Tag: House of Representatives
Nigeria’s Reps Speaker orders Sanusi Arrested
Nigeria’s House of Representatives speaker has threatened to order the arrest of the central bank chief and 14 others over…
Fixing Nigeria’s Bad Roads
When countries with deplorable road networks are called, Nigeria will be among the nations that occupy the front row seats.…
Capital Oil: Reps Wade In
Ifeanyi Ubah, Chairman of Capital Oil & Gas Limited takes his case to the House of Representatives The House of…
Reps Hembe, Azubuogu Re- Arraigned.
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday re-arraigned suspended chairman of the House of…
Faroukgate: Lawan Battles Otedola
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigerians’ hope of unraveling the truth behind the alleged demand and receipt of $620, 000 by…
Reps Fault Ministry On Budget Implementation
The House of Representatives Committee on Culture, Tourism and National Orientation in Abuja on Tuesday, faulted the Ministry of Culture…
No To Gays And Lesbians
Just like the Senate had done, the House of Representatives throws its support behind the prohibition of homosexuality and lesbianism…
Nigerian Reps vote for anti-gay bill
Nigerian lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday to approving a bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights, including…
Lagos Residents Speak On Constitutional Review
Residents in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, would gather tomorrow to discuss the planned constitutional review by…
Gbajabiamila heads Reps probe of Otedola-AMCON deal
The House of Representatives on Thursday has set up a nine-member committee to investigate the alleged payment of N140 billion…
Budget Speech: Reps ask Jonathan to keep off
The hope of early passage of Nigeria’s 2013 Budget was put in jeopardy Thursday as members of the House of…
Bankole’s Contract Scam Trial Stalled
The contract inflation scam trial of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole scheduled for Monday was stalled following…
Nigerian Reps move to stop super N5000
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja Nigeria’s House of Representatives this morning returned with a criticism of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the…
Rep Tasks FG on Help for Anambra Flood Victims
Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, who is representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency , Anambra State, in the House of Representatives, has described…
Reps Charges NIMASA On Performance
The House of Representatives Committee on Marine Transport has called on the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) to…
Why We Won’t Spare Jonathan —Adejare
Member of the House of Representatives representing Agege Federal Constituency at the House, Babatunde Adejare, in this interview, speaks on…
No Going Back On Jonathan’s Impeachment–Rep
A member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Samuel Adejare, has vowed that the House will not back-off from the…
Reps Should Drop The Greedy Idea
BY ODUNAYO JOSEPH The impetuous and derisive move by the House of Representatives to enact a law that would enable…
Budget: Reps warn Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala against breaches
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The House of Representatives today took a hard stance on the inability of the executive to implement the…
House starts move to amend Nigeria’s constitution
DESMOND UTOMWEN/Abuja The Bill for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was today presented…
Judge arrests House report on oil subsidy scam
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As the $620,000 subsidy probe’s bribery allegation rages, one of the oil marketers indicted by the…
Reps Hembe, Azubuogu must face trial, court rules
A Nigerian high court in the capital of Abuja has dismissed an application by former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee…
Nigeria loses $5billion to oil thieves
The managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mutiu Sumonu, on Tuesday in Abuja said that Nigeria is losing $5billion…
Farouk Lawan gets police bail
The police has granted bail to shamed Representative Farouk Lawan arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in a $620,000 bribery…
Nigerian House passes vote of confidence in Speaker
Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives has gotten the overwhelming endorsement of his colleagues. At the emergency plenary…
Nigerian Reps on trial challenge court’s power
Nnamdi felix/Abuja An Abuja High Court on Monday, adjourned till 2 July to deliver ruling on two separate applications filed…
80 per cent of Nigerian drivers ignorant of rules
Musa Sarkin-Adar, the Chairman House Committee on Transport, has expressed regret that 80 per cent of Nigerian drivers are ignorant…
Supreme Court Upholds Ogene’s Victory
The Supreme Court in Abuja on Monday, 14 May, dismissed the appeal instituted by Mr Chukwuka Onyema against the 29…
Fuel Subsidy Crooks Will Be Dealt With –EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has acknowledged its receipt of the report of the House of Representatives Committee…
Report of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy
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