House of Representatives

The leadership of House of Representatives, on Saturday, said it would hold emergency plenary, next Monday. This is not unconnected with plans by airline operators to shutdown the airspace over high cost of aviation fuel. The notice…

The lawmaker representing Oron Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Nse Ekpenyong, is dead. Hon. Ekpenyong, 58, reportedly died, on Saturday. Chairman of Mbo Local Government Area, Asuqwo Eyo, confirmed the death…

Ayodele Olalere The dream of the Speaker of House of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to bag a chieftaincy title in the ancient town of Oyo has gone down the drain following the  death of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi…

Wole Adedeji, Ilorin No less than eight members in the cabinet of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State have resigned their appointments to contest into seats in the House of Representatives, next year. They were, however,…

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has assured that oil and gas exploration is still on course in Keana Local Government Area of the state. Governor Sule gave the assurance when he attended the empowerment programme organised by…

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Wase, on Wednesday, declined a meeting with senior military officers who were at the National Assembly to represent their principals. The meeting with the Service Chiefs had…

The House of Representatives has urged federal ministries, departments and agencies to give automatic jobs to First Class graduates from tertiary institutions. This followed the adoption of a motion by Hon. Chinedu Emeka Martins who…

The House of Representatives ad-hoc Committee on the recovery of outstanding N2.6 trillion debts owed the Federal Government by Oil and Gas companies has demanded evidence of taxes, royalties and levies paid by the companies. Hon.…

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chaka Akaai Benjamin, has passed away. Benjamin died in his hometown, Zaki-Biam in Benue State on March 9, aged 81. The former speaker served less than three months in office from…

Razaq Bamidele The motion moved by a member, House of Representatives, Hon. Jimoh Abdulraheem Olajide representing Lagos Mainland Federal constituency on the urgent need to regulate the Point of Sale (POS) business operations in Nigeria,…