Tag: house of representatives
Reps to increase funding for federal polytechnics in 2025 budget
The House of Representatives says it will increase the budgetary allocations for Federal Polytechnics in Nigeria in the 2025 budget.
The resolution followed the adoption...
Reps summon minister, contractors over poor implementation of project
The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Urban Development and Regional Planning, Ahmed Dangiwa, over the poor implementation of the Renewed Hope...
Reps speak on Bolt driver’s assault by member
The House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to allow due process of investigation to unfold the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault of a Bolt...
Ex-Reps member Farouk Lawan regains freedom after 5 years in prison
A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has regained freedom from Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja after serving a five-year jail...
Reps ask FG to reduce petrol, cooking gas prices
The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to reverse the recently increased prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol,...
Reps minority caucus condemns petrol price hike
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the recent increase in the price of petrol by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...
Reps summon UNIZIK VC over inappropriate spending
The House of Representatives has invited the acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in the Awka area of Anambra State, Prof. Carol...
Reps grill WAEC boss over N6bn deficit
The House of Representatives has quizzed the Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria, Josiah Dangut, over a...
Spokesman: Reps members earn N600,000 monthly not N900,000
The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, has disclosed that lawmakers earn N600,000 monthly as salary as against the N900,000 speculated.
Rotimi made...
‘You’ve 4 days to appear before us’: Reps summon EFCC chairman
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has given the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, till July...