TRADEGY: Police Inspector Opens Fire On Colleague, Self in Abuja

A police inspector Saturday opened fire on his colleagues killing one and injuring another before killing himself at a divisional police station in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

According to @Dimensions_Live,  The FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma who confirmed the incident in a statement signed by the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mariam Yusuf says the shooting occured at about 4.30am in the Dutse Alhaji Divisional Police Station located in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.

Though no names were given, the statement explains that the “inspector fired a shot at the corporal leading to his death injuring a Deputy Superintendent of Police before he committed suicide”.

No further details have been provided but the Police Commissioner has “ordered a discreet investigation into the incident and put measures in place to forestall the reoccurrence of such incident”.

Condemning the unfortunate incident and commiserating with the family of the deceased corporal, the FCT Command “urges residents to remain calm while reiterating its commitment to provide adequate security during the Christmas and New Year celebrations”.

The last time a policeman in Abuja opened fire and killed his colleagues was in 2014 while they were on duty around a commercial bank along the Nyanya-Karshi Road in Abuja Municipal Area Council. Investigations reveal that the policeman who also killed himself had disagreement with his former girlfriend who was already dating his colleague.

LATE SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ON LABOUR: NGIGE, KEYAMO MOURN UWAJUMOGU

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. (Dr) Chris Nwabueze Ngige, and the Hon. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) have condoled with the Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan and the family of the late Senator Ben Uwajumogu over his death.

In a statement signed by Deputy Director press, Ministry Of Labour, Charlse Akpan said The two Ministers led the management and staff of the ministry to pay condolence visits to the National Assembly  and to the family home of Senator Uwajumogu who passed on last Wednesday. 

 Find full text below.

PRESS RELEASE                21/12/19

 

 

NGIGE, KEYAMO MOURN SEN. UWAJUMOGU

 

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, and the Hon. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo(SAN)  have condoled with the Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan and the family of the late Sen. Ben Uwajumogu over his death.

The two Ministers led the management and staff of the ministry to a condolence visit to the National Assembly  and to the family home of Sen. Ben Uwajumogu who passed on last Wednesday. 

Addressing the Senate President and other distinguished Senators at the occasion, Sen. Ngige described late Sen. Uwajumogu  as a patriotic Nigerian, a team player whose integrity robbed off positively on every assigned responsibility.  

Ngige recalled,  “ Ben’s death is tragic and  dreadful not because death has ceased to be a debt commonly owed by mankind ( ominbus moriendum– all must die) but because he dropped dead, alive!  The Distinguished Senator  had just left my office on Monday, December 16, after over two hours of engrossing discussions as the Chairman of Senate Committee on Labour and Employment. He came with his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Engr. A. Wudil, but  Ben betrayed no sign and left no inkling of a foreboding cloud !” 

Later at the house of the late Senator at No. 43 Ebitu Ukiwe Str. Jabi, Abuja, the two Ministers  condoled with the late Senator’s  widow, children and other family members, challenging them not to despair, but to remain steadfast in their faith in God Almighty, declaring that the late Senator’s legacy of integrity, enterprising spirit   and goodwill would guide the bereaved through  difficult times 

They later signed the condolence register. 

 Charles Akpan 

Deputy Director, Press and public Relations   

MUST KNOW: SEVEN TAXES AMENDED BY THE FINANCE BILL 2019 AND THEY AFFECT US

The Finance Bill 2019 is set for the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari after the two versions passd by both Chambers of the National Assembly was harmonised by the Conference Committee for the Bill.

The Finance Bill 2019 is an amendment bill submitted by President Buhari alongside the 2020 budget estimates to the National Assembly.

The bill, when signed into law, will amend seven taxes as presently constituted.

Below are the seven taxes the Finance Bill 2019 seeks to amend and how it may affect you:

1. Value Added Tax

The rate paid for Value Added Tax (VAT) according to the bill will witness an upward movement from 5 percent to 7.5 percent. This, from all intent is to raise more revenue for government.

