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House of Representatives

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  • Member of the House of Representatives constituteproject.org · checked
  • Speaker of the House of Representatives constituteproject.org · checked
  • Tajudeen Abbas as Speaker of the House of Representatives nass.gov.ng · checked
  • Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives constituteproject.org · checked
  • Benjamin Kalu as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives nass.gov.ng · checked
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  • Federal legislative power

    The National Assembly, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, holds the legislative power of the Federation and makes laws for the peace, order and good government of the Federation or any part of it on the matters in the Exclusive Legislative List and, concurrently with the states, on the Concurrent List (1999 Constitution, s.4).

  • Removal of the President or Vice President

    The President or Vice President may be removed for gross misconduct by a procedure that ends in a vote of not less than two-thirds of all members of each House of the National Assembly (s.143).

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  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Nigeria's Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2011, read 2026-10-12: existence, composition, selection and powers of the Presidency, National Assembly, Senate, House of Representatives and Supreme Court. For: National Assembly
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Nigeria's Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2011, read 2026-10-12: sections cited in each power. For: Federal legislative power, Removal of the President or Vice President
  • constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Nigeria's Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2011, read 2026-10-12: office, seat count and selection method (ss.48-50, 64, 142-143, 230-231). Parts of the text (President election rules s.132/134, Vice President s.142) are cited from knowledge of the constitution and were not in the pages read. For: Senator, President of the Senate, Deputy President of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
  • nass.gov.ng · checked Fallback: Wikipedia Template:Nigerian senators of the 10th National Assembly (current revision) for district, name and party, cross-checked against National Assembly of Nigeria profiles (nass.gov.ng/mps/senators, 74 of 109 present), read 2026-10-12. Party shown is as listed in those sources and may lag defections since 2025. Start date 13 June 2023 (inauguration of the 10th National Assembly) unless noted. For: Austin Akobundu as Senator, Abia Central, Orji Uzor Kalu as Senator, Abia North, Enyinnaya Abaribe as Senator, Abia South, Abbas Aminu Iya as Senator, Adamawa Central, Amos Yohanna as Senator, Adamawa North and 105 more
  • von.gov.ng · checked Voice of Nigeria, Senate swears in two new senators from Edo, Anambra, read 2026-10-12: Emmanuel Nwachukwu (APGA, Anambra South) and Joseph Ikpea (Edo Central) sworn in 8 October 2025 after the 16 August 2025 by-elections. For: Emmanuel Nwachukwu as Senator, Anambra South, Joseph Ikpea as Senator, Edo Central
  • guardian.ng · checked The Guardian Nigeria, APC wins Sokoto East Senate seat, read 2026-10-12 (and a September 2025 AllAfrica report that Ibrahim Lamido is still serving): Lamido (APC) is senator for Sokoto East; the Wikipedia template wrongly lists the previous holder. For: Ibrahim Lamido as Senator, Sokoto East
  • nass.gov.ng · checked National Assembly of Nigeria member profiles (nass.gov.ng/mps/members, constituency and party) and Fallback Wikipedia List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 2023-2027 (flagged outdated June 2025; covers Abia to Imo only), read 2026-10-12. Where both list a seat, the NASS party is used. Start date set only where the Wikipedia list gives one. For: Uguru Emmanuel as Member of the House of Representatives, Abakaliki/Izzi, Clement Jimbo as Member of the House of Representatives, Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika, Alex Mascot Ikwechegh as Member of the House of Representatives, Aba North/Aba South, Afolabi Afuape as Member of the House of Representatives, Abeokuta South, Matthew Nwogu as Member of the House of Representatives, Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala and 248 more
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Senate of Peru / Chamber of Deputies of Peru, read 2026-10-12: presiding officers. Fallback: Wikipedia, official sites did not state the presidency. For: Godswill Akpabio as President of the Senate
  • allafrica.com · checked AllAfrica, Nigeria: Updated - INEC Reschedules 2027 General Election, Releases New Election Timetable (27 February 2026), read 2026-10-12: presidential and National Assembly elections 16 January 2027, governorship and State Assembly 6 February 2027. Fallback: press report of an INEC statement, because the INEC site and statement itself were not read; also reported by Voice of Nigeria and Prime Business Africa. For: General election, January 16, 2027

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