Yar’Adua: House in Rowdy Session
[Thisday | March.03.2010]
Another rowdy scene ensued in the House of Representatives yesterday over issues surrounding the sudden return of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to the country... [Learn more]

Corruption: House ‘Kills’ Asset Forfeiture Bill
[Thisday | February.25.2010]
Nigeria’s anti-corruption crusade suffered a major setback yesterday as the House of Representatives threw out a bill seeking to provide a legal framework for the seizure, management and forfeiture of property acquired through unlawful activities... [Learn more]

House Probes N64bn Abuja Airport Runway Contract
[Thisday | February.24.2010]
The House of Representatives will today commence debate on allegations of contract inflation in respect of the N64 billion (about USD$421m) second runway project at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja... [Learn more]

House Seeks Udoma’s Resignation from SEC
[Thisday | February.24.2010]
The House of Represen-tatives Committee on Capital Market has petitioned the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, urging him to order Senator Udoma Udo Udoma to resign as Chairman of the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)... [Learn more]

House: ‘Why Section 144 Amendment Bill Failed’
[Thisday | February.23.2010]
The House of Represen-tatives yesterday gave an insight into the circumstances that led to the failure of the bill seeking an amendment to Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution when it was brought for second reading last week. It also hinted that the house may not be favourably disposed to concurring with the Senate on the bill if the upper chamber eventually passes it... [Learn more]

House:Amendment of Section 144 to Be Re-introduced
[Thisday | February.22.2010]
A bill to amend Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution, which was thrown out last week after a voice vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, will be re-introduced, THISDAY has learnt... [Learn more]

House Considers Bill on Settler, Indigene Squabble
[Thisday | February.22.2010]
In an effort to reduce to the barest minimum the recurring ethno-religious crises in the country, the House of Representatives will soon commence consideration on a bill seeking to make it mandatory for state governments to consider persons other than their bona fide citizens as indigenes of the states... [Learn more]

Housing: Civil Servants Petition Presidency over Alleged N10bn Fraud
[Thisday | February.22.2010]
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has alleged the diversion of N10b meant for disbursement as housing loans for civil servants, and has petitioned Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to investigate the matter... [Learn more]

House: Group Warns Trouble Makers
[Thisday | February.19.2010]
The Nigeria Youth Awareness Initiatives yesterday issued a stern warning to those purportedly trying to cause disaffection in the House of Representatives, saying the Nigeria Youth would not hesitate to march on the National Assembly if the move is not checked... [Learn more]

House Rejects Intervention in Edo Politics
[Thisday | February.19.2010]
The House of Representatives yesterday kicked against a motion seeking the federal parliament’s intervention in the recent suspension of some chairmen of local government councils by the Edo State Government over alleged acts of corruption and abuse of office... [Learn more]

Yar’Adua: House Bid to Limit Power of Cabinet Fails
[Thisday | February.19.2010]
Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution is proving difficult to amend. The Section vests in the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF) the power to initiate the process of removing a President from office on the ground of permanent incapacitation... [Learn more]

House Moves to Boost Investment in Refineries
[Thisday | February.18.2010]
ABill seeking to compel existing and prospective oil producing companies in the country to commit a substantial portion of their investment into the development of refineries yesterday scaled through the Second Reading... [Learn more]

House: NNPC Has Disappointed Nigerians
[Thisday | February.17.2010]
House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (downstream), led by its Chairman, Hon. Clever Ikisikpo, yesterday told management of the Kaduna Refinery and officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that they have disappointed Nigerians due to their inability to ensure that the four refineries in Nigeria are working... [Learn more]

N’Assembly Resolution: Battle Shifts to Court
[Thisday | February.17.2010]
With the way the Federal High Court Abuja presided over by Justice Dan Abutu handled the litigations arising from President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s long absence from the country, many Nigerians are anxiously waiting to see how the same court would handle the two suits challenging the resolution passed by the National Assembly which culminated in Vice President Goodluck Jonathan becoming the Acting President of the country, writes Davidson Iriekpen... [Learn more]

House Probes Federal, State Govts over Foreign Loans
[Thisday | February.16.2010]
The House of Representatives will today commence an investigative hearing on the alleged indiscriminate procurement of foreign loans by the Federal and State Governments during the current political dispensation... [Learn more]

Yar’Adua: House Commends Armed Forces
[Thisday | February.16.2010]
House of Representatives Committee on Defence yesterday commended the Nigeria Armed Forces for its loyalty and support towards the sustenance of democracy in the country throughout the recent power vacuum saga and constitutional crisis arising from President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua's prolonged absence from the country.... [Learn more]

Reps Task Contractors on S’East Roads
[Thisday | February.16.2010]
Members of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Works have ended their inspection visit to the South East federal roads with an appeal to the contractors handing various road projects in the zone to speed up the work before the rains set in... [Learn more]

Why we lifted Jonathan, by Rep
[Guardian | February.15.2010]
AGITATIONS by Nigerians on the whereabouts of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua despite obvious opposition to the call for a debate on the state of the nation compelled the National Assembly to reluctantly pass the resolution that empowered Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to serve as Acting President... [Learn more]

House Moves to Rescue Power Firm
[Thisday | February.12.2010]
The House of Represen-tatives yesterday expressed concern over the haphazard funding of the Niger-Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) and urged defaulting state governments to redeem their outstanding contributions to the company.... [Learn more]

We won't drop Akunyili's petition, Reps insist
[Guardian | February.12.2010]
THE Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition, Cyril Maduabum, yesterday declared that the parliament could only drop its investigation into the petition filed by Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, against her Special Duties counterpart, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, only if Akunyili decided to "formally withdraw" it... [Learn more]

Order of preference splits Reps
[Guardian | February.12.2010]
THE House of Representatives was yesterday divided over a report of the chamber seeking to work out an order of preference for the three arms of government during public functions... [Learn more]

Boko Haram: House Probes Aljazeera’s Video Clips
[Thisday | February.11.2010]
The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Joint Committee on Police Affairs, Human Rights and Justice to investigate the authenticity of video clips showing alleged extra judicial killings of unarmed civilians in the wake of the infamous Boko Haram sectarian crisis in Maiduguri, Borno State... [Learn more]

Senate, House Move to Empower VP
[Thisday | February.09.2010]
The two chambers of the National Assembly have perfected plans to pass a resolution to begin to receive executive communications from Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan as acting President pending the return of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua... [Learn more]

Yar’Adua: Why House Killed Vacation Letter Motion
[Thisday | February.09.2010]
The promise of sundry political carrots including automatic tickets in the 2011 parliamentary elections has been fingered as the real reason behind the rejection of last Wednesday’s motion seeking to compel President Umaru Musa Yar Adua to transmit a vacation letter to the National Assembly to enable Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assume the position of Acting President in line with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution.... [Learn more]

Reps probe naval plane crash
[Guardian | February.08.2010]
INDICATIONS emerged at the weekend that the House of Representatives is set to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent crash of a Nigerian Navy helicopter in the Niger Delta. Four naval officers on board the helicopter died in the crash.... [Learn more]

Speaker Wants Nigeria Removed from List
[Thisday | February.07.2010]
Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Tunji Odeyemi, yesterday urged the United States of America to urgently de-list Nigeria from the list of the terrorist countries, noting that the botched attempt to bomb a US-bound aircraft by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is not enough to put the nation in that category.... [Learn more]

Yar Adua: House Moves to Amend Section 145
[Thisday | February.05.2010]
Following the constitutional crisis arising from the absence of President Umar Musa Yar Adua the House of representatives yesterday intensified moves to amend the controversial Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution to set a time frame within which a president or governor must notify the parliament of leave of absence to enable his vice or deputy steer the ship of state.... [Learn more]

House Probes Sale of Nigerian House in New York
[Thisday | February.05.2010]
The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora to investigate the circumstances under which the Nigerian House in New York, United States was sold.... [Learn more]

Section 145: House Backs Yar Adua
[Thisday | February.04.2010]
It was a rowdy session yesterday at the House of Representatives as lawmakers traded verbal tackles in the long awaited debate on the power vacuum controversy arising from the long absence of President Umar Musa Yar Adua from the country.... [Learn more]

House Summons IG over Jos Crisis
[Thisday | February.03.2010]
The House of Repre-sentatives Committee on Police Affairs yesterday said it has invited the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo as part of its efforts to investigate the alleged partiality exhibited by some policemen deployed to Jos, Plateau State in the wake of the recent religious crisis.... [Learn more]

Rep opposes alleged plot to impeach Yar'Adua
[Guardian | February.02.2010]
A MEMBER of the House of Representatives representing Uyo Federal Constituency, Bassey Etim, has condemned the alleged plot to impeach President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, pleading that they should follow the issue with caution.... [Learn more]

200 Reps sign up for acting president's motion
[Guardian | January.29.2010]
OVER 200 members of the House of Representatives have endorsed a document which would be presented as a motion demanding that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan be made acting President of the country... [Learn more]

House Probes States on LG Administration
[Thisday | January.29.2010]
The House of Represen-tatives yesterday mandated its Joint Committee on States and Local Government, Justice and Electoral Matters to urgently investigate the appointment of Local Government Caretaker Committees in some states in the country... [Learn more]

Rep opposes alleged plot to impeach Yar'Adua
[Guardian | January.27.2010]
A MEMBER of the House of Representatives representing Uyo Federal Constituency, Bassey Etim, has condemned the alleged plot to impeach President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, pleading that they should follow the issue with caution... [Learn more]

Why Reps did not debate Yar'adua's health, by lawmaker
[Guardian | January.27.2010]
AN explanation has come on why the House of Representatives on Monday did not hold further discussions on the health status of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua... [Learn more]

Yar Adua: House Names Six-man Delegation to S’Arabia
[Thisday | January.22.2010]
Barely one week after it announced plans to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to visit President Umaru Musa Yar Adua, the House of Representatives has named a six-man team that will undertake the trip to ascertain the president’s true state of health... [Learn more]

House Probes N6bnTractor Sale
[Thisday | January.22.2010]
The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Agriculture, to investigate the planned sale of 1,000 tractors and accessories valued at about N6billion... [Learn more]

Jonathan, Mark, Bankole, Ogbulafor, Others in Crucial Meeting
[Thisday | January.20.2010]
Top Federal Government officials, including Vice President Goodluck Jonathan; Senate President, David Mark; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, and National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor held a crucial meeting yesterday at the Presidential Villa with all of them keeping mum over the issues discussed at the meeting... [Learn more]

House Mandates Ad hoc C’ttee to Probe Crisis
[Thisday | January.20.2010]
In a swift response to yet another violent sctarian crisis in Jos, Plateau State, the House of Representatives yesterday mandated its ad hoc committee, which probed the last violence in the Tin City to get back to work and unravel the remote and immediate causes of the current violence in which several people have been reportedly killed and several others rendered homeless... [Learn more]

House Endorses Mass Sack in Banks
[Thisday | January.20.2010]
The House of Representatives yesterday endorsed the current mass purge in the banking sector in which several commercial banks have sacked thousands of their workers allegedly to shed excess weight and keep afloat... [Learn more]

Anambra Guber Poll: Speaker Urges INEC to Get It Right
[Thisday | January.18.2010]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole has joined many highly placed politicians in the country to call for transparent and successful election in Anambra State, which is generally seen as a test case for the 2011 general election in the country... [Learn more]

Reps okay panel to meet U.S. over terror list
[Guardian | January.15.2010]
TO prevent the country's image from suffering further dent as a result of the alleged failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a United States of America-bound aircraft, the House of Representatives yesterday mandated a panel to probe the circumstances of the action with a view to getting the details.... [Learn more]

Speaker Wants Nigeria Removed from List
[Guardian | January.07.2010]
Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Tunji Odeyemi, yesterday urged the United States of America to urgently de-list Nigeria from the list of the terrorist countries, noting that the botched attempt to bomb a US-bound aircraft by Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is not enough to put the nation in that category... [Learn more]

Reps mourn, extol Maryam Babangida's virtues
[Guardian | December.28.2009]
SOME members of the House of Representatives have described the death of Mrs. Maryam Babangida as unfortunate and shocking.... [Learn more]

$43m Contract: House Report Indicts Total Nigeria
[Guardian | December.28.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement has indicted Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNI) over the award of contracts worth $43million in its Akpo Oil Field Development Project, to a foreign firm, Oceaneering International, instead of Tilone Nigeria Limited, an indigenous firm... [Learn more]

N' Assembly laments bad roads, poor budget execution
[Guardian | December.22.2009]
THE terrible state of Nigerian roads came under klieglight again yesterday with the House of Representatives accusing the Ministry of Works of tardiness in the efforts to fix them... [Learn more]

We Won’t Submit Report to You, EFCC Tells House
[Guardian | December.22.2009]
Chairman, Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri has said her commission is not obligated to submit quarterly report to the House Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial crimes, National Assembly... [Learn more]

Reps suspend budget defence by EFCC, insist on transparency
[Guardian | December.21.2009]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may be heading for a collision with the House of House of Representatives as the lawmakers have accused the anti-fraud agency (EFCC) of lacking transparency and have suspended indefinitely the commission's appearance to defend its 2010 budget proposal... [Learn more]

Reps Assures Prompt Passage Of Constitutional Amendment Bill
[Guardian | December.20.2009]
House Committee Chairman on the National Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Pat Asadu, at the weekend, re-iterated the commitment of the House to a quick resolution of the issues pertaining to the Constitutional Amendment Bill... [Learn more]

Reps threaten to revoke contract for Customs headquarters
[Guardian | December.18.2009]
THE dream of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to have a befitting secretariat for itself may not be realised soon as the House of Representatives has threatened to revoke the contract for the construction of the N2 billion headquarters building awarded to D&B Limited owing to poor handling... [Learn more]

House Cautions on Rising Debt Profile
[Thisday | December.18.2009]
Stakeholders in various sectors of the Nigerian economy yesterday expressed concern over the growing external borrowing and worsening debt profile of the country. They warned that Nigeria may soon relapse to its pre-2005 status when it was heavily indebted to the London and Paris Club of creditors... [Learn more]

Reps to probe hospital's budget
[Guardian | December.17.2009]
THE House of Representatives Committee on Health yesterday promised to probe allegations of non-release of N157 million appropriated in this year's budget for the construction of the administrative complex of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu... [Learn more]

House, BPE Chief Clash over 2010 Budget
[Thisday | December.17.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation yesterday threw caution to the winds in its engagement with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)... [Learn more]

Reps query NTA boss over U-17 World Cup contract
[Guardian | December.15.2009]
THE House of Representatives yesterday queried the Director-General of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Musa Magawatta, for allegedly hurriedly awarding contracts for the upgrading of equipment in preparation for the just concluded FIFA Under-17 World Cup hosted by the country... [Learn more]

Speakers task N'Assembly on new revenue allocation bill
[Guardian | December.14.2009]
SPEAKERS of states' legislatures in the country rose on Saturday from their 2009 last quarter conference in Umuahia, Abia State capital, decrying the delay in the passage by the National Assembly of the new revenue allocation bill. They also expressed concern over the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua... [Learn more]

House Seeks Removal of FCT Minister
[Guardian | December.11.2009]
The House of Rep- resentatives yesterday brought the Federal Capital Territory Administration under intense scrutiny as lawmakers decried the poor sanitary condition and decay of social infrastructure in the Federal Capital City of Abuja and its satellite towns... [Learn more]

Reps want Borno CP removed over corps member's death
[Guardian | December.10.2009]
APPARENTLY enraged by what it called poor handling of the investigation into the recent gruesome murder of Miss Grace Ushang, a National Youth Service Corps member, by the Borno State Police Command, members of the House of Representative yesterday called for the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police in the state... [Learn more]

Reps void proposed N45b loan from World Bank
[Guardian | December.10.2009]
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday passed a motion voiding the proposed $300 million (about N45 billion) loan from the World Bank... [Learn more]

H.I.D Awolowo commends Bankole
[Thisday | November.30.2009]
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, was at the weekend commended by Chief H.I.D Awolowo for his untiring efforts in uniting the Yoruba race from different political persuasions... [Learn more]

House Probes NITEL, MTEL Privatisation
[Guardian | November.30.2009]
The House of Represen-tatives Committee on Privatisation has commenced investigations into the repeated but unsuccessful sale of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and its mobile subsidiary, Mobile Telecommun-ications Limited (MTEL)... [Learn more]

Bombs Abandonment: Senators, Rep Urge FG To Intervene
[Guardian | November.29.2009]
FOLLOWING threat by a firm, RSB Holdings, to abandon bombs and explosives excavated in about eleven states affected by the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, some Senators and House of Representatives members, at the weekend, sought Federal GovernmentÕs intervention to settle the disagreement between the firm and the Ministry of Defence... [Learn more]

MDAs divert N3.3tr, says Reps panel
[Guardian | November.24.2009]
THE House of Representatives committee on finance which investigated revenue collection by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) has come up with a damning report which showed that a total sum N3.3trillion generated by them was not remitted to government coffers... [Learn more]

Rep laments dearth of community radio
[Guardian | November.24.2009]
A MEMBER of the House of Representatives, Lanre Agoro, has regretted Nigeria's slow take to community radio to educate its citizens when countries like Guinea, Ghana, Mali and a host of other African countries had already latched unto the broadcast concept for development purposes... [Learn more]

House Endorses Sanctions Against Despots
[Thisday | November.24.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday endorsed the imposition of sanctions on undemocratic governments in the West African sub-region, saying African leaders must summon the moral authority to caution leaders whose actions continue to undermine the continent’s strives for an enduring democratic culture... [Learn more]

Yar’Adua in Frantic Move to End Senate-House Feud
[Thisday | November.20.2009]
Yar’Adua in Frantic Move to EnPresident Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was making frantic efforts last night to resolve the supremacy battle between the Senate and the House of Representatives as fears of a prolonged dispute on the passage of the 2010 budget gripped the Presidency... [Learn more]

Senate, House Rivalry Threatens 2010 Budget
[Thisday | November.19.2009]
The Senate and the House of Representatives were poised yesterday for a fresh face-off as both houses said they would not sit in joint session outside their respective chambers for the purpose of receiving President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s 2010 budget... [Learn more]

Confusion as House Ratifies $500m World Bank Loan
[Thisday | November.19.2009]
There was confusion yesterday as the House of Representatives ratified the $500 million World Bank loan facility obtained by the Federal Government earlier in the year. The row came following an allegation that the Federal Government recently obtained another loan facility amounting to $300 million without seeking the approval of the parliament... [Learn more]

House Links Bad Roads To Budget Delay
[Thisday | November.15.2009]
House of Representatives has blamed the deplorable state offederal roads on a wrong budget cycle punctuated by delays in presentation and passage of the Appropriation Act every year... [Learn more]

Succession Crisis: National Assembly Bureaucracy Still Messy
[Guardian | November.15.2009]
THE engine of the National Assembly bureaucracy appears unhealthy, as the Clerk of the NASS, Alhaji Nasiru Arab had proceeded on leave after giving notice of retirement over one month ago; yet, the National Assembly Service Commission has failed to appoint a substantive Acting Clerk... [Learn more]

House to Probe Mission Buildings’ Sale in Washington
[Thisday | November.14.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday vowed to probe the sale of Nigerian embassy buildings in Washington DC, United States. It said further that it might become necessary to conduct a public hearing on the matter to ensure that it got to the root of the matter... [Learn more]

‘Bankole, Deputy Didn’t Buy 18 Bulletproof Vehicles’
[Thisday | November.09.2009]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, has denied a report that he and the House Deputy Speaker bought 18 bullet proof vehicles... [Learn more]

House Shelves Electronic Voting
[Thisday | November.07.2009]
The House of Re-presentatives yesterday said Nigeria cannot afford to adopt the electronic voting system now because of the high level of illiteracy amongst the electorate, the challenge of epileptic power as well as the huge cost implications inherent in the project... [Learn more]

House in Rowdy Session over State of the Nation
[Thisday | November.06.2009]
Decorum was thrown to the wind yesterday as a debate on the "State of the Nation" gave way to chaos, pitting honourable members of the House of Representatives against one another... [Learn more]

House Tackles BPE over Kaduna Fertiliser Plant
[Thisday | November.06.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation yesterday accused the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) of condoning acts of illegality in the privatisation of the Federal Super-Phosphate Fertiliser Company Limited, Kaduna... [Learn more]

Bankole: Civil Servants Frustrate Budget Implementation
[Thisday | November.04.2009]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday blamed the lingering problem of poor budget implementation on the civil service. He also accused Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of sabotaging the collective efforts of the executive and the legislature to ensure delivery of dividends of democracy... [Learn more]

Reps express worry over 6,000 megawatts target
[Guardian | November.04.2009]
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed concern over the attainment of 6,000 megawatts of electricity supply in the country at the end of the year as promised by the government of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua... [Learn more]

Bankole Expresses Concern over House
[Guardian | November.03.2009]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday said that his greatest worry now is about the stability of the House after the 2011 general election, saying everything should be done to retain the capacity built under his leadership in order not to allow everything they have achieved to go down the drain... [Learn more]

Reps protest killing of Nigerians in Italy, may order probe
[Guardian | November.02.2009]
WORRIED by the unending killing of Nigerians in foreign countries, the House of Representatives may tomorrow (Tuesday) debate a motion seeking to compel the Italian government to investigate the alleged murder of a Nigerian, Emmanuel Ngozichukwu Ajoku Benedict, by the Italian police... [Learn more]

House panel faults expenditure framework
[Guardian | November.02.2009]
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the House of Representatives appear set to clash over appropriation-related matters as the chamber at the weekend faulted some elements of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework the Presidency sent to the National Assembly.. [Learn more]

Deregulation Face-off: N'Assembly Intervenes
[Thisday | November.02.2009]
As fuel queues resurfaced in some parts of the country in anticipation of the take-off of the planned deregulation of the downstream oil sector, House of Representatives Speaker Dimeji Bankole has said the National Assembly will intervene in the seeming face-off between the Federal Govern-ment and Labour on deregulation... [Learn more]

How to check kidnapping, improve police welfare, by Reps
[Guardian | October.30.2009]
THE House of Representatives yesterday began a move to stem the incidence of kidnapping in the country, advocating life sentence for culprits. The chamber, which held a second reading of the bill on the crime, also called on the Federal Government to sack the current management of Ajaokuta Steel Complex in Kogi State... [Learn more]

House Queries N1bn Technical Audit Project
[Thisday | October.30.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday raised questions over the fate of the one billion naira earmarked in the 2009 Appropriation Act for the conduct of a technical audit at the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. It also condemned in strong terms the alleged “massive looting” of equipment and property at the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, both located in Kogi State... [Learn more]

House Seeks Life Jail for Kidnappers
[Thisday | October.30.2009]
In response to the growing insecurity across the country occasioned by the activities of kidnappers, the House of Representatives yesterday voted in favour of a bill prescribing a life jail term for any person who indulges in the crime of kidnapping and hostage taking... [Learn more]

Budget 2010: House May Jack Up Benchmark to $60
[Thisday | October.29.2009]
As lawmakers commence preliminary consideration of the Medium term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Proposal of the Federal Government preparatory to the presentation of the 2010 Appropriation Bill, there are strong indications that the House of Representatives may raise the benchmark price of oil to sixty dollars... [Learn more]

House begins Probe of NPA Property Sale
[Thisday | October.29.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Marine Transport yesterday set up a seven-member ad hoc -committee to investigate the allegations of sharp practices in the sale of properties belonging to the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) between 31st January 2006 and 31st January 2009. It was gathered that most of the controversial property sales took place during this period... [Learn more]

Bankole wants equity in Nigeria, S'Africa relations
[Guardian | October.29.2009]
CITING lopsidedness, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has called for a balance between Nigeria and South Africa in the area of socio-economic relations.... [Learn more]

Reps may give President deadline on budget
[Guardian | October.28.2009]
DELAYS associated with the Presidency's late presentation of the yearly national budget for consideration yesterday dominated debates in the House of Representatives... [Learn more]

Bankole, Zuma canvass full legislative powers for African Parliament
[Guardian | October.28.2009]
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and South African President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, have canvassed full legislative power for the Pan African Parliament (PAP), as a means of promoting good governance, the rule of law and democracy in Africa...[Learn more]

NNPC: House Probes Oil Importation Cartel
[Thisday | October.28.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday said it will conduct investigations into the allegations of corruption involving a cartel operating in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC)... [Learn more]

A’Court Sacks House Member
[Thisday | October.28.2009]
After three years of litigation, the Court of Appeal in Abuja, yesterday sacked a House of Representatives member, Prince Albert Abiodun Adeogun, on account of his unlawful nomination for the 2007 general election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)... [Learn more]

2010 Budget:Executive-Legislature Row Looms
[Thisday | October.27.2009]
There were indications yesterday that the passage of the 2010 budget may suffer delay on account of a likely row between the Executive and the National Assembly over provisions for subheads under proposed recurrent and capital ... [Learn more]

N’Assembly’s Sack Threat Triggers Budget Row
[Thisday | October.26.2009]
There is disquiet in the Ministry of Health over the implementation of the N4 billion budget for Midwifery Service Scheme (MSS) contained in the 2009 Appropriation Act... [Learn more]

Bankole: FG Will Cushion Effects of Deregulation
[Thisday | October.26.2009]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday said that the Federal Government had put in place measures to cushion the effects of deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry on Nigerians... [Learn more]

Reps okay local content bill
[Guardian | October.23.2009]
THE House of Representatives yesterday passed the local content bill aimed at increasing the participation of indigenous oil firms in the oil and gas sector... [Learn more]

Reps, Libyan deportees deplore illegal migrations
[Guardian | October.22.2009]
THE House of Representatives has assured of its commitment to intensify efforts aimed at discouraging Nigerians migrating en masse to other countries... [Learn more]

