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The House of Representatives yesterday exonerated three of its members from allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against them by the erstwhile United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle. Explaining the rationale behind the decision, Chairman of the Ethics and Privileges...

The House of Representatives has postponed resumption by one week its anticipated resumption. Recall that the lawmakers proceeded on their annual recess on July 20 and were scheduled to reconvene on September 13. According to PUNCH, the resumption date had been postponed by one week due to the...

At a time Nigerians are groaning under the yoke of recession, members of the National Assembly (NASS) comprising the Senators and Members of House of Representatives have received a total sum of N6.78 billion as their official salaries and allowances in one year, investigation by Economic...

The House of Representatives have postponed the hearing of three members of the House of Representatives accused of sexual misconduct. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, had petitioned the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, accusing some...

There is commotion at the house of representatives over admittance of Petroleum Minister, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu into the lower chamber, The Cable reports. Members of the house are divided over a motion to admit Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, into the green chamber. Kachikwu is...

House of Representatives Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed support for the removal of fuel subsidy. He argued that the government is left with no option but to take the decision in order to save the country’s economy from a total collapse. The lawmaker was one of the key participants...

The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education yesterday walked out the Nigerian Teachers Institute boss, Mr. Aminu Ladan Sarahu over poor presentation of his institute’s 2016 budget proposal. The committee headed by Rep Zakari Moham-med, APC, Baruten/ Kaima Federal Constituency...

The All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives clashed with their Peoples Democratic Party colleagues on Thursday over the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. According to PUNCH, Amaechi, who appeared before the joint Committee on Marine/Land Transport to...

The House of Representatives committee on public petitions would soon commence a probe into an alleged fraud of N88 million involving the United Bank for Africa (UBA). This followed a petition on the matter forwarded to the House by one Mr Eddy Onyenweuzo through Rep Obinna Chidoka (PDP...

Hearing is scheduled to commence tomorrow in the trial of the former chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, who allegedly accused of obtaining $620,000 bribe money from the chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola. A source at the Awomolo...

Eleven members of the All Prohgressives Congress at the lower chamber of the National Assembly have dragged Speaker Yakubu Dogara and the Clerk, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori to an Abuja Federal High Court seeking that the court “declares the new Standing Orders as null and void as well as...

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill meant to make broadcasting more competitive in the country through second reading, the Nation reports. The bill sponsored by Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnena Elendu- Ukeje is titled ” a bill for an Act to amend the...

Nigeria's House of Representatives resolved last Wednesday to investigate claims earlier in the month by Nigeria's inspector-general of police, Solomon Arase, that 90,000 police officers have been "lost" to the Boko Haram insurgency since 2011. "Based on the figure at disposal, we have 90,000...

The House of Representative has clarified its decision to censor social media in the country. The House says its call for censorship on social media is for telecommunications company to develop applications or softwares that will pull down all pornographic materials on Nigeria’s social media...