As more revenue goes into the pocket of government, so also will Nigerians have to spend more than they currently do, as prices are bound to go up since manufacturers and service providers are bound to pass the extra 2.5 percent to consumers.

2. Petroleum Profits Tax

The Finance Bill 2019 as passed by the National Assembly has repealed Section 60 of the Petroleum Profits Tax Act, introducing Withholding Tax (WHT) of 10% on dividends paid out of the profits of companies engaged in petroleum operations in Nigeria. 

The Bill effectively abolishes the tax exemption granted under the Petroleum Profit Tax Act for such income or dividends.

3. Capital Gains Tax

Under the new Finance Bill 2019, Section 32 and 36 of the Capital Gains Tax Act have been abolished.

With this, exemptions granted companies from paying capital gains tax when transferring assets between two entities during restructuring have been abolished.

Also capital gains tax would henceforth be paid by anyone who receives compensation in excess of N10, 000,000 (ten million naira) after loss of employment.

4. Stamp Duties

Here is where the Finance Bill 2019 will also affect most Nigerians directly outside of VAT.

With the passage and harmonization of the two versions of the Bill from the Senate and House of Representatives and the expected assent by Mr. President, sections 2 and 89 of the Stamp Duties Act have been amended.

Under the new dispensation, payment of stamp duties will now cover electronic documents.

Also, bank transfers from one account to the other from N10, 000 (Ten thousand) upward will attract a one-off stamp duty of N50. You are however exempted from payment if you are transferring from one of your accounts to another in the same bank.

5. Customs & Excise Tariff 

The Finance Bill 2019 has amended section 21 (Fifth Schedule) of the Customs, Excise Tariff, Etc. (Consolidation) Act 1995.

Under the amendment, goods imported into Nigeria have been added to those that must pay excise duty in the country.

6. Personal Income Tax

Another significant aspect of the Finance Bill 2019 is the amendment to sections 33, 49, and 58 of the Personal Income Tax Act. 

Immediately the Bill becomes operational, those without the Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) will be barred from operating any new or existing bank accounts in the country.

Furthermore, the Bill has removed personal income tax reliefs individuals enjoy on account of children and dependent adults.

7. Companies Income Tax

The Finance Bill 2019 amends sections 9, 10, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 33, 39, 40, 41, 43, 53, 55, 77, 78, 80, 81, 105, and the Third and Seventh Schedules of the Companies Income Tax Act ("CITA").

Significantly, the amendments mean that companies without their Tax Identification Numbers cannot operate corporate accounts in the country.

Also, foreign companies engaged in digital economy would be subjected to payment of tax in Nigeria. The amendments expect any digital company with significant economic presence in Nigeria, even without any physical presence in the country, to pay tax.

POOR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION LOOMS FOR UNIVERSITY LECTURERS OVER IPPIS

 Nigeria' s tertiary institutions may soon experience looked up classrooms over the refusal of some academic staff to allow themselves to be captured in the integrated payrol and personnel  information system, IPPIS

But before that strike possibility, they may be having a bleak and cashless 2019 christmas, should government holds back their December salaries over refusal to enrol in the intergrated payroll and personnel information system,IPPIS.

Information from the IPPIS Directorate in the Office Of the Accountant General insist that there is a presidential Directive for all public servants to enroll in the scheme including lecturers

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his report examines the pros and cons of IPPIS and what is needed to arrive at a meeting point between lecturers and government in efforts to avert another round of strikes in Nigeria's ivory towers

It has been a running battle between the Nigerian government and workers in tertiary institutions over the refusal of the academic staff unions to enrol in IPPIS. 

The unions are those in the universities, Polytechnics and colleges of education.

The crux of the matter is that government sees IPPIS as an instrument to help iďentify ghost workers, check over and double payment as well as tackle corruption, while the academic staff unions believe it's a ploy to stop certain allowances and benefits during sabbatical, as visiting lecturers and a few other peculiarities

For The Universities, it is nothing more than discrediting the 'hard-fought' university Autonomy, which allows university governing boards to employ and pay certain allowances

No wonder ASUU is proposing  the UNIVERSITY TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY SOLUTION, UTAS as an alternative to IPPIS .

In  a bid to coax the teachers to buy into the IPPIS policy, government threatened to withhold December salary of staff who refuse to enroll

Sources in the IPPIS office say the enrolement of workers is a presidential directive

In spite of ASUU's threats, filers abound that some staff are secretly enrolling in the Scheme

The story about the IPPIS in the university use to be the same with the polytechnics and colleges of education, until the colleges succumbed to presure

ASUU says it has Bankrolled UTAS an alternative to IPPIS to about 40 percent completion.

ASUU succeeded in the past with such moves, for example the creation of  University pension company, outside the numerous licenced and available Pension fund administrators 

Will ASUU succeed this time with UTAS while other public employees enrol in IPPIS or are students going to resume in January 2020 with a strike by lecturers.

It remains to be seen.

Rivers 2020 Budget: Gov. Wike Sets Aside N8bn For Minimum Wage Adjustment, N5bn For New Employment

Workers in Rivers State, South South Nigeria, May be having a complete package of the 30,000 Naira minimum wage signed into law, as the State Governor, Nyesom Wike earmarks 8 Billion naira for civil servants

The governor revealed the good news at the  presentation of a budget proposal of N530.8bn to the State House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal year, on Tuesday

The Governor also set aside 5bn naira to cover the recruitment of new employees into the state civil service.

The state’s 2020 budget was christened ‘Budget of Reassurance, profound impact for inclusive growth and shared prosperity’.

The state government in 2019 budgeted N480bn for recurrent and capital expenditure.

Presenting the 2020 budget proposal to the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, Wike said that the budget had recurrent expenditure of    N156,659,436,569.00, while capital expenditure would take N374,153,920,743.00.

Wike said, “The capital expenditure for 2020 is estimated to be N374,153,920,743.00, which constitutes nearly 70 per cent of the total budget.

“The summary of sectoral allocations of the capital expenditure are as follows; administrative sector, N15,061,008,000.00; economic sector, N136,444,523,766.60; law and justice, N2,400,000,000.00; social sector,   N138,558,553,322.35; special head, N57,367,124,462.05, and loan repayments                  N24,322,731,192.00.

“The substantial increase in capital over recurrent expenditure, once again, reflects and underscores our commitment to direct more resources to the growth and productive sectors of our economy.

“This administration is poised to fulfill every promise it made to our people. Consequently, various expenditure portfolios have been allocated to all the relevant MDAs to fund capital expenditures and deliver physical and socio-economic infrastructure and development for our people.”

“The sum of N70,227,748,472.32 is earmarked for salaries and wages; N8,000,000,000.00 for the new minimum wage, while N18,429,375,634.45 is for overheads.

“Also, N5,000,000,000.00 is set aside for new recruitments, N3,000,000,000.00 as counterpart fund for pensions, N900,000,000.00 for death benefits and N33,176,728,931.33 as monthly pensions and gratuities.

“Government has also provided over N400,000,000.00 as counterpart contributions for donor programmes.”

Wike stated that the sum of N93.9bn had been provided for the Ministry of Works to continue to fund the strategic road development programme for 2020.

JAMB Registrar insists N100m Allocation to State Offices Stands Abolished

The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said that the board would no longer give the usual N100 million to its state offices.

Mr Oloyede made the disclosure at the opening of a two-day meeting with Computer Based Test (CBT) centres, Technical Advisors, Service Providers such as MTN, Airtel, Galaxy Backbone and other stakeholders.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was held at Kongo Conference Hotel, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

Mr Oloyede said: “You may recollect that since 2016, we do give at least N100m to state offices for one thing or the other. We want to tell you that this year; no kobo will be released for anybody for anything, because those who are running private CBC centres are making profit.

