An e-hailing driver, Stephen Abuwatseya has apologised to the House of Representatives member representing ABA North/South of Abia State in the National Assembly, Alex Ikwechegh who assaulted him after an altercation occurred during a package delivery. In a video statement released to the press on Thursday, Abuwatseya expressed regret for provoking Ikwechegh and asked Nigerians for forgiveness. He also urged …

The House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Polytechnic and Higher Technical Education, Gboyega Isiaka, says the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed N84.2bn to applicants as of September 2024. The disbursements, he said, included N27.5 billion for institutional facilities and N56.7 billion for upkeep of facilities. Isiaka, who represents Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency in Ogun State, said 351,317 students …

The Deputy Senate Minority Leader, Dr Lere Oyewumi, has charged women and youths in Osun West Senatorial to embrace entrepreneurship to earn a decent living. Oyewumi, currently representing Osun West in the Senate, spoke on Sunday in Ikire at an empowerment programme he organised during which, beneficiaries consisting of women and youths, drawn mainly from Osun West Senatorial District, received …

The National Assembly Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft has warned that the era of stealing the country’s crude oil is over as anybody found to be involved in the act will face the full wrath of the law. In a statement on Saturday. chairman of the special committee, Hon. Ado Doguwa said: “We can not in anyway afford to …

A member of the House of Representatives,  representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency, Danladi Aguye has responded to the nationwide call to ensure food sufficiency in the country. Aguye made his contribution by distributing 600 bags of fertilisers to farmers in his constituency. Speaking at the distribution ceremony in Lokoja on Sunday, the Chairman of Lokoja LGA, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu, who represented …

The lawmaker representing Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, has paid National Examinations Council (NECO) examination fees for 102 students of Gifted Secondary Schools located in Sade, Soro, Kafin Madaki and Darazo towns of Darazo-Ganjuwa federal constituency. According to a statement by his media aide Aleeyu Darazo in Bauchi yesterday, this move is to consolidate the gains of Mansur’ …

The lawmaker representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Abia State, Obinna Aguocha, has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his office to secure the release of detained Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPoB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu has been in detention since his extradition in June 2020, facing charges of alleged terrorism by the Federal Government. Despite a 2022 Court of …

The need for holistic reforms of the nation’s laws to safeguard the rights of Nigerians has pitted a federal lawmaker, Oluwole Oke against Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Oke, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, Osun State, chairs the committee on Judiciary. In a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday, Oke noted that human rights …

The lawmaker representing the Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. George Adegeye has empowered no fewer than 1,000 indigent students with free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms. In a statement on Monday, Adegeye said the gesture was aimed at ensuring the educational standard of youth within the constituency. According to him, the financial incapability of …

The lawmaker representing Somolu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Ademorin Kuye, has held the fifth edition of his Hon. Kuye Grant & Stakeholders Townhall Meeting. The event, which held at Old Somolu LG Secretariat, Somolu, had over 1000 residents going home with N20,000 each, done mainly by transfers; while some went home with freezers to enhance their …