Lawmakers in the Federal House of Representatives have passed a resolution to slash their salaries by fifty per cent for six months to provide succour for Nigerians and avert a planned nationwide protest over economic hardship. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu moved the motion at the plenary on Tuesday during a debate on the need to…
…becomes the 4th member to pass on from the 10th House of Representatives A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Ekene Abubakar Adams is dead. He died in the early hours of today Tuesday, at the age of 39. His death is coming less than a week after the loss of Representative Olaide Akinremi…
The corpse of former Senate President Joseph Wayas has finally arrived in Nigeria from the United Kingdom, three years after he died. Converseer learned that Wayas’ remains arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from Heathrow Airport London, United Kingdom, onboard British Airways BA O83, on Wednesday morning. According to The Beagle News,…
To enhance accountability and encourage our lawmakers to do more, three weeks ago, we embarked on a review of the one-year performances of national assembly members from Cross River State. The legislators clocked one year in office on the 13th of June, 2024. The review team evaluated the lawmakers based on four key metrics: Motions,…
A senior officer of the Nigerian Customs Services (name withheld) has passed on at the National Assembly clinic, Abuja. A statement signed by the spokesman for the House, Akin Rotimi, which confirmed the death, said the deceased collapsed while fielding questions from members of the Public Account Committee of the House. The statement added that…