“And if they can make profit, paying their salaries and doing other things. We are paying salaries of all staff and in addition, we still take care of offices through quarterly allocation.

“We started last year to see how much you bring in, henceforth; I will not go into government coffers to give you money. We can close down any centre that is not useful to us,” he said.

The registrar said they brought in NIN as a condition for registering our candidates for this year, adding that they were also collaborating with NIMC.

“With current campaign against NIMC, I’m not saying they are not corrupt but for me, I could see deliberate efforts at running down NIMC, so that we can think of not collaborating with them.

“Those who are benefiting from registration and examination scandals, which have become big industries, are mounting campaign against NIMC.

“I am not saying you should not be vigilant, but, do not let us swallow everything people are saying about them. Based on my interaction with the head of NIMC, they are upright and just last week, five members of their staff were sacked for collecting bribes.

“What else would they do. Will they manufacture those who will work with them. So, as you interact with NIMC, don’t have it in mind that you are interacting with corrupt people, no, they are not,” he said.

He, however, said that it did not mean one should not be vigilant, saying he would be happy if the corrupt ones among the staff were exposed.

“You know, there are infractions during registration and examinations and we have punished infractions we detected. We will not tolerate it, no matter how little.

“Unless I’m wrong, more than 40 per cent of our candidates have obtained their NIN while the remaining ones are running helter- skelter to have theirs,” he said.

The registrar sought the assistance of Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPRCN) to pay particular attention to CCTV.

Mr Oloyede said they were aware that some CBT centres were tampering with CCTV camera in collaboration with the JAMB technical officers, adding that they would not have been able to do so if the technical officers had not collaborated with them, as it was in the server room.

“You should also note that, no third party is allowed to make any change on the profile of any candidate. We are having a situation where somebody will want to go out with a particular lady but when such a lady declines, they will mischievously change her examination venue.

“They do that using her password which they must have collected from her to change her examination hall from Lagos to Maiduguri.

“In the day of examination, she will go but her name will not be there. There are also mothers who change courses of their children.

“We have a case of a lady who wanted to study English but her mother insisted she must study Law. Unknown to her, the mother went and used her password to change her first choice to law,” he said.

He said when the said lady got admission to study law, she protested that she didn’t apply for law, adding that the board traced it and discovered that it was her mother who collected her password from her and changed the course.

According to him, there are other instances like that, saying that the board had no business with father or mother of any candidate.

“If your son or daughter cannot manage his or her affairs, then, he or she is not qualified to be admitted into any higher institution,” he noted.

In his speech, Ibrahim Garba, the Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, lauded the efforts of JAMB management under Oloyede and urged him to sustain the tempo for the good of the nation’s education system.

Mr Garba, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Zubairu Abubakar, said that the board was being revolutionised to meet the 21st-century challenges. (NAN)

Minimum wage to be increased to $18.90 an hour

  

The government has confirmed the minimum wage will be going up by $1.20 next year.

It's the next step towards the government's plan for the minimum wage to reach $20 by 2021.

Currently the minimum wage is $17.70, but this will increase from 1 April .

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway said the new $18.90 rate will mean an extra $48 a week for those minimum wage earners who work 40 hours a week.

"The rise in minimum wage is estimated to boost wages by $306 million a year across the economy.

"That's a good investment in local economies where workers spend their wages," he said.

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) president Richard Wagstaff was welcoming the move.

"We are thrilled that this government is taking active steps to improve the lives of working people by ensuring that the lowest paid are getting an increase from their employers," he said.

However, Wagstaff added there are other steps the government should take that would also make work better in New Zealand.

"These include the introduction of Fair Pay Agreements and enhanced protections for those working as contractors," he said.

