Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Muktar Betara

July 2, 2025

Wike meets area council chairpersons, NUT, NANS over teachers’ strike

The meeting, according to a statement by NANS on Wednesday, is to finalise modalities for the reopening of all public primary schools in the FCT.

FCT minister Nyesom Wike
June 12, 2023

Speakership: Betara, Gagdi, others step down for Abbas

Two leading contenders in the 10th National Assembly speakership race, Muktar Betara and Yusuf Gagdi, have stepped down and endorsed Tajudeen Abbas.

Aliyu Betara, President Bola Tinubu and Yusuf Gagdi
May 18, 2023

Speakership: Doguwa, five others step down for Abbas, Kalu

“We have resolved to support our great party and the man they have chosen to be speaker, Rep Tajudeen Abbas.”

Alhassan-Ado-Doguwa
April 26, 2023

President-elect Tinubu, Betara hold closed-door meeting

”Betara’s campaign and consultation with the president-elect is one out of many consultations he had embarked upon in the last three months ahead of the June inauguration.”

President Elect Tinubu and Muktar Betara
April 26, 2023

Speakership Race: Reps-elect campaign for Betara

Lawmakers-elect of the House of Representatives have begun a campaign tour to seek the emergence of Muktar Betara as speaker of the 10th Assembly.

Aliyu Betara
December 28, 2022

Nigeria’s domestic debt rises to N3.3 trillion as Reps approve Buhari’s N819.54 billion  loan request 

Mr Buhari had last week sought the approval of the lawmakers for the N819.54 billion supplementary budget in a letter read by the speaker.

Buhari and House of Reps
November 29, 2022

Quit if you’re not ready to work, Reps tell humanitarian minister 

N206 billion is said to have allegedly been inserted in the ministry’s 2023 budget.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouk,