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…
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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…
NNPCL, Dangote rift probe: Bribery allegations unsettle Reps
On Monday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, sacked a powerful ad hoc committee probing NNPC Limited…
Reps deny rift between Speaker Abbas, Deputy Kalu
The Nigerian House of Representatives has dismissed claims of a rift between Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.…
We are not aware of abducted ex-Rep’s killing – Delta State Police Command
The Delta State Police Command has said it is not aware of the alleged killing of Joan Mrakpor, also known…
Sub-standard iron rods reason for building collapse in Nigeria – Reps
The House of Representatives Committee on Steel Development has blamed the incessant building collapse in Nigeria on sub-standard iron rods…
Opposition lawmakers stage walkout as Reps vote to raise ‘Ways and Means’ borrowing
Some opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives staged a walkout from the Green Chamber on Wednesday over the increment…
House Committee tasks FCT investment managers to work with capable partners
The House of Representatives Committee on FCT has advised the Abuja Investment Company Limited, AICL, the company saddled with the…
Reps committee queries FCT park and pay policy, demands details of revenue
The House of Representatives committee on Federal Capital Territory has faulted the park and pay arrangement of the Federal Capital…
BREAKING: Reps pass amended 2024 budget of N35.055trn
The House of Representatives has passed through Third Reading a bill seeking to increase the 2024 Appropriation from N28.7 trillion…
BREAKING: Reps ask NERC, DISCOs to reverse Band A tariff hike
The House of Representatives has asked the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, and the distribution companies, DISCOs, to reverse the…
Reps ask Dangote Refinery, NMDPRA to cease feud over crude oil supply
The House of Representatives has asked the Dangote refinery and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to cease…
US: Joe Biden must resign as president – Reps Speaker
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has charged President Joe Biden to immediately resign. Johnson…
Days of free funds over – Reps task varsities on judicious use of resources
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has tasked the Vice Chancellors and management of Federal University of Lafia,…
BREAKING: Reps to slash salaries by 50% for 6 months to address hardship
The House of Representatives has resolved to support the Federal Government with N648 million for six months by slashing their…
Reps gift N100 million to Nigerian Olympic team
The House of Representatives has donated N100 million to the Nigerian Olympic team for the Paris Olympics. The Deputy Speaker,…
Reps query minister for allegedly spending N45m on new year party, N20m on sanitary pads
The House of Representatives has queried the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, for spending unrelated expenditures, including N45…
Sue state governors over LG caretaker committees – Reps urges AGF
The House of Representatives has asked the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to sue state governors operating caretaker…
Bill to introduce Diaspora voting scales second reading
The House of Representatives has passed the Diaspora Voting Bill for second reading. The bill, co-sponsored by the Speaker, Abbas…
Suspend Samoa Agreement – Reps tell Nigerian Govt
Amid the controversy trailing the Samoa Agreement, 88 members of the House of Representatives have moved a motion urging the…
Diversion of N1.5bn: Reps summon Women Affairs Minister Kennedy-Ohaneye
The House of Representatives has commenced an investigation into the alleged diversion of N1.57 billion meant for the payment of…
Reps summon NIMASA DG Dayo Mobereola
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Safety and Administration Agency,…
Appeal Court verdict did not reinstate you – G60 Reps tell pro-Wike lawmakers
The G60 members of the House of Representatives have declared that the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the…
Criticism: Reps tackle ex-APC Vice Chair, Lukman
The House of Representatives has lashed out at the former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Reps move to investigate promotion stagnation in civil service
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate promotion stagnation in the Federal Civil Service from 2013 to 2023. This…
Reps ask Umahi to revoke East-West road contract over poor execution
The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to immediately revoke the contract for the construction…
Reps probe CBN’s N1.12trn anchor borrowers scheme, NIRSAL’s N215b loan
The House of Representatives has ordered probes into the N1.12 trillion anchor borrowers scheme, an initiative of the Federal Government’s…
Borno Bomb Attack: Female suicide bombers were imported – Reps allege
The House of Representatives has claimed that the female suicide bombers responsible for the killing of scores in Borno State…
We introduced 1,351 bills, 89 scaled through third reading – Reps Speaker, Abbas
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, says the Green Chamber of the National Assembly introduced a total of…
Nigerian parliament remains voice of common man – Reps Deputy Spokesman, Agbese
Philip Agbese, the Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives says the priority of the green chamber under the leadership…
Customs officer dies during appearance before Reps panel
An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, on Tuesday, died while making an appearance before a Committee of the House…
50 Rep members demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release, write Tinubu
About 50 members of the House of Representatives from different parts of Nigeria and political parties, known as Concerned Federal…
Declare state of emergency on cholera – Reps. minority leader tells Nigerian Govt
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), has called on the Federal Government to declare a…
Lawmakers angry as Agip shuns summon over alleged N80m debt
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has once again summoned the management of Agip Oil Company over an…
Reps committee assures military unwavering support, improvement of operational capacity
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson has assured the Nigerian Armed Forces of unwavering…
Reps member backs Otti for revoking Umuahia event centre’s C-of-O
The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Obi Aguocha, has described the revocation of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O )…
Governing Councils: Reps member, Waive alleges marginalization of Delta
The member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Francis Waive has…
June 12 symbol of Nigeria’s commitment to democracy – Reps Press corps Chair, Grace Ike
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Press Corps, Grace Ike has extended heartfelt congratulations to all Nigerians on the…
June 12: Expect more dividends of democracy – Reps Speaker tells Nigerians
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said that the dividends of democracy were bound to reach…
High cost of governance: APC chieftain supports merger of Reps, Senate
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abiodun Salami, has called for the adoption of the unicameral legislative system…
Reps, United Nations sign MoU on women’s inclusion in governance
The House of Representatives has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with the United Nations Women on the need to…
Reps pass bill to create new state in South-East
A bill seeking the creation of an additional state in the South-East geo-political zone has passed first reading at the…
FCT: Reps probe fraudulent land allocations before Wike’s appointment
The House of Representatives resolved to probe fraudulent land allocation titles in Abuja before the appointment of the Minister of…
Reps probe illegal allocation of lands in FCT before appointment of Wike
The House of Representatives has launched a probe into the alleged illegal allocation of lands shortly before the appointment of…
Reps ask Nigerian Govt to go after killers of soldiers in Abia
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to probe the circumstances that led to the killing of military…
NASS members’ jumbo salaries exaggerated, mere propaganda – Reps
The House of Representatives says the narrative about the remuneration of members of the National Assembly by Organised Labour is…