National's Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Todd McClay said the increase will cost jobs and impose large costs on small businesses.

"It means employers are less likely to create jobs, less likely to invest in training and development and less likely to replace workers when they leave," he said.

He added it would further add to the rising cost of living and disproportionality effect people on low incomes.

"National is committed to securing high wages for workers, that's why we increased the minimum wage every year in government.

"However we believe the minimum wage should go up in a balanced way that doesn't go too far, too fast."

JUST IN: DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHED:: How did House members vote?

A look at how House Democrats and Republicans voted on the articles of impeachment against Trump.

Pelosi wields the gavel as the House of Representatives votes on the first of two articles of impeachment against Trump [House TV/Reuters]

In a historic moment, the United States House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. 

The votes made Trump only the third president in US history to be impeached. 

The Democratic-controlled House approved the two articles of impeachment largely along party lines. They accused Trump of abusing his power in his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to face the president in the 2020 election, and of obstructing Congress when legislators tried to investigate the President

Trump denies any wrongdoing and calls the impeachment inquiry a hoax.

Wednesday's votes set up a likely January trial in the Senate, where Trump is expected to be acquitted. 

Here is a look at how each vote broke down: 

Article I - Abuse of Power (230-197)

• 229 Democrats voted in favour
• 1 Independent voted in favour
• 195 Republicans voted against
• 2 Democrats voted against
• 1 Democrat voted present
• 3 members did not vote

Article II: Obstruction of Congress (229-198)

• 228 Democrats voted in favour
• 1 Independent voted in favour
• 195 Republicans voted against 
• 3 Democrats voted against 
• 1 Democrats voted present
• 3 members did not vote

Here's a look at how each member voted: 

In favour of impeachment:

