Tag: House of Representatives
House of Reps. calls for more investment in local drug production
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to invest more in the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and…
Reps probe $1bn FG spent to tackle Boko Haram, insecurity
The House of Representatives has started an investigation into how the Federal Government spent the $1bn special security fund approved…
Reps PDP caucus supports review of presidential, guber judgements
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives caucus has supported calls by the party's hierarchy for the review of…
Reps. want Anambra River dredged
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministries of Water Resources, Transportation and Works and Housing and the National…
Honourable or Horrible members? Nigerian lawmakers asked to make choice
A Kenyan professor of law, Patrick Lumumba, has called on Nigerian lawmakers to make a choice between being honourable or…
Bayelsa: Reps PDP caucus demands Oshiomhole’s immediate prosecution
The House of Representatives Peoples Democratic Party, PDP caucus has hailed the emergence of Senator Diri Douye as governor of…
Outrage as lawmakers reject made-in-Nigeria SUVs
Nigerians have taken to social media to criticise the members of House of Representatives over their refusal to endorse made-in…
Rowdiness, as Reps shoot down motion to evacuate Nigerians from Wuhan
There was rowdiness at the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers shot down a motion for the evacuation of…
Super Eagles must qualify for the world cup – House of Reps tasks NFF
The House of Representatives has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to ensure that the Super Eagles of Nigeria qualify…
Go, go! Nigerian Reps ask service chiefs to quit
The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously asked all the military service chiefs in the country to immediately resign or…
Ogun House of Reps re-run election to hold Jan. 25
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Jan. 25 conduct House of Representatives re-run election in three…
House of Reps set to stop ex-INEC officials from contesting elections
The House of Representatives is currently deliberating a bill to restrict former high-ranking officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Atiku to Reps: Rejection of 6-year tenure missed opportunity
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has expressed displeasure with the speed with which the six-year single term proposal…
Abuja-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan highways: Reps query Julius Berger
The House of Representatives has queried the construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, over the slow pace of work on…
NASS will help Nigeria become Africa’s military power house
The House of Representatives Committee on Defence, says the 9th National Assembly will work towards turning Nigeria into a military…