The House of Representatives will pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law by the end of the first quarter of March, the ad hoc committee...
The House of Representatives leadership and heads of security agencies in the country on Monday met behind closed-doors in Abuja. The meeting was presided over by...
The House of Representatives on Monday reacted to reports that it had approved the use of firearms by personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)....
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to order the arrest and prosecution of soldiers who attacked #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday night....
The House of Representatives has set a new date for the second reading of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2020. This was made known on Wednesday...
The House of Representatives has set in motion moves to compensate families of victims who died while protesting against the brutality meted out by operatives of...
The House of Representatives Wednesday approved a spending plan of N13.08 trillion for 2021 alongside the Fiscal Strategy Paper and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework of...
The House of Representatives has decried a situation where Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government would fail to implement aspects of budget for which funds...
A member of the House of Representatives, Teejay Yusuf has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of compounding the ‘woes’ of Nigerians with the recent hike...
The House of Representatives minority caucus on Wednesday condemned the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). The Petroleum Product Marketing Company, on...
Professor Wole Soyinka has kicked against supposed attempts by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and the National Assembly to return the National Water Resources Bill rejected by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership of the House of Representatives of patronising corruption. The party made the allegation...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended public hearings and other activities by its various committees till September 15 when the National Assembly resumes from annual...
The House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements has adjourned sitting for one week to enable members scrutinise documents already submitted to it by...
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has described the allotment of 30 out of the 1000 slots per local government to each...
The House of Representatives on Monday accused Nigerian government officials of too much desperation in signing loan agreements at any condition. The Chairman of the House...
The House of Representatives Thursday kicked against the failure of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to account for the $11 billion withdrawn from the Excess...
The Nigerian government may have ceded the nation’s sovereignty to China in the event of a default in loan agreements signed with the Asian country, the...
A House of Representatives investigative panel Tuesday invited central bank’s chief, Godwin Emefiele; Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami; Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman,...
A researcher, Kola Johnson, on Thursday told the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission...
The House of Representatives Tuesday reached a decision to undertake an inquiry into circumstances informing the abandonment of Niger State-based Baro Port worth N5.8 billion a...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the alleged mass resignation of soldiers from the Nigerian Army. At the plenary, the House unanimously adopted...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday began investigations into activities of the power sector with a view to repositioning the industry for better service delivery. The...
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, on Monday visited the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, ahead of Wednesday’s resumption of domestic flights. The federal lawmakers...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to flush out armed herdsmen invading communities in Enugu State. The House...
The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to probe the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) for allegedly operating a secret account in a commercial bank in the...
The House of Representatives on Monday queried documents prepared and presented to it by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMIDP), saying...
The leadership of the House of Representatives has congratulated the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzo Kalu over his prison experience. The Reps leaders told Kalu to...
Members of the House of Representatives Friday affirmed they would prevent the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from offering expatriates power contracts while ignoring eligible Nigerians...
Nigeria’s service chiefs have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the rising and worrisome insecurity situation in the country. The lawmakers want them to...
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday voted against a recommendation that those convicted for rape in the country should be castrated. This was as...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for $22.7 billion in foreign loans. The House approved the request after the lawmakers adopted...
The House of Representatives Tuesday implored President Muhammad Buhari to order the prosecution of security agents implicated in human rights abuses and killing of innocent Nigerians...
The Clerk of the House of Representatives, Patrick Giwa, said on Sunday the House would resume plenary on Tuesday Giwa said in a statement the guidelines...
A bill seeking the removal of the police, mining, and electricity from the Exclusive List to the Concurrent list scaled through second reading at the House...
A bill for the establishment of a development commission for the South-South region was on Wednesday passed for second reading at the House of Representatives. If...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday dismissed reports that it has suspended plenary for two weeks over the possible spread of coronavirus. The House said in...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account on Thursday queried the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Alhaji Mohammed Nami, over non-submission...
House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate some commercials banks over alleged illegal and excess charges on public and private accounts. The lower legislative chamber...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday said it will allow Nigerians to decide the fate of the bill seeking to confer immunity from prosecution for presiding...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare a state of emergency on the security situation in the country. The state...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday condemned the failure of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) to submit its audited...
The House of Representative on Tuesday rejected a motion to evacuate Nigerians living in China. Due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the South East...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday described as alarming the spate of insecurity in the country. The Chairman, House Committee on Media, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, stated...
The Oyo State High Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted the immediate-past Chief Whip of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Olafisoye Akinmoyede, of complicity in...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described criticism that the 9th Assembly was a rubber stamp to the executive as unfair. He insisted...
The House of Representatives on Friday approved the budget of the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) with the approval of the sum of N9.4billion for the completion...
A bill to amend the Constitution to allow the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to become members of the...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to probe alleged fraud of N2.3 billion in the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). The management of the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday described as a missed opportunity the House of Representatives’ rejection of the six-year single term proposal for president and...