Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has condemned the killings of two individuals in the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria by suspected bandits. The attack occurred just over 24 hours after the collapse of parts of the Zaria Central Mosque. Abbas expressed concern over the recurring attacks in Zaria and its surroundings in the past few years. He called for a thorough investigation into the attack and the killings to unravel those behind the act. He expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones and commiserated with the Kaduna State Government, the Emir of Zazzau, His Royal Highness, Amb. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, and the people of Zaria.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has condemned the killings of two individuals in the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria by suspected bandits. The attack occurred just over 24 hours after the collapse of parts of the Zaria Central Mosque. Abbas expressed concern over the recurring attacks in Zaria and its surroundings in the past few years. He called for a thorough investigation into the attack and the killings to unravel those behind the act. He expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones and commiserated with the Kaduna State Government, the Emir of Zazzau, His Royal Highness, Amb. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, and the people of Zaria.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has condemned the killings of two individuals in the Kofar Gayan area of Zaria by suspected bandits. The attack occurred just over 24 hours after the collapse of parts of the Zaria Central Mosque. Abbas expressed concern over the recurring attacks in Zaria and its surroundings in the past few years. He called for a thorough investigation into the attack and the killings to unravel those behind the act. He expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones and commiserated with the Kaduna State Government, the Emir of Zazzau, His Royal Highness, Amb. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, and the people of Zaria.

Speaker of the house of representative Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday, described Nigeria as an unfinished story. He made the declaration in his valedictory address to close the 9th assembly even as he hailed his colleagues commending the lawmakers for enacting historic laws and legislating on critical sectors to impact the lives of Nigerians.

The house of Representatives committee on aviation yesterday declared the launch of Nigeria Air by the immediate past administration as a fraud. Chairman of the committee, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, made the declaration at a meeting with officials of the ministry of aviation and the interim management of the national carrier and the heads of the avaition agencies at the National Assembly.

Acareful review of the process indicates the exercise to be highly opaque, shrouded in secrecy, shoddy and capable of rediculing and tarnishing the image of Nigeria before inter5national community, He said.  

With the removal of the oil subsidy, the House of Representatives has asked the auditor general of the federation to immmediately carry out a forensic audit of the N413 billion borrowed from the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the federal government for subsidy payments.

The house also advised that with the subsidy removal, the federal government should fortwith suspend all direct sales direct purchase (DSDP) contracts.

other recommendations made by the house include that the federal government should immediately design measures and paliatives to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal for Nigerians effective from this year 2023 through provision and procurement of CNG buses as an alternative transport sytem with cheaper fuel consumption.

that given the contriants of the committee and overlapping events, the National assembly (HR) standing on Ad-Hoc committees be saddled with such responsibility to conduct full-scale investigation on the defaulting oil companies and MDAs that have not met the expectations of the committee to ascertain their level of involvement or otherwise and further protect the commonwealth of the country.