Reps move to privatize railways operations
[Guardian | October.22.2009]
WORRIED by the parlous state of the nation's railway system, the House of Representatives yesterday began a move that will see private investors play key roles in the revitalisation of the sector.... [Learn more]

Senate decries media attacks on graft, may oppose Reps' bid for legislative immunity
[Guardian | October.22.2009]
THE Senate has expressed concerns over the level of attack against politicians in the media regarding their alleged involvement in corrupt practices... [Learn more]

Reps to probe CBN over sack of bank chiefs
[Guardian | October.21.2009]
THE hurricane sweeping through the nation's banking sector may linger more as the House of Representatives yesterday mandated a panel to carry out a thorough investigation of alleged corruption in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the N620 billion bail-out provided by the apex bank for some of the banks with non-performing loans... [Learn more]

Reps berate Osotimehin as workers, pensioners protest over unpaid N6b severance benefits
[Guardian | October.21.2009]
IN a manner akin to a vote of no confidence in him, the House of Representatives yesterday threatened to recommend the sack of the Minister of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, for allegedly failing to implement the multi-billion naira Primary Health Care projects in the country for which financial allocations have been made... [Learn more]

House: 14 Banks in N28bn Property Scam
[Thisday | October.21.2009]
House of Representatives yesterday said it had uncovered a N28 billion scam involving 14 commercial banks charged with the responsibility of receiving payments in respect of the lease and sale of Federal Government landed property across the country... [Learn more]

GAT: House Orders Parties to Maintain Status Quo
[Thisday | October.20.2009]
House of Representatives yesterday directed Federal Government to suspend further action on the controversial handing over of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos until the dispute surrounding it is resolved amicably... [Learn more]

N’Assembly, BPP Differ over Budget Implementation
[Thisday | October.20.2009]
There was disagreement yesterday between Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and the National Assembly over budget implementation. While BPP said its efforts had improved budget implementation and performance, the National Assembly expressed concerns about torrents of complaints by ministries, departments and agencies that the BPP was responsible for delay in implementation of their budgets... [Learn more]

Yar'Adua, N'Assembly frets over poor pace of '09 budget
[Guardian | October.20.2009]
THE National Assembly, worried about the performance of the 2009 budget, has again held talks with President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on the way to expedite action on some of the projects contained in the budget... [Learn more]

House Probes Missing N4.9bn Sugar Fund
[Thisday | October.15.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Industries has commenced probe into the N4.9billion National Sugar Development Council Fund said to be missing... [Learn more]

House Halts New Land Charges in Abuja
[Thisday | October.14.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday ordered the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Alhaji Adamu Aliero to stop forthwith the implementation of the 900 per cent increase in land charges in Abuja... [Learn more]

Shagari, Bankole, Slyva, others chart path to peace in N'Delta
[Guardian | October.14.2009]
HOW to sustain the fresh peace initiative in the Niger Delta facilitated by the Federal Government's amnesty was the common thread that ran through the proposals of leaders as they met at Arewa House, Kaduna yesterday... [Learn more]

Constitution Review: ‘House Report Ready Before Dec.’
[Guardian | October.13.2009]
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, yesterday said that the report of the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee reviewing the 1999 constitution would be ready before the end of the yea... [Learn more]

N'Assembly chief, Arab, tenders retirement letter
[Guardian | October.13.2009]
AFTER a week characterised by tension, underhand power play, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Nasir Arab, threw in his pre-retirement leave letter yesterday, ending weeks of tension and speculations... [Learn more]

Rep raises hope on 6,000 megawatts target
[Guardian | October.13.2009]
THE Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Eseme Eyibo, has expressed the hope that with the success of the amnesty programme, the Federal Government's target of 6,000 megawatts by the end of this year will be achieved... [Learn more]

49th Independence Anniversary: Kumuyi's Homily Of Uncomfortable Truths
[Independent | October.12.2009]
Adherents know General Superintendent of the Deeper Bible Life Church, William Kumuyi, as a great, astute teacher of the Word of God who does not dabble into secular matters... [Learn more]

Senate: Amended Constitution Ready Before 2011 Polls
[Thisday | October.12.2009]
The 43-member senate committee on the review of the 1999 constitution rose from a two-day retreat in Kaduna yesterday with assurance to Nigerians that an amendment constitution would ready for use before the 2011 general elections... [Learn more]

Rep wants media to immortalise Mahmoud
[Guardian | September.29.2009]
A MEMBER of the House of Representatives, from Oyun/Offa/Ifelodun Federal Constituency, Kola Yusuf has urged the Nigerian media to immortalise the former Chief Operating officer of The Independent Newspapers Limited, Doyin Mahmoud who died about a week ago... [Learn more]

Marketers petition N'Assembly, NNPC over oil, gas concession
[Guardian | September.29.2009]
THE concession the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) granted Oando Plc to sell both petrol and liquefied petroleum gas, otherwise known as cooking gas, in its outlets is causing ripples in the industry, as the National Association of LPG Marketers has petitioned the National Assembly and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the matter... [Learn more]

House May Probe Obasanjo’s Privatisation Programme
[Thisday | September.24.2009]
Following the recent revocation of the sale of Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) by the Federal Government over alleged non-adherence to due process, the House of Representatives appears set to commence a full scale investigation of the privatisation programme conducted by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) during the regime of former President , Chief Olusegun Obasanjo... [Learn more]

Yar'Adua, Bankole, Fashola, others mourn Ohu
[Guardian | September.24.2009]
MORE tributes have continued to pour in following the gruesome murder of The Guardian's Assistant News Editor, Bayo Ohu, as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday described the late Ohu as a 'nice chap' "who carried himself well and earned the respect of all who knew him."... [Learn more]

Bankole seeks consecutive tenure for lawmakers
[Guardian | July.27.2009]
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has joined in the call for consecutive tenure for members of the legislative chambers across the nation, stating that the arrangement was desirable for the growth and stability of the nation's democracy... [Learn more]

Bankole leads PDP team for Ekiti senatorial re-run
[Guardian | July.27.2009]
HOUSE of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, has been appointed by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to lead a campaign team to Ekiti State for re-run election in Ekiti North senatorial district... [Learn more]

House asks Yar’Adua to Stop Further Foreign Loans
[Thisday | July.24.2009]
The House of Represen-tatives yesterday urged President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to order an immediate halt to further foreign loans until the circumstances leading to Nigeria’s current debt burden of $3.6 billion was made clear to the nation.... [Learn more]

