House of Reps

Suspend Electricity Tariff Hike, Reps Orders National Electricity Regulatory Commission

The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has been directed to suspend the proposed increase in electricity tariffs by distribution companies across the country....

Screening: House of Reps confirms service chiefs, after Senate’s approval

After undergoing mandatory screening, the five service chiefs have been confirmed by the House of Representatives. The House announced the confirmation of the...

Improper dressing: House of Reps sends errant member out of chambers

For improper dressing and violating its dress code, a lawmaker made an inglorious exit from the House of Representatives on Wednesday following an...

Pres. Tinubu seeks NASS’ approval for N500bn palliatives

President Bola Tinubu has forwarded to the National Assembly an amendment to the 2022 supplementary Appropriation Act to allow the Federal Government to...

House of Reps Speaker: Male contestants should step down for me — Miriam Onuoha

Rep. Miriam Odinaka Onuoha, an aspirant for the Speaker’s position in the 10th House of Representatives, has appealed to all male contenders for...

Emefiele honours House of Rep invite, appears before Committee on new Naira notes

After several invitations, the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday appeared before the Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives investigating...

At last, House of Reps passes Buhari’s last budget for 2023, raising it from N20.51 trn to N21.82trn

After back and forth on delayed passage of the 2023 budget, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the appropriation bill, increasing the...

Ex-Speaker Yakubu Dogara sacked from House of Reps

Former Speaker and current member of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, was on Friday sacked from the lower chamber of the...

House of Representatives member remanded over alleged N185m fraud

    A House of Representatives member, Gabriel Zock (APC — Kachia Kagarko, Kaduna State) is now cooling his heels in custody for...

Breaking: Reps Pass N17.126trn 2022 Budget

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion, against the N16.391 trillion...

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Gombe Reps attack Sen. Goje, say activities subversive, anti-people

  The heat has been turned on Senator Danjuma Goje, a former Gombe governor, for his alleged plot to subvert a bill passed...

Constituency projects: House of Representatives get N10.9bn, each member pockets N100m

The 109 members of the House of Representatives receive annually N10.9 billion with each lawmaker getting an envelope of N100 million, according to...

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...

Insecurity: Buhari accepts Justice Minister’s advice, shuns House of Reps

  Contrary to his earlier stand, President Muhammadu Buhari did not show up  at the House of Representatives on Thursday. Last week, Buhari...

Justice Minister to NASS: You can’t summon the President

  Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s acceptance to appear before the lawmakers on Thursday, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the...