Democrats

1. Alma Adams
2. Pete Aguilar
3. Colin Allred
4. Cindy Axne
5. Nanette Barragan
6. Karen Bass
7. Joyce Beatty
8. Ami Bera
9. Don Beyer
10. Sanford D Bishop Jr
11. Earl Blumenauer
12. Lisa Blunt Rochester
13. Suzanne Bonamici
14. Brendan F Boyle
15. Anthony Brindisi 
16. Anthony Brown
17. Julia Brownley
18. Cheri Bustos
19. G K Butterfield
20. Salud Carbajal
21. Tony Cardenas
22. Andre Carson
23. Matt Cartwright
24. Ed Case
25. Sean Casten
26. Kathy Castor
27. Joaquin Castro
28. Judy Chu
29. David Cicilline
30. Gil Cisneros
31. Katherine M Clark
32. Yvette D Clarke
33. William Lacy Clay
34. Emanuel Cleaver II
35. James E Clyburn
36. Steve Cohen
37. Gerald E Connolly
38. Jim Cooper
39. J Luis Correa
40. Jim Costa
41. Joe Courtney
42. TJ Cox
43. Angie Craig
44. Charlie Crist
45. Jason Crow
46. Henry Cuellar
47. Joe Cunningham
48. Sharice Davids
49. Susan A Davis
50. Danny K Davis
51. Madeleine Dean
52. Peter A DeFazio
53. Diana DeGette
54. Rosa DeLauro
55. Suzan DelBene
56. Antonio Delgado
57. Val Demings
58. Mark DeSaulnier
59. Ted Deutch
60. Debbie Dingell
61. Lloyd Doggett
62. Mike Doyle
63. Veronica Escobar
64. Anna G Eshoo
65. Adriano Espaillat
66. Dwight Evans
67. Abby Finkenauer
68. Lizzie Fletcher
69. Bill Foster
70. Lois Frankel
71. Marcia L Fudge
72. Ruben Gallego
73. John Garamendi
74. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
75. Sylvia R Garcia
76. Jared Golden (voted in favour of impeaching Trump for abuse of power, but against obstruction of Congress)
77. Jimmy Gomez
78. Vicente Gonzalez
79. Josh Gottheimer
80. Al Green
81. Raul M Grijalva
82. Deb Haaland
83. Josh Harder
84. Alcee L Hastings
85. Jahana Hayes
86. Denny Heck
87. Brian Higgins
88. Katie Hill
89. Jim Himes
90. Kendra Horn 
91. Steven Horsford
92. Chrissy Houlahan
93. Steny H Hoyer
94. Jared Huffman
95. Sheila Jackson Lee
96. Pramila Jayapal
97. Hakeem Jeffries
98. Hank Johnson
99. Eddie Bernice Johnson
100. Marcy Kaptur
101. William Keating
102. Robin Kelly
103. Joseph P Kennedy III
104. Ro Khanna
105. Dan Kildee
106. Derek Kilmer
107. Andy Kim
108. Ron Kind
109. Ann Kirkpatrick
110. Raja Krishnamoorthi
111. Ann McLane Kuster
112. Conor Lamb
113. Jim Langevin
114. Rick Larsen
115. John B Larson
116. Brenda Lawrence
117. Al Lawson
118. Barbara Lee
119. Susie Lee
120. Mike Levin
121. Andy Levin
122. John Lewis
123. Ted Lieu
124. Daniel Lipinski
125. Dave Loebsack
126. Zoe Lofgren
127. Alan Lowenthal
128. Nita M Lowey
129. Ben Ray Lujan
130. Elaine Luria
131. Stephen F Lynch
132. Tom Malinowski
133. Carolyn B Maloney
134. Sean Patrick Maloney
135. Doris Matsui
136. Ben McAdams
137. Lucy McBath
138. Betty McCollum
139. A Donald McEachin
140. Jim McGovern
141. Jerry McNerney
142. Gregory W Meeks
143. Grace Meng
144. Gwen Moore
145. Joseph D Morelle
146. Seth Moulton
147. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
148. Stephanie Murphy
149. Jerrold Nadler
150. Grace F Napolitano
151. Richard E Neal
152. Joe Neguse
153. Donald Norcross
154. Tom O'Halleran
155. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
156. Ilhan Omar
157. Frank Pallone Jr
158. Jimmy Panetta
159. Chris Pappas
160. Bill Pascrell Jr
161. Donald M Payne Jr
162. Nancy Pelosi
163. Ed Perlmutter
164. Scott Peters
165. Dean Phillips
166. Chellie Pingree
167. Mark Pocan
168. Katie Porter
169. Ayanna S Pressley
170. David E Price
171. Mike Quigley
172. Jamie Raskin
173. Kathleen Rice
174. Cedric L Richmond
175. Max Rose
176. Harley Rouda
177. Lucille Roybal-Allard
178. Raul Ruiz
179. Dutch Ruppersberger
180. Bobby L Rush
181. Tim Ryan
182. Linda T Sanchez
183. John Sarbanes
184. Mary Gay Scanlon
185. Jan Schakowsky
186. Adam B Schiff
187. Brad Schneider
188. Kurt Schrader
189. Kim Schrier
190. Robert C Scott
191. David Scott [CHECK] 
192. Terri A Sewell
193. Donna E Shalala
194. Brad Sherman
195. Mikie Sherrill
196. Albio Sires
197. Elissa Slotkin
198. Adam Smith
199. Darren Soto
200. Abigail Spanberger
201. Jackie Speier
202. Greg Stanton
203. Haley Stevens
204. Tom Suozzi
205. Eric Swalwell
206. Mark Takano
207. Mike Thompson
208. Bennie Thompson
209. Dina Titus
210. Rashida Tlaib
211. Paul Tonko
212. Norma J Torres
213. Xochitl Torres Small
214. Lori Trahan
215. David Trone
216. Lauren Underwood
217. Juan C Vargas
218. Marc Veasey
219. Filemon Vela
220. Nydia M Velazquez
221. Peter J Visclosky
222. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
223. Maxine Waters
224. Bonnie Watson Coleman
225. Peter Welch
226. Jennifer Wexton
227. Susan Wild
228. Frederica S Wilson
229. John Yarmuth

