House of Representatives

Update: NASS passes N28.7trn 2024 Appropriation Bill

The Senate and the House of Representatives have approved l N28.7 trillion as the 2024 Appropriation Bill. The bill was passed by both...

Women Group drums support for Imo APC’s Princess Onouha as Speaker of 10th Assembly

In pursuit of women’s inclusion in the top hierarchy of the Federal legislative arm of government, women drummed support for the candidature of...

Naira scarcity: Reps demand overhaul of internet banking platforms

Nigeria’s Central Bank has been directed by the House of Representatives to order commercial banks to overhaul their existing online/electronic banking platforms for...

Breaking: Four days to election: House of Representatives candidate dies

Barely four days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, death has snatched the House of Representatives candidate of the New Nigeria People’s...

Opposition party pulling down my posters, billboards in Lagos, Banky W, House of Rep. candidate cries out

Nigerian musician and politician, Bakole Wellington a.k.a Banky W has accused opposition political party of pulling down his campaign billboards and tearing his...

Madam Minister, Quit Now, Federal Lawmakers Squeal

Following defiant refusal by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, to appear before it, the House of Representatives...

Controversial Gombe FMC Bill: House of Reps suspends action, awaiting Senate’s concurrence

    The House of Representatives says it has suspended action on a bill seeking to establish a Federal Medical Centre in Deba...

Reps summon Lai Mohammed over Twitter ban

As the dust of Twitter suspension in Nigeria is yet to settle, the House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Information...

Ex-House of Representatives Speaker, Masari, faults state of emergency call in the nation's security system

Ex-House of Representatives Speaker, Masari, faults state of emergency call in the nation’s security system

….such step would not solve the nation’s security problems Former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Gov. Aminu Masari, has kicked against the...

Ex-Speaker Dogara returns to APC, meets Pres. Buhari, Gov. Buni

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has defected again to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s...

Nigerian House of Representatives presses perjury charge against Buhari’s minister 

  Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum given a Minister to publish the names of NDDC contracts beneficiaries, the House of Representatives...

Reps committee summon Akpabio over alleged corruption, mismanagement and unwarranted meddlesomeness.

    The House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Friday summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to...

COVID-19: Reps advocate e-learning system as 1.2m children are out of schools

  By Ajuma Edwina Ogiri   With about 1.2 billion children out of schools in Nigeria following  COVID-19 pandemic, the House of Representatives...

Oyo Rep. Shina Peller “detained’’ in Lagos by Police

A member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has been reportedly arrested and detained by the Police in Lagos. Peller, who represents...

Reps reject bill seeking six-year single term for President, Govs.

  Members of the House of Representatives, have rejected a Bill seeking to alter the Nigerian constitution to allow for a single term...