Tag: House of Representatives
Reps resolves to make Nigeria cleaner, livable
Rep. Obinna Chidoka, Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Environment, said the committee would ensure that Nigerians maintain best practices…
UTME: Reps member trains 100 SSS 3 students on ICT
Ahead of their JAMB tests slated for later this year, a member of the House of Representatives, Abubakar Lado, has…
APC to investigate suspended Reps member
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State, on Thursday, said it would investigate the circumstances that led to the…
Reps tell EFCC to investigate Keystone Bank
The House of Representatives on Monday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence an investigation into an…
GSS Chibok: Reps to investigate N500m reconstruction fund
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the N500 million budgeted fund for the reconstruction of Girls Secondary…
Reps advises FG on liberated IDPs from Sambisa forest
The House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) has urged the Federal Government to come up with…
Reps want local vendors in oil, gas sector paid
The House of Representatives on Wednesday called for the payment of local vendors in the oil and gas industry in…
Reps to investigate death of corps member
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, resolved to investigate the death of Miss Rachael Oladepo, a corps member at the…
Reps give oil firms conditions for expatriate quota
The House of Representatives has directed foreign oil and gas companies to seek Nigeria Content Development Management Board’s approval before…
Reps to grant financial autonomy to local govts
A bill to grant financial autonomy to local government councils in the country, on Wednesday in Abuja, scaled through the…
Jibrin files fresh suit against Reps, demands N1bn damages
Embattled Abdulmumin Jibrin, a former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, has filed a fresh suit against the leadership…
Jibrin withdraws suit against House of Reps
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, struck out the suit of Abdulmumin Jibrin, a former Chairman, House of Representatives…
Reps seeks better funding for Navy
The House of Representatives on Friday has said that it will consider better budgetary provision for the Navy in the…
Jibrin calls for suspension of running cost to colleagues
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin, has enjoined the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi…
Reps to investigate ATM charges by banks
The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to investigate the N65 being charged customers by commercial banks for Automated Transaction…
Reps decry fall of naira
The House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed concern over continuous fall of the naira against major currencies and resolved to…
Budget Padding: Reps begin investigation
The House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Friday in Abuja commenced public investigation into allegations of fraud…
Recession: Reps urge FG to review monetary policy
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to direct its finance and planning agencies to review existing monetary…
Breaking: Uproar in House of Representatives
There was an uproar in the House of Representatives on Wednesday as supporters of Speaker Yakubu Dogara started shouting his…
House of Rep to investigate budget padding allegations
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to conduct an investigation into the allegations of tampering with the 2016 budget…
Reps have no power to insert projects in budget – SERAP
Against the background of allegations of budget padding and abuse of public trust by the leadership of the House of…
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Dogara bribed Reps with $20,000 to lie, says Jibrin
Full statement by Abdulmumin Jibrin over the press conference addressed by nine members of the Appropriation Committee of the House…
113 reps invite EFCC to probe Dogara, Jibrin
The ‘Transparency Group’ of the House of Representatives on Wednesday demanded the investigation of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, and others by…
SERAP drags House of Reps to UN over budget padding
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme…
Civil society groups kick against bill to gag them
Some civil society groups in Nigeria have condemned a bill before the House of Representatives which “seeks to properly supervise,…
Reps to probe ban on Nigeria’s dried beans exportation
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Agriculture, and Commerce and Industry to investigate the extension of the…
Sex scandal: Accused lawmakers deny allegation, insist on proof
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, mandated its committees on Ethics and Privileges and Foreign Affairs to investigate alleged sexual…
NASS sex scandal: Nigerians call on legislators to be cautious
A cross section of Nigerians on Monday called on the National Assembly to be cautious while reacting to the sexual…
Sex Scandal: Speaker Dogara speaks out
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged Nigerians to refrain from passing judgment on the three lawmakers accused…
House of Reps probes 3 members over sex scandal
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is set to probe three members alleged to have committed sexual misconduct in the United States.…