Tag: house of representatives
Electoral Act: Reps move to override Buhari’s veto over statutory delegates
A member of the House of Representatives, Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta), has moved a constitutional point of order, urging the House to override President Muhammadu...
N130m NDDC contract kickback lands Etteh in EFCC net
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a...
First Bank responds to Reps query on N94bn Customs revenue
The management of First Bank of Nigeria has explained the commission charged on over N94.345 billion revenue collected on behalf of Nigeria Customs Service...
Reps summon Sylva, NNPC GMD over state of refineries
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating the state of refineries in Nigeria has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Minister of State for...
2023: Banky W joins PDP, declares House of Reps ambition
Award-winning Nigerian singer, Olubankole Wellington, well known as Banky W, has announced his ambition to contest for House of Representatives seat in the 2023...
Evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine begins Wednesday ― FG
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, has said that the first batch of the air-lifting of Nigerians from Ukraine would commence on Wednesday.
The...
Adulterated petrol: Reps grill Emadeb-led consortium, narrows probe to Brittania-U
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), on Tuesday, grilled Emadeb Energy Services Limited, the lead of the Emadeb/Hyde/AY Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium, over...
Buhari to NASS: Approve N2.557trn for subsidy, delete inserted projects
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the National Assembly to approve N2.557 trillion for subsidy payment on petroleum products.
The amount covers from June to...
Ritual killings: Fix Nigeria, don’t blame Nollywood, Yul Edochie replies House...
Popular Nigerian actor, Yul Edochie, has responded to the House of Representatives’ indictment that Nollywood should be partly blamed for the increase in the...
Gbajabiamila fumes, adjourns plenary over absence of Order Paper
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly over absence of the order paper for the...
