Vice President Kashim Shettima, yesterday, described the number of out-of-school children in the northern region as “frightening”, harping on the urgency for specific actions to prioritise education, especially of the girl-child. 

The Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has decried the assassination of a couple, Mr Jacob  Udo and his wife,  Mrs. Comfort Udo in Isiala Community,  within his Bende Constituency in Abia State, by yet unknown assailants.

From the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu gave assurances that the Southeast region has great potential to drive national and economic development. Kalu, in a goodwill message at the launch of the 5th Expanded National MSME Clinic in Enugu State by Vice President Kashim Shettima, remarked that the…

The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has extended warm congratulations to Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on the occasion of his 59th birthday and the conferment of a national honour. President Bola Tinubu bestowed the title of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Abbas during…

Efforts to establish a multi-layer police system in the country represent a significant shift in its security strategy. Proponents of this system, which is aimed at decentralising the country’s policing through legislative changes..

Ojo chapter of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has suspended Seyi Sowunmi, representing Ojo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, for three months.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has allayed the fears of deliberate exclusion of students from the Southeast geo-political zone from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Kalu spoke in reaction to protests by the South East Caucus in the National Assembly over the alleged exclusion of students from the zone…

FILE: Governor Alex Otti (left) and Hon. Benjamin Kalu. By Uchechi Onyecheri For some days now, overzealous allies of the Governor of Abia state, Dr Alex Otti are calling for the head of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu not for any sin but just offering a candid…

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will leave no stone unturned to prod

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said that the South East Development Commission (SEDC) will solve the ecological challenges in the region. Kalu gave the assurance at Uzuakoli in Bende federal constituency of Abia State during the ongoing tour of the 13 electoral wards in the constituency he represents at the…

House of Representatives has faulted insinuations in some quarters that there is a rift between the Speaker, Tajudeen Abass, and his Deputy, Benjamin Kalu, over the dissolution of the House Ad Hoc Committee on Oil and Gas.

The last is yet to be heard of the controversy surrounding the dissolution of the joint ad-hoc committee probing the importation of adulterated petroleum products into the country and other infractions in the nation’s oil and gas sector by the leadership of the House of Representatives (Reps). The lower chamber on Wednesday expressed concerns over…