NACA, Reps panel set Dec. 2010 deadline for states on AIDS agency
[Guardian | July.24.2009]
THE National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) and the House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have given states that have not upgraded their State Action Committee on AIDS (SACA) to an agency December 2010 deadline to do so or become ineligible to receive grants or funds from the World Bank... [Learn more]

How due process hinders MDGs, by Reps panel
[Guardian | July.24.2009]
IN line with its oversight function, the House of Representatives Committee on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has faulted the use of the Due Process Office in accessing funds meant for the MDG programmes in the country... [Learn more]

N’Assembly Forum Promises State Creation Before 2011
[Thisday | July.23.2009]
Some members of Senate and House of Representatives, acting under the aegis of Forum of Members of National Assembly for Creation of States, assured yesterday that there would be creation of more states before the 2011 general elections... [Learn more]

S’East: House Summons IG over Insecurity
[Thisday | July.23.2009]
Security situation in the South-east geopolitical zone dominated debates on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday as lawmakers from the region and their sympathisers took turns to condemn the spate of armed robbery, kidnapping and politically motivated killings in that part of the country... [Learn more]

Yar'Adua reshuffles cabinet, Reps insist on full budget
[Guardian | July.15.2009]
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday swapped the portfolios of four members of the Federal Executive Council, just as the House of Representatives, after a heated session yesterday resolved to " reject the claim by the Executive that the budget can not be fully implemented on account of inadequate funding; that the House insist that in line with president's mantra of strict adherence to the rule of law, the 2009 Appropriation Act must be complied with to the letter, failing which the House will invoke the relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution."... [Learn more]

Budget: House Threatens to Impeach Yar’Adua
[Thisday | July.15.2009]
The long standing row between the Presidency and the House of Representa-tives hit a crescendo yesterday as the lawmakers threatened to commence impeachment process against President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua over his alleged poor and selective implementation of the 2009 Appropriation Act... [Learn more]

Strikes: House Summons Egwu, Osotimehin, Akunyili
[Thisday | July.10.2009]
Following the multiple industrial unrest that has gripped three key sectors of the Nigerian economy namely, education, health and information, the House of Representatives yesterday summoned the ministers in charge of education, health and information and communication, Dr. Sam Egwu, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin and Professor Dora Akunyili... [Learn more]

House in Closed-door Session on Jos Crisis
[Thisday | July.10.2009]
House of Representatives, yesterday, went into a crucial executive session over an alleged breach of the privilege of some principal officers as there was palpable tension at the commencement of the day’s proceedings in the chambers... [Learn more]

Product Diversion: House Grills PPMC, 27 Others
[Thisday | July.09.2009]
House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the activities of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its subsidiaries yesterday grilled top officials of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and 27 oil marketing firms over allegations of fraudulent diversion of crude oil and refined products in the last ten years... [Learn more]

‘N’ Assembly MDAs Owe N27bn as Tax’
[Thisday | July.09.2009]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said yesterday that as at end of last year, the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC), Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) amongst other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as the National Assembly had not remitted a total of about N72 billion in Personal Income Tax (PIT) deductions, Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Rax (WHT)... [Learn more]

Constitution: Protests as House Adopts Procedures
[Guardian | July.06.2009]
ARGUING that their constituency projects had already been included in the 2009 Appropriation, members of the House of Representatives at the weekend stuck to their guns on the implementation of all projects captured in this year's budget... [Learn more]

Constitution: Protests as House Adopts Procedures
[Guardian | July.06.2009]
THE three-month time frame stipulated in the 1979 Electoral Act for the conclusion of electoral cases in courts may be restored in the proposed electoral reforms. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, disclosed this at the weekend and said that the team, which worked out the 2006 Electoral Act could not address the issue following the position of the Supreme Court that pinning the courts down in terms of timing would not guarantee fair hearing to all concerned... [Learn more]

Constitution: Protests as House Adopts Procedures
[Thisday | July.06.2009]
The House of Represent-atives has warned that the Nigerian economy which largely depend on crude oil exports may witness a major shrink in five years time unless the Federal Government aggressively pursue a policy of diversification of its source of revenue... [Learn more]

Constitution: Protests as House Adopts Procedures
[Thisday | July.06.2009]
The whereabouts of the $4.44 billion dividends which accrued to the Federal Government in respect of its investments in the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Project is now a subject of disagreement between the House of Representatives and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)... [Learn more]

Constitution: Protests as House Adopts Procedures
[Guardian | July.03.2009]
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday set the stage for the amendment of the 1999 Constitution when they agreed on modalities for undertaking the exercise... [Learn more]

House Probes $1.2bn Oil Bloc Proceeds
[Thisday | July.03.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts yesterday raised an alarm that about $1.2 billion which accrued to the Federal Government in respect of the 2005 oil bloc bid round had not been remitted to the appropriate accounts and could not be traced... [Learn more]

Reps summon Total, others over local content violation
[Guardian | June.29.2009]
CITING an alleged breach of contract in line with the local content policy of the Federal Government, the House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement may have summoned French oil firm, Total Upstream Nigeria Limited (TUPNL)... [Learn more]

House Queries Embargo on New Contracts
[Thisday | June.26.2009]
The House of Represen-tatives yesterday queried Wednesday’s decision by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to suspend fresh contract awards and threatened to pass a “vote of no confidence” on any Minister who fails to attain at least 70 per cent implementation of the 2009 Appropriation Act by the end of the third quarter... [Learn more]

House Seeks Help for 10,000 Nigerian Girls in Morocco
[Thisday | June.26.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora is to liaise with relevant government agencies and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to rescue some 10,000 Nigerian teenage girls trapped in Morocco and Libya... [Learn more]

House: SGF Stalling Implementation of 12.5% Salary Increase for Pensioners
[Thisday | June.25.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Pensions has blamed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed, for the non implementation of the 12.5 per cent salary increase for pensioners... [Learn more]

House Debates Budget Implementation Today
[Thisday | June.25.2009]
The House of Representatives will today commence a mid-term assessment of the implementation of the 2009 Budget to ascertain to what extent President Umar Yar’Adua had complied with the Appropriation Act... [Learn more]

House: Impeachment Plot Flops
[Thisday | June.25.2009]
It was an anti-climax yesterday as the House of Representa-tives resumed from its long recess with the two-week old plot to impeach three of its principal officers crumbling like a pack of cards... [Learn more]

Deputy Clerk of N'Assembly asks court to dismiss suit on his employment
[Guardian| June.16.2009]
AHEAD of hearing a suit instituted by a legal practitioner at a Federal High Court, Abuja Division, challenging his eligibility to serve in the Nigerian public service, Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Oluyemi Ogunyomi, yesterday filed an interlocutory application, praying the court to dismiss it... [Learn more]

House Leader Denies Graft Allegation
[Thisday| June.16.2009]
House of Representatives Leader, Honourable Tunde Akogun, has absolved himself of any wrongdoing in the handling of the N200 million released to him in respect of the House Retreat held in Uyo and Kano early this month... [Learn more]

June 12: Bankole Attributes Success to Electoral Conduct
[Thisday| June.15.2009]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, has attributed success of the June 12, 1993 election to the conduct of Nigerians across all the zones... [Learn more]

Retreat: Nwuche Hails House, Urges Cohesion
[Thisday| June.15.2009]
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chibudom Nwuche, has commended the leadership and members of the House of Representatives for the recent celebration of ten years of uninterrupted representative democracy... [Learn more]

Reps restate commitment to constitution review
[Guardian | June.11.2009]
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday rose from a three-day retreat restating their commitment to the planned amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The legislators may also have decided to transfer some powers from the Federal Government to the state and local governments in the proposed constitution review... [Learn more]

Reps panel accuses NNPC of $2.69b fraud
[Guardian | June.11.2009]
FOR yet an unsavoury reason, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is in the eye of the storm. The ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the activities and operations of the NNPC and its subsidiaries yesterday accused the oil sector regulatory behemoth of defrauding the country of over $2.69 billion between 1999 and 2009... [Learn more]

House: FG Loses $1.87bn to Oil Price Manipulation
[Thisday | June.11.2009]
The House of Represen-tatives Ad hoc Commit-tee probing the operations of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its subsidiaries yesterday alleged that Nigeria lost about $1.87billion between 2004 and 2007 due to manipulation of prices of crude oil exported by the country... [Learn more]

Budget: House to Ensure Adequate Implementation
[Thisday | June.11.2009]
House of Representatives has stressed the need for adoption of effective budgeting procedure that will ensure adequate implementation and clear impediments associated with inefficient budget... [Learn more]

House Marks 10 Years of Unbroken Democracy Today
[Thisday | June.04.2009]
The House of Represen-tatives will today roll out the drums in commemoration of ten years of sustained legislative democracy in Nigeria. The lower chambers will also roll out the red carpet for its past leaders, as they join the House of Representatives in a special sitting in the hallowed chambers... [Learn more]

N'Assembly fails to resolve crisis over constitution review panel
[Guardian | June.04.2009]
AN effort by the leadership of the National Assembly to salvage the Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR) was again deadlocked on Tuesday night, as the body of principal officers of both Houses were unable to resolve the controversy over the body... [Learn more]

Reps lament salary cut, query NNPC, Total over $43m contract
[Guardian | June.04.2009]
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives yesterday expressed displeasure over the reduction in their salaries by the bureaucracy of the National Assembly without any prior official notification.... [Learn more]

2009 Budget: Yar’Adua, House Face-off Deepens
[Thisday | June.03.2009]
The face-off between President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the House of Representatives over the implementation of the 2009 budget is far from being over as yesterday’s meeting between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and House leadership ended in a stalemate.... [Learn more]

Smoke Out Militants Professionally, House Tells JTF
[Thisday | June.03.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday tactfully renewed it support for the ongoing military operations in the Niger Delta but advised the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) to exercise caution in its campaign to flush out the militant groups to avoid collateral damage in the region.... [Learn more]

Reps probe foreign firms over discrimination in employment
[Guardian | June.03.2009]
FOLLOWING complaints, the House of Representatives yesterday mandated its panel to investigate foreign firms in the country that discriminate against Nigerians in their employment policy... [Learn more]

How to deepen democracy, by Rep, ALGON chief
[Guardian | June.03.2009]
MEMBER representing Uyo Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State, Bassey Etim and Chairman, Etinan Local Council, Kenetth Okon, have recommended a triumvirate alchemy of passionate repulsion for graft by Nigerians, transparency and accountability in governance as prerequisite for the entrenchment of democratic norms in the country... [Learn more]

N’Delta: Defence Chiefs Brief House Today
[Thisday | June.02.2009]
Following last week’s decision by the leadership of the House of Representa-tives to probe the allegations of war crimes levelled against the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) on its recent operations in the Niger Delta, Minister of Defence, Dr. Shettima Mustafa, will today brief members of the House Committees on Defence, Army, Navy, Air Force and Police Affairs... [Learn more]

Rep emerges African Parliament's first VP
[Guardian | June.02.2009]
CHAIRMAN, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Bethel Amadi, has been elected as first Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament. Amadi and others were on Thursday last week elected during the 11th ordinary session of the continental parliament in Midrand, South Africa... [Learn more]

Power contract scam: Elumelu, others get bail
[Sun | June.02.2009]
Temporally freedom came the way of the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Power, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu and nine others who are standing trial over alleged N5.2 billion rural electrification scam as an Abuja High Court Judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko granted them bail in the sum of N50 million and two sureties each in the like sum... [Learn more]

Senate, House in Last Effort to Revive JCCR
[Thisday | June.01.2009]
Senate is making last ditch effort to revive the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review (JCCR). Activities of the Committee had been stalled since January 16, due to disagreement between the Senate and the House of Representatives over designation of positions... [Learn more]

Budget Dispute: N’Assembly Ready for Truce
[Thisday | June.01.2009]
There are hopes that the dispute between the executive and legislative arms of government over the non-implementation of the 2009 Budget will soon be settled... [Learn more]

N’Delta: House Makes U-Turn, Summons Service Chiefs
[Thisday | May.28.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday made a tactical change in its approach to the ongoing military onslaught in the Niger Delt... [Learn more]

House Fails to Reconcile Dangote, Otedola
[Thisday | May.28.2009]
The House of Representatives Committe e on Capital Market yesterday failed to broker peace between business moguls, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola, over alleged manipulation of the shares of African Petroleum Plc... [Learn more]

House Queries N900m Science Ministry Overhead Vote
[Guardian | May.27.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday raised questions on the alleged bloated overhead budget as opposed to capital projects in the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology... [Learn more]

Forum calls for suspension of Bankole, Na‘Allah
[Punch | May.27.2009]
Delegates to the second All Niger Delta Peoples Assembly on Tuesday called for the suspension of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and a member, Mr. Bala Ibn Na‘Allah, over their utterances on the region‘s crisis... [Learn more]

Sale of embassy buildings: Reps, Maduekwe in war of words
[Punch | May.27.2009]
A meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs went awry on Tuesday as both sides engaged each other in a war of words over the sale of Nigerian embassy buildings in Washington DC, United States... [Learn more]

