Akin Rotimi
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House of Representatives has parried allegations that lawmakers demanded bribes from vice chancellors of federal universities to approve their 2025 budget allocations.
27 Sep
Ahead of the 2027 general election, a bill seeking to add independent candidacy in the Constitution scaled first reading in the House of Representatives yesterday.
7 Aug
The House of Representatives’ monthly salary is N600,000 as against the N900,000 that is being speculated, says Rep. Akin Rotimi. Rotimi, who is the Spokesman of House of representative made the clarification in a statement he issued on Wednesday in Abuja. He reaffirmed the commitment of the house to the 50 percent deduction in their…
5 Aug 2024
Governor Babagana Zulum has inaugurated a committee to work out a new minimum wage for workers in the Borno State civil service. According to Zulum, the committee was set up to advise the state government on the implementation of the N70,000 national minimum wage for workers. The committee comprises the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade…
5 Aug 2024
House of Representatives has offered an explanation why 50 per cent of their salaries have not been deducted as they promised, as part of their contribution towards cushioning the hardship being faced by Nigerians.
14 Jun 2024
The House of Representatives has debunked the media reports on the purported “draft bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria.” A spokesman for the House of Reps, Hon. Akin Rotimi, dismissed the reports through a chat posted on Speaker Tajudeen Abbas’ Media platform on Thursday evening. Rotimi reacting denied knowledge…
8 Jun 2024
President Bola Tinubu is set to receive a bill proposing a shift to a regional governance structure in Nigeria next week. This is in contrast with the denial of the House of Representatives when the draft bill recently went viral online, BusinessDay newspaper reported. The bill, titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Substitute the…
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France’s Nassourdine Imavov delivered the biggest victory of his career on Saturday night, knocking out former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the second round of their UFC Saudi Arabia main event. Competing in a non-title bout for the first time since 2019, the Nigerian-born New Zealand mixed martial artist was seeking to re-establish himself…
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The much-anticipated 67th Grammy Awards is set to take centre stage, celebrating the finest talents in the music industry. The event, organised by the Recording Academy, will honour outstanding achievements in music performance and production. When and where is the event happening? The grand ceremony will take place on Sunday, 2nd February 2025, at the…
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The National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed concerns over the alarming drug abuse among secondary school students. While addressing students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Rumukwuta in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, represented by the South-South Zonal Coordinator NAFDAC, Oligbu Chukwuma,…
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Nollywood actor, Timini Egbuson, has said many women now see dating and love as a business. Egbuson, known for his roles in hit movies like ‘Elevator Baby’ and ‘Shanty Town’, said some women believe that a man’s love is measured by how much he spends on them. According to him, this has made it easy…
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said that it has successfully saved Nigerian pilgrims about N50 billion ahead of the 2025 Hajj exercise. NAHCON Chairman, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, at the Governor's Lodge, Abuja, on Saturday. He revealed that…
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The Coalition of Muslim Women Associations in Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, on Saturday in Ilorin educated Kwara market women on the importance of the hijab. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the awareness campaign was part of the activities to commemorate the 2025 World Hijab Day, with the theme: ‘Hijabis Unsilenced’. Some of…
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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has expressed its determination to focus more on preventive measures to tackling challenges associated with Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and maternal deaths in Lake Chad region. Dr Sennen Hounton, the UNFPA’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the 5th edition of…
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The Project Pink Blue (PPB), a frontline NGO on cancer elimination, has urged government at all levels to give more attention to precision medicine in the campaign against cancer. Miss Gloria Okwu, the Project Coordinator, made the call on Saturday in Abuja, after a road walk to commemorate the 2025 Word Cancer Day. The News…
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Clinical lecturers under the aegis of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) chapter of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) will commence an indefinite industrial action on Monday. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the association. According to the union's chairman, Dr Kehinde Okunade, and the association's secretary, Dr Olukayode…
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Mathew Kuti defeated Abdufatai Abdulbasit on Saturday to claim the gold medal in the men’s singles final of the 56th Molade Okoya-Thomas Championship in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament final took place at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. Kuti triumphed over Kwara’s Abdulbasit in an…