House of Representatives

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday address a joint session of the National Assembly on efforts being made by his regime to address the security challenges being witnessed across the country, it has emerged. Lauretta Onochie,…

Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he has handed over his security aide, who shot a newspaper vendor dead in Abuja, to the Department of State Services for prosecution. He also revealed that the…

Nigerians have kicked against the call by the House of Representatives that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) personnel should carry guns. The Committee on FRSC made the demand on Thursday in Abuja when FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye…

House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said operatives of the service will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria. The Committee made the disclosure during the corps’…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has vowed not to sign off the 2021 budget if adequate provisions are not made for victims of police brutality within the last ten years. He said this while speaking during…

Kabir Muhammed Lawal, Legislative Assistant to a member of the House of Representatives, Mustafa Saidu from Adamawa State, has been caught on Friday breaking into the office of another lawmaker from Kano State, Kabiru Idris. Lawal, who…

Two members of the House of Representatives have on Wednesday dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Ephraim Nwuzi, representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in Rivers…

House of Representatives have raised an alarm over clauses conceding Nigeria’s sovereignty to China in a 2018 loan agreement. The clause described as “lethal” by the panel is in article 8(1) of the commercial loan agreement between…

Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has denied accusing members of the National Assembly of receiving 60 percent of the contracts at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila,…

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has accused the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh, of not participating in the mandatory one year programme of the National…

House of Representatives has ordered the arrest and probe the Acting Managing Director (MD) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, for what it described as ‘contempt of the legislature’.…

House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils sit for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The House made the call…

House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services has faulted the Federal government's decision to cancel the 2019/2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to the coronavirus pandemic. It…

House of Representatives has refuted circulating reports that over 50 lawmakers have tested positive for coronavirus. Reports that over 50 lawmakers have allegedly tested positive for COVID-19 have been in circulation on social…