Friday, June 19, 2026

Akin Rotimi

February 17, 2026

Electoral Act: Reps to investigate use of tear gas on protesters at NASS

Reps spokesman Akin Rotimi said the House will review the circumstances that resulted in the police’s use of tear gas to disperse protesters.

House of Reps
March 29, 2025

Reps condemn Edo killings, urge security agencies to strengthen intelligence gathering

Mr Rotimi urged law enforcement agencies to ensure all perpetrators were promptly identified, arrested and prosecuted.

House of Representatives,
March 12, 2025

Lawmaker raises alarm over outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria

Mr Rotimi disclosed that from week 19 of 2022 to week 04 of 2025, there had been 24,804 confirmed cases of diphtheria across 25 states in Nigeria.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
February 15, 2025

Nigerian lawmakers told us they didn’t demand $150 million bribes from Binance: House of Reps

He said the State Security Service (SSS) was involved in Nigerian lawmakers demanding $150 million from Binance.

House of Representatives
November 23, 2024

16 Days of Activism: Reps to lead historic march against gender-based violence

A spokesperson for the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, said this in a statement on Saturday.

Campaign against Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria (DW.com)
August 7, 2024

Lawmaker’s monthly salary is N600,000 not N900,000, says House spokesperson

Mr Rotimi said that the House remained committed to the resolution passed on July 18, mandating a 50 percent reduction in the salaries of members for six months.

House of Representatives
June 25, 2024

Customs deputy comptroller collapses, dies as House of Reps lawmakers grill him

The deputy comptroller of finance administration and technical services at the Nigeria Customs Service, Essien Etop Andrew, has collapsed and died.

Essien Etop Andrew
December 29, 2023

Lawmaker decries banks’ closure over robberies in Ekiti

He attributed the withdrawal of commercial bank operations in Ikole-Ekiti and environs to the security challenges in the area.

Akin Rotimi, lawmaker representing Ikole/Oye Federal Constituency in Ekiti (Credit: X)
November 1, 2023

Tinubu, Shettima to spend N13.5 billion on renovation of official quarters as poverty ravages Nigerian masses

Slug: The renovation of the official quarters of President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Kashim Shettina in Abuja and Lagos to gulp N13.5 billion  

Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima