House of Representatives

Members of House of Representatives members have rejected castration as punishment for people convicted of rape. Hon James Faleke made the suggestion during a debate on Thursday on the motion of increased sexual violence against women…

American philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has denied allegations that he offered a $10 million bribe to the Nigerian House of Representatives to pass a controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill being…

House of Representatives has decided to resume plenary on Tuesday, after a five weeks break due to Coronavirus. The leadership of the House decided to resume in order to consider the review of the 2020 budget as requested by the…

Director-General of Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said the decision of the House of Representatives to suspend plenary for two weeks is needless…

Members of the House of Representatives has on Tuesday rejected a motion to evacuate Nigerians stranded in China, following the outbreak of Coronavirus. According to the lawmakers, who voted massively against the motion raised by the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the sum of N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The bill was passed after the adoption of the report by the ad hoc committee set up on the New Minimum Wage Bill presented to the…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, in Abuja, mandated its Committee on National Security and Intelligence to investigate the alleged missing 44 million dollars from the vault of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, today released 16 Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to elected members of the National Assembly from Rivers State. Three of the Vehicles are for Senators representing the State while 13 are for members…

Former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday sought the protection of the House of Representatives against alleged harassment by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The former President’s wife…

The bill to establish Christian Courts in Nigeria has passed the second reading at the Federal House of Representatives today. The bill in question seeks to provide for the establishment of an Ecclesiastical Court of Appeal in the…