakers clashed during a session at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference in Lilongwe, Malawi. The diplomatic dispute erupted over how to officially define and address violence targeted at fore…

…of the House of Representatives. According to the group, the participating parties and lawmakers agreed that the opposition summit would be more productive if held after the National Peace Summit slated for August 18. The G-100 noted that the intervening period would also provide additional time to refine proposals and…

…even an adult, must prove their age before accessing social media platforms"French lawmakers had previously voted overwhelmingly in favor of the measure, which would have established the country as the first in the European Union to enforce such an age restriction.Following the court's ruling, the executive branch reit…

…assets, “we discovered that there are 1,074 state-owned enterprises,” the president told lawmakers. “I had thought there were 300 or 400 state-owned enterprises, but it turns out there are 1,074. And these state-owned enterprises sometimes operate as they please, with no sense of responsibility to the nation, to the st…

…geography, race and political influence," Dr. Okolo added.The group called on Nigerian lawmakers, civil society groups, and African stakeholders to open formal conversations about strengthening home-grown judicial institutions.PAYDN also announced that it plans to work with Nigeria's delegation at the next extraordinar…

…stability.Contents…urge Akpabio, Abbas to reconvene National Assembly immediately The lawmakers, in a statement titled “Nigeria’s Democracy is Nosediving,” said the National Assembly could not afford to remain on recess while critical national issues requiring urgent legislative intervention continued to worsen across…

…institution for aviation manpower development, research and innovation. Umar told the lawmakers that the safety of the aviation sector depends on strong and adequately funded institutions, stressing that the regulator must be strong, meteorological services dependable, accident and incident investigation independent an…

…in violation of internal rules. In late July, Hong was summoned before a committee of lawmakers, where he said he took 'full responsibility' for the poor performance. President Lee Jae Myung blamed the failure on 'incompetent people' promoted to leadership in a statement alluding to 'loyalty and factionalism' tainting…

…the judiciary or violated the principle of separation of powers, stressing that lawmakers lacked the authority to override an existing court order directing Adeyemi’s detention. The committee is investigating allegations surrounding the creation and operations of the PFIPC, including claims of impersonation, forgery, f…

…which empowers the Committee to summon any person and compel attendance, Oyedokun urged lawmakers to invoke that power and direct the police to produce his client at a public sitting. He said his client would attend on any date the Committee names, accompanied by counsel, and answer every question put to him. The lawye…

…areas. Chairman of Aba Power and former Minister of Power, Bart Nnaji, told the lawmakers that supply would resume once a critical component of the gas pressure system is installed. According to him, the component—a Clutch Gear and Starter Motor—has arrived in Nigeria after being sourced from the United States by Heirs…

…official residence purportedly allocated to him in Abuja. Collins further informed the lawmakers that Prince Adeyemi was accompanied by some of his staff, who allegedly used official vehicles with customised government number plates while taking him to the official residence in Abuja during one of his visits from Ogbom…

…Google feed!Gbenga Collins, managing director of Divine Dopacy Nigeria Limited, told lawmakers on Tuesday, August 4, that he transferred N400 million to a man who presented himself as a federal government official in connection with a contract to renovate and furnish an official residence.Collins appeared before the Ho…

…personnel, describing it as a timely intervention that would boost troop morale. The lawmakers said the new pay structure would strengthen the commitment of military personnel involved in operations against terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other security threats. Yar’Adua, in a statement on Tuesday, thanked the Pres…

…the agribusiness sector, sourcing agricultural produce from farmers for export. He told lawmakers that Adeyemi presented himself as the Director-General of both the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, PEAC, and the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC). Collins said the visit was his first time…

…for its security agencies. The development comes amid a broader push by Nigerian lawmakers and the Tinubu administration to strengthen local defence manufacturing and reduce reliance on imported military hardware. A presidential directive already mandates that military agencies and ministries, departments and agencies…

…vote in May. However, after what the government described as "extensive discussions," lawmakers concluded that a public vote was unnecessary.Their reasoning was that the name Naoero had never truly disappeared; it appears on the national coat of arms and remains in everyday use in the community.What the Change Means in…

…House. Speaking during the group’s one-day state-level electoral college meeting with lawmakers, a former member of the Assembly, Uju Onwudiwe, said there was a need to reserve three seats for women, with one drawn from each of Imo State’s three senatorial districts. She said the campaign was not intended to displace m…