Tinubu wants stronger APC in South-East – Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu reveals
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said that President Bola Tinubu is interested in the political…
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Reps step down motion seeking foreign help to fight insecurity
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, stepped a motion seeking to invite foreign mercenaries to help fight insecurity in the…
Zamfara constituents notify Reps of decision to recall federal lawmaker
Constituents of Kauru Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency, Zamfara State, have taken further steps in their decision to recall their representative,…
‘Nigeria we hail thee’ – Lyrics of old National Anthem adopted by House of Reps
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to adopt the old National Anthem. The bill which was sponsored…
Reps panel summons DISCOs, GENCOs over failure to perform social responsibility
The House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has summoned electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) and the generation companies…
Reps seek free medicare for pregnant women
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to mandate public healthcare institutions to…
Reps urge Nigerian govt to convert seized properties to office use
The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to convert all seized properties to official use. This resolution followed…
Reps ask Nigerian Govt to exempt military personnel from paying at toll gates
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to review the recent policy on airport toll gates by ensuring…
Reps urge Nigerian Govt to beef-up security in Kogi over banditry, kidnapping
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to beef up security in the Yagba axis of Kogi State…
Don’t shun our invitation – Reps warn cement manufacturers
The House of Representatives has warned the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, CMAN, against refusing to honour its invitation over…
Reps seek more financial investment for federal teaching hospitals
The House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Health Institutions, Amos Magaji, has called for a sustained financial investment in the…
Wildlife bill passes second reading in Reps
The bill to address wildlife trafficking and habitat destruction passed second reading in the House of Representatives at Thursday’s plenary.…
Reps investigate introduction of GMOs in Nigeria
The House of Representatives has ordered its Committee on Agricultural Production and Services to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the…
Reps threaten to cancel NRC’s PPP arrangements, concessions, summons Transport Minister
The House of Representatives Committee investigating the Public Private Partnership and Concessions programmes of the federal government has threatened to…
Reps to investigate malfunctioning of Presidential Air Fleet
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe the failure of the Presidential Air Fleet to perform optimally, leading to…
BREAKING: Reps halt implementation of cybersecurity levy
The House of Representatives on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to halt the implementation of the cybercrime…
Reps probe death of four year old Brickhall School pupil
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the cause of the death of a four year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke,…
Reps move to investigate escape of Binance executive, deny bribe allegations
The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into the escape of Nadeem Anjarwalla (Head of Binance Africa) from the…
ASUU: Reps call for truce over lecturers, management face-off at UniAbuja
The House of Representatives has called for a truce between the Academic Staff Union, ASUU, and the management of the…
Reps sympathize with victims of Port Harcourt tanker explosion
The Rivers caucus of the House of Representatives has sympathized with the victims of last week’s tanker explosion on Eleme…
Moro tackles PDP Reps over call for Acting National Chairman’s resignation
Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro has faulted a group of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers in the House of Representatives…
Establish sexual offences courts across Nigeria – Chairperson Reps Press Corps to Lawmakers
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Press Corps, Comrade Grace Ike, has appealed to lawmakers at the national and…
Reps Deputy spokesperson, Agbese escapes assassination attempt, military arrest suspects
Hon. Philip Agbese, deputy Spokesperson of the Nigerian House of Representatives, on Thursday, allegedly escaped assassination attempt. Reports indicate that…
Reps disown member for claiming lack of investment in oil, gas sector shows rejection of PIA
The House of Representatives has said that the views expressed by a member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency in River State,…
Reps summon KFC over discrimination against ex-gov Gbenga Daniel’s son
The House of Representatives Committee on Disabilities has summoned the management of Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, over allegations of discriminatory…
Reps warn FIRS against contempt of parliament
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee, PAC, has issued a warning to the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue, FIRS, Zacch…
Rivers: Reps member Emerengwa dumps Wike, declares support for Fubara
A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Boniface Emerengwa, has declared support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara, denouncing…
Out-of-school children: Reps member advocates funding of UBEC to tackle menace
Member representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Muktar Tolani Shagaya, has called for adequate funding of…
Bill seeking five months leave for widows scales second reading at Reps
A bill seeking to grant five months leave for female and male workers who lost their spouses has scaled second…
$300m Malaria Fund: Reps committee gives Health Minister 72 hours ultimatum
The House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis has given the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali…
Senators, Reps to relocate to main chambers next month
As construction works are almost complete in the main hallowed chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives after…
BREAKING: Students Loan: Tinubu sends fresh bill to Reps
Less than 48 hours after the federal government announced the indefinite suspension of the student loan scheme, President Bola Tinubu…
Ndume urges IGP to withdraw orderlies of Senators, Reps
Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has called on the Inspector General of Police to withdraw orderlies attached to lawmakers in…
Betta Edu: Reps urge Nigerian Govt to hasten investigation
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to hasten investigation into allegations of misappropriation of public funds against…
Blackout: Restore electricity supply in Yenagoa – Reps charge TCN
The House of Representatives has urgently charged the Transmission Company of Nigeria to restore power in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State…
Reps move to decriminalise attempted suicide
The House of Representatives is seeking to decriminalize attempted suicide with an amendment to the Criminal Code. The House on…
Nobody can earn less than N100,000 and survive in Nigeria – Reps caucus leader, Chinda
House of Representatives opposition caucus leader, Rep Kingsley Ogundu Chinda has adduced reasons 42 lawmakers endorsed a motion seeking a…
Reps urge CBN to direct banks to reverse failed transactions immediately
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to direct banks to work on their systems…
Constitution review: Stakeholders intensify calls for rotational presidency
The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review recently received a bill for an Act to make provisions for rotation…
Reps charge FIRS to recover unremitted N5.19trn MDAs taxes
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, charged the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to recover all taxes totalling over N5.19…
Reps to investigate abandoned projects in Maritime Academy
The House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, says it would investigate all contractors that abandoned projects…
Reps to go after 5,000 companies owing Nigerian Govt N5.2 trillion in unpaid taxes
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees to investigate the non-remittance of N5 trillion to the Federal Government by…
Reps probe suspicious practices of MDAs in execution of capital project
The House has resolved to investigate the procurement of capital projects by Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs), Parastatal and Institutions of…
Reps direct Health Ministry to check indiscriminate sale of drugs
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to develop a prescription policy to monitor indiscriminate…
Put an end to bandits attack in Katsina – Reps urge Tinubu
The House of Representatives charged President Bola Tinubu with ordering the security agencies to sustain their pressure on criminals perpetrating…
Hardship: Reps demand payment of living wages to Nigerian workers
The House of Representatives on Wednesday called for the payment of ‘living wages’ to Nigerian workers. The House equally ordered…
Port concession: Reps summon Blue Economy Minister
The House of Representatives on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Blue Economy and Transport, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, over the handling…
Reps committee calls for partnership, new joint institutions among regional parliaments
The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on University Education at the House of Representatives, Okpolupm Etteh has called for the inauguration…
Suspend ban on alcoholic drinks in sachets, pet bottles – Reps tells NAFDAC
The House of Representatives Committee on National Agency on Food, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has ordered the suspension of…
Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu hails Senate passage of South East Development Commission Bill
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has expressed gratitude to the Senate for…