Independent

1. Justin Amash

Against:

Democrats

1. Collin C Peterson
2. Jeff Van Drew (Van Drew has said he will switch parties) 

Republicans

1. Ralph Abraham
2. Robert B Aderholt
3. Rick W Allen
4. Mark Amodei
5. Kelly Armstrong
6. Jodey Arrington
7. Brian Babin
8. Don Bacon
9. Jim Baird
10. Troy Balderson
11. Jim Banks
12. Andy Barr
13. Jack Bergman
14. Andy Biggs
15. Gus Bilirakis
16. Dan Bishop
17. Rob Bishop
18. Mike Bost
19. Kevin Brady
20. Mo Brooks
21. Susan W Brooks
22. Vern Buchanan
23. Ken Buck
24. Larry Bucshon
25. Ted Budd
26. Tim Burchett
27. Michael C Burgess
28. Bradley Byrne
29. Ken Calvert
30. Earl L "Buddy" Carter
31. John Carter
32. Steve Chabot
33. Liz Cheney
34. Ben Cline
35. Michael Cloud
36. Tom Cole
37. Doug Collins
38. James Comer
39. K Michael Conaway
40. Paul Cook
41. Rick Crawford
42. Daniel Crenshaw
43. John Curtis
44. Warren Davidson
45. Rodney Davis
46. Scott DesJarlais
47. Mario Diaz-Balart
48. Jeff Duncan
49. Neal Dunn
50. Tom Emmer
51. Ron Estes
52. Drew Ferguson
53. Brian Fitzpatrick
54. Chuck Fleischmann
55. Bill Flores
56. Jeff Fortenberry
57. Virginia Foxx
58. Russ Fulcher
59. Matt Gaetz
60. Mike Gallagher
61. Greg Gianforte
62. Bob Gibbs
63. Louie Gohmert
64. Anthony Gonzalez
65. Lance Gooden
66. Paul Gosar
67. Kay Granger
68. Tom Graves
69. Garret Graves
70. Sam Graves
71. Mark E Green
72. Morgan Griffith
73. Glenn Grothman
74. Michael Guest
75. Brett Guthrie
76. Jim Hagedorn
77. Andy Harris
78. Vicky Hartzler
79. Kevin Hern
80. Jaime Herrera Beutler
81. Jody B Hice
82. Clay Higgins
83. French Hill
84. George Holding
85. Trey Hollingsworth
86. Richard Hudson
87. Bill Huizenga
88. Will Hurd
89. Mike Johnson
90. Bill Johnson
91. Dusty Johnson
92. Jim Jordan
93. David Joyce
94. John Joyce
95. John Katko
96. Fred Keller
97. Trent Kelly
98. Mike Kelly
99. Steve King
100. Peter T King
101. Adam Kinzinger
102. David Kustoff
103. Darin M LaHood
104. Gary Palmer
105. Doug Lamborn
106. Bob Latta
107. Debbie Lesko
108. Billy Long
109. Barry Loudermilk
110. Frank D Lucas
111. Blaine Luetkemeyer
112. Kenny Marchant
113. Roger Marshall
114. Thomas Massie
115. Brian Mast
116. Kevin McCarthy
117. Michael McCaul
118. Tom McClintock
119. Patrick T McHenry
120. David B McKinley
121. Mark Meadows
122. Dan Meuser
123. Carol Miller West
124. Paul Mitchell
125. John Moolenaar
126. Alex X Mooney
127. Markwayne Mullin
128. Greg Murphy
129. Dan Newhouse
130. Ralph Norman
131. Devin Nunes
132. Pete Olson
133. Steven M Palazzo
134. Gary Palmer
135. Greg Pence
136. Scott Perry
137. Bill Posey
138. John Ratcliffe
139. Tom Reed
140. Guy Reschenthaler
141. Tom Rice
142. Denver Riggleman
143. Martha Roby
144. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
145. Phil Roe
146. Mike D Rogers
147. Harold Rogers
148. Francis Rooney
149. John W Rose
150. David Rouzer
151. Chip Roy
152. John Rutherford
153. Steve Scalise
154. David Schweikert
155. Austin Scott
156. Jim Sensenbrenner
157. Mike Simpson
158. Jason Smith
159. Adrian Smith
160. Christopher H Smith
161. Lloyd K Smucker
162. Ross Spano
163. Pete Stauber
164. Elise Stefanik
165. Bryan Steil
166. Greg Steube
167. Chris Stewart
168. Steve Stivers
169. Van Taylor
170. Glenn Thompson
171. Mac Thornberry
172. William R Timmons
173. Scott Tipton
174. Michael R Turner
175. Fred Upton
176. Ann Wagner
177. Tim Walberg
178. Greg Walden
179. Mark Walker
180. Jackie Walorski
181. Michael Waltz
182. Steve Watkins
183. Randy Weber
184. Daniel Webster
185. Brad Wenstrup
186. Bruce Westerman
187. Roger Williams
188. Joe Wilson
189. Rob Wittman
190. Steve Womack
191. Rob Woodall
192. Ron Wright
193. Ted Yoho
194. Don Young
195. Lee Zeldin

