Femi Gbajabiamila, the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, has resigned as a lawmaker to assume his duty as the chief of the staff to President Bola Tinubu. Gbajabiamila tendered his letter of resignation yesterday and it was read by the newly-elected Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, before the members of the House during plenary. Gbajabiamila was re-elected to represent Surulere 1 federal constituency in the green chamber during the 2023 general election. He was,...

International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has said that the Jihadist Fulani herdsmen killed over 700 Christians between April 12 and June 12, 2023, as a “farewell” gift to the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari. This is contained in a June 12 Democracy Day report by Emeka Umeagbalasi, the board chair of the civil society group. Intersociety says the massacres were witnessed in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna and Nasarawa states at the...

“On behalf of my Deputy Senator Jibrin Barau we appreciate you Distinguished colleagues. We are very happy for his great opportunity. We thank God for the opportunity to serve and congratulate all of you for being sworn as Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We thank God for being able to wade through the very difficult election that we passed through. “I will say that this is the first cashless election that we have...