Reps move to increase number of FCT High Court Judges from 70 to 100
A Bill seeking to increase the number of High Court Judges in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, from 70 to…
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BREAKING: Six-year single-term proposal for President, Governors fails in Reps
A bill seeking to reduce the tenure of the president and governors to a single tenure of 6years has been…
Reps direct CBN, finance ministry to refund deduction from Shippers Council account
The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Federal Ministry of Finance to…
2027: Bill on diaspora voting scales second reading
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, a bill to allow for diaspora voting in Nigerian elections on Wednesday scaled 2nd…
Reps committee tasks FCT courts, judiciary on efficiency
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory Judiciary on Thursday visited some FCT courts and tasked the judiciary…
EndBadGovernance: Reps Minority Caucus wants detained minors compensated
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has demanded compensation for minors detained by the police for three months…
Reps urge universities to avoid undue delay, frustration of students’ research work
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has warned the management of Nigerian universities against frustrating both undergraduate and…
Stop taking National Assembly for granted – Reps warn CEOs
The House of Representatives has issued a stern warning to chief executive officers in the country against taking the National…
Presidential system not good for Nigeria – Reps Minority Leader, Chinda
The Minority Leader of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, has stated that the presidential system of government is…
Reps committee tasks FCT Judiciary on fairness, accountability, begins oversight visits
The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory Judiciary has tasked officers at the third tier of government in…
Reps move to make mandate President to attach portfolios to ministerial nominees
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill seeking to make it mandatory for the president to…
Relocate LG offices to neutral places – Reps tell INEC
The House of Representatives has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to relocate its local government offices to more…
Reps investigate abandoned N1.46bn road project in Kaduna
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, launched an investigation into alleged abandonment of the Gidanwaya-Guaran Dutse-Waman…
Drama at Reps as Minister Oyetola alleges FG signed cargo tracking agreement in error
There was mild drama in the House of Representatives on Monday as the Minister of Blue and Marine Economy, Gboyega…
We’ll prioritise varsity autonomy –Reps
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has promised that the 10th House will prioritise university autonomy for better…
Ikwechegh vs Uber driver: Allow due process of investigation to unfold — Reps tell Nigerians
The House of Representatives has asked Nigerians to allow due process of investigation by the Nigeria Police Force on the…
‘I am not on your level’ – Umahi claps back at Reps Committee chair
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has slammed Remi Oseni, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Federal…
Assault of bolt driver: Police, Reps must investigate Ikwechegh – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Nigerian police and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to…
Old Naira: Abia traders thank CBN for rejecting Reps directive
The House of Representatives has been cautioned to focus on more pressing matters in the country than the issue of…
Reps reject Shariah law bill
A bill seeking to make Sharia law not just a personal matter in the constitution has been rejected in the…
Reps pass TETfund Act amendment Bill for second reading
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund Establishment Act (Amendment) Bill on Thursday scaled second reading on the floor of the House…
Reps to probe frequent national grid collapses
The House of Representatives has instructed its Committee on Power to swiftly probe the frequent national grid collapses and provide…
Reps urge FG to safeguard Nigeria’s orbital slots to prevent potential $400m loss
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to ensure prompt registration and renewal of Nigeria’s orbital slots…
Bill to break Oyo State scales second reading in Reps
The bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to create new Oyo and Ibadan States has scaled second reading in the…
Former Reps, Elumelu, Majority Leader trade words over road project
Two lawmakers in Delta State have drawn a battle line over claims of attracting road projects. The immediate past Minority…
Reps demand urgent reversal of petrol, cooking gas price hike
The House of Representatives has waded into the increase in the pump price of petroleum products, demanding an urgent reversal…
Reps tackle Tinubu over delay in submitting 2025 Budget proposal
The House of Representatives has frowned at the Executive, led by President Bola Tinubu, over delays in submitting the 2025…
Reps to probe inhumane treatment of Super Eagles in Libya
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the ill treatment of the Nigerian national football team by Libyan authorities…
Reps member, Ugbor files N1b defamatory suit against Gov Alia, two others
The member representing Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency, Terseer Ugbor has filed a N1 billion defamatory suit against the Governor of Benue…
Reps Minority Caucus condemns beheading of Abia elderly couple
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the brutal murder of an elderly couple, Jacob and Comfort…
Reps task IGP, NYSC DG to find missing NYSC corps member, Emeka Okeke
The House of Representatives has charged the Director General of the NYSC, Ahmed Yushau and the Inspector General of Police,…
Reps to probe abandoned $785.2m power projects in Anambra
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the over $785 million released to a contractor handling the now-abandoned Umuchu…
Reps decry poor funding of Senior Citizens Centre
Bashiru Dauda, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities Matters, has decried the inadequate funding of the National Senior Citizens…
Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu reveals how Africa can achieve Vision 2063
Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has revealed that only collective effort from stakeholders in the…
N15m bribery: Reps invite EFCC chairman, VDM, Bobrisky
The House of Representatives has invited the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyode to participate in the…
‘Disclose the cost of your petrol’ — Reps tell Dangote Refinery
The House of Representatives has told Aliko Dangote, the owner Dangote Refinery, to disclose the cost he is selling petroleum…
Reps to probe Bobrisky’s alleged N15 million bribe to EFCC
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged payment of N15 million bribe to the Economic and Financial…
Reps to give accelerated hearing to new N288bn FCT budget request
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading the new budget request for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. President…
Reps suspend plenary to mourn Ifeanyi Uba
The House of Representatives on Tuesday suspended its plenary session in honour of the late Senator Ifeanyi Uba. Uba passed…
Reps assure quick passage of 2025 appropriation bill, constitution amendment
Nigerians have been assured by the leadership of the House of Representatives of its resolve to accelerate the passage of…
Reps flay delay in recruitments to fill gaps created by Japa
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has expressed concerns over alleged delay in recruitments to fill gaps that…
NNPCL-Dangote fuel price outrageous, exploitative – Reps Minority Caucus
As reactions continue to trail the Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s fuel price deal, the House…
Reps Committee to probe “unlawful” detention of naval personnel, Haruna
The House of Representatives Committee on the Navy has announced that it will investigate the detention of naval personnel, Abbas…
Maiduguri Flood: Reps will handle disaster urgently at resumption – Lawmaker, Betara
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Aliyu Muktar Betara has expressed solidarity with the victims…
Reps postpone resumption from annual vacation
The House of Representatives has shifted its resumption date by one week. Members of the lower parliament were scheduled to…
Reps to intervene over non-implementation of directive removing varsities from IPPIS
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Abubakar Hassan Fulata has promised that his committee will take necessary…
Reps panel laments decayed infrastructure, land encroachment in tertiary institutions
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has expressed concern over dilapidated infrastructure and land encroachment at the Federal…
Crude oil theft: We’ll bring culprits to book — Reps committee talks tough
The House of Representatives Special Committee on Crude Oil Thefts has issued a strong warning that anyone caught sabotaging the…
Reps did not invite Acting VC for project mismanagement – Unizik
The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has debunked reports of its Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof Carol Umobi’s involvement in project…
Form govt of National Unity – Ex-Reps member, Onyeagucha urges Tinubu
A human rights lawyer and activist, Barrister Uche Onyeagucha, has advised president Bola Tinubu to form a government of National…