Voted present 

Democrats

1. Tulsi Gabbard 

Not voted: 

Democrats

1. Jose E Serrano

Republicans

1. Duncan Hunter
2. John Shimkus

*Four House seats are vacant 

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

JUST IN: NLC Chairman in Cross River State Kidnapped.

The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed that the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Cross River, comrade Ben Ukpepi has been a kidnapped by gunmen in his Akpabuyo resident Late Tuesday night .

Police Public Relations Officer DSP Irene Ugbo who Confirmed to AIT News said team of police detachment and anti Kidnaping sqaud have been mobilised to the area.

The estate majorly occupied by workers is twenty minutes drive from Calabar Municipality City Centre and  owned by Cross River State Government.

Some people in the area who pleaded  to be anonymous said the labour leader was kidnapped infront of his house at Crospil Estate .

UNIABUJA Sacks 2 Staff, Demotes 2 Others for Sexual Assault and Academic Fraud

The sudden interest for Nigeria's ivory tower to instill discipline among its workers is begining to take real effect as the University of Abuja on Monday, sack some staff

 According to AIT Online, The university said it terminated the appointments of professors Adeniji Adedayo and Chibuzo Orji over sexual assault and examination malpractice, respectively.

The university, in a statement,issued by the Head, Information and University Relations, Habib Yakoob, claimed that Adedayo, who is a former Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, had an “inappropriate” relationship with a female student of the university, while Orji, a lecturer at the Department of Science and Environmental Education, was allegedly involved in the falsification of academic records and examination malpractice.

The statement added that the university also said the sacking of both professors was directed by its Governing Council after a meeting held last Wednesday and Thursday.

The statement read in part that “The Governing Council at its Regular Meeting considered reports and recommendations from its Disciplinary Committee and after due diligence, approved the termination of the appointments of two professors for various acts of misconduct according to Section 16, subsection 3(c) of the University of Abuja Conditions of Service for Senior Staff (1999)

“The council also approved the demotion of Dr Robert Dajal of the Department of Science and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education by a rank, from Associate Professor to Senior Lecturer, and Mr Gana Defian, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture by two ranks, from Lecturer 1 to Assistant Lecturer, for their complicity in various acts of misconduct inimical to the good image of the University

Before Now, the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile ife had sacked a professor in 2017 over sex for Marks and early this year the university of Lagos terminated the appointment of a lecturer after his involvement with female students as captured in a BBC investigation went viral on social media