Tag: House of Representatives
Let The Best Men Get The Job
Nigerians have been waiting anxiously to know how the All Progressives Congress, APC, would handle the issue of picking the principal…
I have no candidate for Senate President, House Speaker – Buhari
Nigeria’s president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he is not backing anybody for the position of Senate President or…
Race For Reps Speaker Intensifies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The battle for the leadership of the new House of Representatives expected to be inaugurated on 4 June,…
Gbajabiamila deserves to be next Speaker
That Femi Gbajabiamila carries himself like a true leader, is not new. That he acts and talks the part is…
Reps kick back, says only N145bn provision was made for subsidy
Contrary to the speculation that fuel subsidy has been removed from the 2015 Appropriation Bill, the House of Representatives has…
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Reps. pass N4.4trn 2015 budget, approves N953.62bn as debts service
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2015 budget of N4.4 trillion with an appeal to the incoming administration…
Reps want Presidential Scholarship Scheme suspended
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Rep. Aminu Suleiman, has called for the Presidential Scholarship Scheme to…
PDP House of Reps candidate defects to APC
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the House of Representatives, Ijebu Central Federal Constituency, Otunba (Barr.)…
Reps say broadcast regulators have failed Nigerians
The House of Representatives on Tuesday said that media regulators had failed to discharge their regulatory responsibilities of ensuring positive…
Reps to investigate use of Hiace buses for commercial transportation
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Land Transport to investigate the use of Hiace buses for…
House of Reps Defection: APC now has 181 members, PDP 156
Six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected to other political parties particularly that…
A Laudable Step By Nigeria’s House Of Reps
On Tuesday, the Nigerian House of Representatives urgently came up with a motion and, indeed, approved that the electorate in the…
Reps to probe N3.4bn monthly payment to Ajaokuta Steel
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Steel to probe the N3.4 billion being spent as monthly salaries…
8 Reps members dumps PDP for APC, others
No fewer than eight members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives on Wednesday defected to various…
2015: House of Reps approves temporary voters’ cards
Eromosele Ebhomele The Nigerian House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the use of temporary voters cards by Nigerians for the…
Ogun SDP Picks Senator Odunsi As Guber Candidate
Contrary to earlier reports that the Ogun State chapter of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has picked former Speaker of…
Two brothers battle for same Rep seat in Kaduna
Two brothers, Rep Gideon Gwani and Chief Charles Bonat, are locked in a battle for the Kaura Federal Constituency seat…
Court sets aside Reps’ invitation to Deziani
An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday set aside House of Representatives’ invitation to Petroleum Minister Deziani Alison-Madueke to appear…
Kashamu’s candidate lose House of Reps. ticket to ex-LG boss
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta This is not a good time for the acclaimed financier of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun…
Ogun APC to Hold Inconclusive Reps. Primaries Tomorrow
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will on Tuesday hold the rescheduled primary elections to…
APC Primaries: Why I stepped down – Dabiri-Erewa
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Sunday said she decided not to return to the House of Representatives in…
Breaking news: Ballot box snatched in Ijebu-Ode at gun point
The All Progressives Congress primary to pick the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Ijebu Federal constituency, turned ugly this…
PDP has no place in Lagos – Jimoh
Eromosele Ebhomele Just minuets after he won the primary election to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Remmy Hazzan, Adijat Lose House of Reps. Ticket
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The duo of Hon. Remmy Hazzan and Adijat Oladapo-Adeleye, both members of the Ogun State House of Assembly…
70 Senators, 195 Reps Sign To Impeach President Jonathan
More members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have thrown their weight behind the call for the impeachment…
Shame on IG for not recognising Tambuwal as Speaker, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does…
18 Lagos Ex-LG Bosses Fight For APC Reps Ticket
Jide Osokoya Eighteen immediate past chairmen of Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State, western Nigeria, are among …
Reps Probe Banks Over Tax Evasion
The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into the activities of some banks that have evaded paying their taxes into…
2015: APC Screens House Of Reps Aspirants
Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has begun the screening of aspirants for various…
Actress Bukky Wright Seeks Reps Ticket
Funsho Arogundade The rank of entertainers seeking elective positions swelled over the weekend with the entry of star actress, Bukky…