Tag: House of Representatives
Reps urge INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days
The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30.
First Bank queried by House of Reps
The House also queried the First Bank management over allegation of breach of agreement on Cash on Transfer (CoT) charges…
ICYMI: Bobrisky, James Brown at risk of going to prison
The bill which was read for the first time on the floor of the House on Tuesday, April 5, seeks…
House of Reps probes excessive charges by banks
The House of Representatives is investigating alleged excessive charges on transactions by commercial banks in Nigeria.
Lawmakers move to secure automatic employment for first-class graduates
The House of Representatives has urged Federal Government agencies to consider first-class graduates for automatic employment when recruiting their members…
Reps to probe out-of-gas Lagos-Ibadan train saga
The House, therefore, resolved that an ad-hoc committee be set up to do a status inquiry of NRC and its…
Uromi bank robberies claimed 28 lives
Ogun raised a motion on the floor of the House that military and police personnel should be deployed in the…
Reps to probe serious corrupt activities in FERMA
He stated that FERMA which was set up to ameliorate suffering of Nigeria road users was alleged to be enmeshed…
Properties belonging to Lagos must be returned: Sanwo-Olu charges Reps
Sanwo-Olu said the committee must see Lagos as a beaten child that needs to be taken care of by ensuring…
Nigerian lawmakers reject bill stopping public officials’ children from foreign schools
Sergius Ogun (PDP- Edo) who sponsored the bill while leading debate on the floor of the house on Thursday in…
Deploy officers to Osun: House of Reps writes IGP, DSS
The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director-General, Department of State Security (DSS), and other…
House of Reps recommends immunity for Senate President, others
The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Reviews has recommended an immunity clause for the Senate President and the Speaker…
House of Reps adopts e-voting, drops ‘ayes or nays’
Voting on a number of motions was also done electronically on Wednesday to certify the system okay for the constitution…
Gbajabiamila fumes as Reps adjourn plenary abruptly
Gbajabimila said: "Clerk, this is a very serious matter and I'm going to hold you responsible and whoever is responsible…
Reps urge IGP to probe murder of 2 in Enugu community
The deceased were killed at Obosi in Anambra on the day that Mrs Chidinma Anyaegbunam was conducting the burial ceremony…
NYSC Trust Fund Bill passes 2nd reading in House of Reps
The bill, which seeks to provide a sustainable source of funds for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was sponsored…
Reps to investigate missing police firearms, ammunition
The House urged the committee on Public Account to establish the veracity of those allegations by conducting due diligence of…
Reps rescind decision on direct primaries
This followed the recommittal of the Bill at the House on Wednesday during plenary.
Reps to reintroduce Electoral Act Amendment Bill
The speaker said that the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill included many other provisions that would serve the country’s democracy well,
#EndSARS: Lai Mohammed lied, he should resign immediately
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to…
Reps mull N500bn increase in 2022 budget
The House of Representatives is considering an additional N500 billion increase in the proposed 2022 budget.
Reps make case for judicial workers
The House of Representatives has urged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to review the remuneration of judicial…
Supremacy battle: Reps hit back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence
The House of Representatives and the Senate have again engaged in a battle of supremacy over Bills sent for concurrence.
House of Reps leaves INEC to decide e-result or manual in Electoral Bill
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Electoral Act (Repeal/Re-enactment) Bill, 2021, after the full consideration of the report…
Reps warn Police: Chidinma Ojukwu must not die in custody
The House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Police to ensure that Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of the…
State Police bill passes second reading
A Bill for an Act to provide for state police in Nigeria, on Tuesday scaled second reading at the House…
Reps reject lifting of Twitter suspension in Nigeria
The House of Representatives has rejected the lifting of the suspension placed on social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria.
Reps task FG to beef up schools’ security
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to beef up security around schools across the country in…
Reps condemn continuous casualisation of workers
The House of Representatives has condemned the continued casualisation of workers and the degrading treatment meted out to them by…
Twitter ban: PDP lawmakers walk out on Gbajabiamila
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives staged a walkout Tuesday over the…