Tag: House of Representatives
Reps to serve 14 railway projects contractors bench warrant
The House of Representatives on Thursday threatened to issue bench warrant against 14 companies handling of rail projects in the…
Reps urge NFF to pay Shuaibu, Keshi entitlements
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to immediately pay entitlements due to late former…
Reps probe alleged killing of civilians in South East
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Human Rights, National Security and Intelligence, to investigate the alleged…
Reps to investigate alleged herdsmen attack in Ekiti
The House of Representatives has resolved to constitute an ad hoc committee to investigate the remote causes of the recent…
House of Reps aide arraigned for N4m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Bisi Olagunju in an Oyo State High Court sitting in…
Reps order immediate re-seal of Kogi Assembly
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, to immediately re-seal the Kogi State…
Nigeria suspends MTN talks pending probe outcome
Nigeria’s communications minister, Adebayo Shittu, has stated that the federal government will suspend new talks with South Africa’s MTN over…
Senate to probe CCT chairman, says he’s corrupt
In what could simply be described as corruption fighting back, Nigerian senators have decided to wage a war against the…
We did not pad 2016 budget – House Committee kicks
Kazee As the budget showdown between the Presidency and the National Assembly rages on, the House of Representatives’ Committee on…
Kogi House of Assembly to sue Dogara, Reps committee
The Kogi State House of Assembly resumed sitting on March 10 2016 and mandated its legal representatives to file a…
Respect ‘sanctity’ of legislature, Reps tell Marafa
Some members of theHouse of Representatives representing the six geopolitical zones of the country on Wednesday urged Senator Kabiru Marafa…
$470 million CCTV Camera project: Reps probe ‘ll vindicate us, claims ZTE
Telecommunications giant ZTE, has expressed confidence that the current probe into the $470 million National Public Security Communication System (NPSCS)…
Budget committees get Friday deadline to submit reports
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, urged all committees on budget defence to submit their reports and defence same before…
Reps member appoints 11 liaison officers
Eromosele Ebhomele In order to increase youth participation in governance, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, Jide Jimoh,…
PDP Reps fault Buhari’s budget as it passes 2nd redaing
The Appropriation Bill 2016 passed the second reading in the House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday. This emanated from…
Fix time frame for corruption cases, EFCC tells Senate, Reps
Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, December 17, 2015 called on the National Assembly…
Constitution Amendment: Dogara constitutes committee
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, constituted a new Ad-Hoc Committee under the leadership of the Deputy Speaker, Sulaiman Lasun,…
Reps back EFCC’s anti-corruption efforts
The House of Representative is resolved to fully support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in its determined efforts to…
Clean sweep as Court of Appeal sacks 3 Rivers Senators, 12 House of Reps members
It was a tsunami of sort for the Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party on Friday as Abuja division…
Work with me in nation building, Buhari tells Reps
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged the legislature to collaborate with the executive arm of government to secure the country…
Reps to investigate petrol crisis
The House of Representatives on Wednesday mandated its Committees on Petroleum Resources, Upstream, and Downstream, to investigate the lingering crisis…
Reps to investigate operations of NDLEA
The House of Representatives says it will investigate how the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), deals with seizures, disposal…
Only 20% of Nigeria’s healthcare facilities are functional – Reps
The House of Representatives Committee on Health says it will work assiduously to ensure that health facilities worked efficiently to…
Reps to investigate report of 90,000 slain policemen
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate recent revelation by Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase that 90,000…
N465.64bn supplementary budget passes second reading at House of Reps
The 2015 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N465.64 billion, submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, passed…
Reps to probe Nigerian banks for ‘unrealistic targets’ to staff
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on Banking and Currency to investigate alleged unwholesome practices of unrealistic…
Reps want Agip Oil to contain spill in Bayelsa
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to clean up recent multiple oil spills to…
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Reps receive petition against CCT Chairman
The petition was presented by the Chairman, House Committee on Army, Rep. Shawulu Kwewum (Taraba-PDP) on behalf of Anti-Corruption Network,…
Gbajabiamila’s loyalists boycott inauguration of House of Reps committees
Some loyalists of the Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday boycotted the inauguration of Standing Committees…
Salary and Allowances of Senators, Reps revealed
A research by the National Institute for Legislative Studies titled “Legislators’ Salaries and Allowances: A Cross-Country Comparison”, dated 7 October…