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Mild drama on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday when two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Reps Zaphaniah Jisalo from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Ahmed Tijjani from Kogi State, who were...

House of Representatives said on Thursday that it is not yet time for Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin to resume just as he is yet to fulfil the major condition set for him before he could return to the House. The House had on September 28 last year suspended Jibrin for 181 legislative days. The House...

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has threatened to issue an arrest warrant against the chairman of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), TY Danjuma and the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFund), Abdulahi Bichi. The...

The House of Representatives will spend N6.1 billion on procurement of 360 Peugeot 508 for its members. The Nation reports that the cars will be purchased a unit price of about N17 million. The leadership of the House said no members would get more than a car, including the principal...

Members of the House of Representatives have reinforced the powers of the National Assembly to override the President of the Nigeria in the passage of Budget and other Bills passed into law should he withholds his assent for 30 days. The implication, if approved, means that the lawmakers can...

Commotion in the Houses of Representatives as members disagreed after the bill for the establishment of the South-East Development Commission was again stepped down. The bill was stepped down because the sponsor of the bill, Honourable Chukwuka Onyema, was said to be absent from plenary The...

A member of the House of Representatives, Garba Durbunde, who represents Sumaila/Takai federal constituency has been kidnapped, according to unconfirmed sources. PREMIUM TIMES reports that Mr. Durbunde was kidnapped along Kaduna- Jere road on Tuesday while on his way to Kano from Abuja ...

Members of the Committee on Public Procurement of the House of Representatives, Monday gave the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun a 24-hour notice to appear before it over alleged abuse and breach of the Procurement Act, 2001. The committee also walked out officials of the Finance Ministry led...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that his greatest fear is not political battles or controversies, but not leaving a lasting legacy which will impact positively on the lives of Nigerians. He made the revelation during an interview with NIGERIA NOW Magazine in...

SaharaReporters has posted an audio recording of a Member House of Representative, Danmazari Murtala from Musawa/Matazu Federal Constituency in Katsina threatening and denigrating a blogger over the phone. Listen to the audio below:

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has escaped death a car accident, but one of his outriders died, Vanguard learnt. Aminu Salisu, Police Sergeant and one of the outriders in the convoy of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, reportedly died...

Wives of members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives members have put up a newspaper advert for a two-day retreat for its members. They wives operate under the umbrella of House of Representatives Member's Wives Association of Nigeria. The retreat has as theme: Role of spouses of members...

The House of Representatives has threatened to issue warrant of arrest on the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele and the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris over oil licenses. According to the House, the threat is in respect of the sale of...

Members of the House of Representatives have strongly frowned at the ‎way the Nigerian government treated the victorious female national team, otherwise known as Super Falcons, who recently won the nations’ cup. The lawmakers strongly slammed the Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr. Solomon...

Suspended lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has reacted to the invitation by the House of Representatives, to appear before its Committee on Ethics and Privileges, over two fresh petitions received from members of his constituency and the National Youth Council. Members of his constituency in...

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo's words at the First Akintola Williams Annual Lecture has caused disarray between him and the lower chamber of the National Assembly. Obasanjo in his lecture titled: “Nigeria Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Governance and Accountability”,described the...

House of Representatives of Thursday hit back at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he is the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria. Recall that while delivering his keynote at the First Akintola Williams Annual Lecture, Obasanjo lashed at the Buhari administration for repeatedly lumping...

Nigerian lawmakers on Thursday threw out a bill seeking to make history a core learning subject in the nation’s primary and secondary schools. The proposed legislation was rejected by the House of Representatives after members raised concerns about the implication of a language in it. The...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately go after the promoters Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, otherwise known as ‘MMM’ in Nigeria. Lawmakers warned that the “trick” used by the operators was to...

A House of Representatives panel has threatened to issue arrest warrant against the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Hameed Ali over his failure to appear before it in person. The committee wants Ali to explain why the service paid the sum of N250 million to a firm...