Speakers Seek Financial Autonomy for Legislature
[Thisday | May.26.2009]
The Conference of Presiding Officers of Nigerian Legislatures (COPON) has recommended the adoption of first line charge to the Consolidated Revenue of the Federation (CRF) for the Legislature to enhance power separation and bring about its.”... [Learn more]

Bankole, Akpabio Insist on Military Action
[Thisday | May.26.2009]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Godswill Akpabio, yesterday endorsed the ongoing military campaign to rid the Niger Delta of hostage takers, kidnappers and other criminal elements operating in the region... [Learn more]

AC, IPA condemn Reps over Niger Delta face-off
[Punch | May.23.2009]
The Action Congress and the Ijaw Peoples‘ Assembly, on Friday, condemned the position of the House of Representatives on the military offensive in the Niger Delta, describing it as ”infantile and reckless.”... [Learn more]

Delta Caucus Regrets House’s Resolution on N’Delta
[Thisday | May.23.2009]
House of Representatives caucus members from Delta State have regretted support for the motion for military option against the militants... [Learn more]

Reps back military operation in N’Delta
[Punch | May.22.2009]
The House of Representatives on Thursday backed the ongoing military operation against militants in the Niger Delta. Describing the activities of the militants as “pure criminality”, the House asked the Federal Government to give the JTF the necessary support to maintain law and order in the oil-rich region... [Learn more]

Budget: Yar’Adua, House May Clash Again
[Thisday | May.20.2009]
The relative harmony between the House of Representatives and the Executive may be punctured today as House members appear set to tackle President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua over his allegations that the National Assembly inserted some projects into this year’s budget which is partly affecting its implementation... [Learn more]

Reps move to loosen Presidency’s grip on EFCC
[Punch | May.20.2009]
The Gbong Gwom Jos, Buba Gyang, on Tuesday shunned the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise investigating the poor performance of the statutory duties of the Nigeria Customs Service... [Learn more]

Customs probe: Gbong Gwom shuns Reps’ panel
[Punch | May.20.2009]
The Gbong Gwom Jos, Buba Gyang, on Tuesday shunned the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise investigating the poor performance of the statutory duties of the Nigeria Customs Service... [Learn more]

House Seeks Autonomy for Customs
[Thisday | May.18.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise (NCS) has canvassed for autonomy for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to facilitate efficient service delivery... [Learn more]

Budget row: N60bn constituency projects not negotiable — Reps
[Punch | May.18.2009]
The stage appears set for a prolonged budget row between the House of Representatives and President Umaru Yar’Adua as the House has said it is not prepared to compromise on implementation of the N60bn constituency projects contained in the 2009 budget... [Learn more]

Reps probe alleged selective implementation of 2009 budget
[Punch | May.14.2009]
WORRIED by what they described as selective implementation of the 2009 Budget, the House of Representatives yesterday mandated the standing committees on Finance and Appropriation to investigate the quantum of money earned by the country between January and May this year as well as the amount of money so far released from the 2009 Appropriation... [Learn more]

Reps criticise Yar’Adua over poor implementation of 2009 budget
[Guardian | May.14.2009]
With the year almost half spent, the House of Representatives on Wednesday scored the administration of President Umaru Yar‘Adua low marks on the implementation of the 2009 budget... [Learn more]

Indicted Reps to face the law, says Bankole
[Guardian | May.14.2009]
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday said that House Committee members found guilty of offences should face the law of the land as they are human beings like all other persons... [Learn more]

Yar’Adua seeks N’Assembly’s approval to lend Sao Tome and Principe N1.45bn
[Punch | May.14.2009]
President Umaru Yar’Adua has asked the Senate to approve a $10m (about N1.45bn) loan to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe to assist the country in addressing some socio-economic problems... [Learn more]

Why Senate, House of Reps remain divided over constitution review
[Guardian | May.13.2009]
THE visit of the President of Finland, Mrs. Tarja Halomen, to Nigeria last March was a thing of joy to both countries, but it also threw up an ugly side that will cause the Federal Government to spend more time and money on the review of the 1999 Constitution... [Learn more]

EFCC files 159-count charge against Elumelu, others
[Guardian | May.13.2009]
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday preferred a 159-count charge against some federal legislators and others for alleged complicity in the N6 billion contract scam currently rocking the rural electrification agency... [Learn more]

Constitution review: Senate, House no longer on warpath — Reps
[Punch | May.11.2009]
The House of Representatives said on Sunday that it was no longer on the war path with the Senate over the review of the 1999 Constitution as both chambers had the same agenda of serving the collective interests of Nigerians... [Learn more]

N5bn electricity scam: We won’t interfere with EFCC’s investigations — Reps
[Punch | May.08.2009]
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, said it would not interfere with the investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission into the alleged N5.2bn rural electrification contracts scam... [Learn more]

N’Assembly to release transport probe report soon
[Punch | May.07.2009]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory Appropriation, Senator Kola Bajomo, on Tuesday said the National Assembly would soon make some revelations of the probes into the transport sector where millions of naira were allegedly spent without results... [Learn more]

Alleged N5bn scam: EFCC arrests senator, trails three Reps
[Punch | May.07.2009]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arrested the Senate Committee Chairman on Power, Mr. Nikolas Ugbane, over an alleged N5.2bn contract scam... [Learn more]

House Probes N29bn Fuel Import Scam
[Thisday | May.06.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) yesterday said it had launched investigations into an allegation that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and some importers of petroleum products in the country short-changed the Federal Government in a fuel importation deal... [Learn more]

Why Reps stopped planned takeover of Ogun House, by Bankole
[Guardian | May.04.2009]
THE House of Representatives has dropped its plan to take over the Ogun State House Assembly as stability has returned to it and it has begun sitting, according to Speaker, Dimeji Bankole... [Learn more]

House’ll Not Take over Ogun Assembly – Bankole
[Thisday | May.04.2009]
Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Dimeji Bankole, yesterday said the House of Representatives will no longer take over legislative functions of Ogun State House of Assembly... [Learn more]

Reps probe $24m vessel overhaul contracts
[Punch | Apr.29.2009]
The House of Representatives has begun a fresh probe into suspected irregularities in the award of multi-million dollar contracts for the repair of one of Nigeria ‘s major oil storage... [Learn more]

Ekiti: Yar’Adua meets security chiefs, Mark, Bankole, others
[Punch | Apr.28.2009]
President Umaru Yar’Adua on Monday held a high powered meeting with top security chiefs and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Maurice Iwu, over the political impasse in Ekiti State... [Learn more]

Power probe: Ad hoc committee to submit report on Wednesday
[Punch | Apr.27.2009]
Lawmakers will reconvene on Tuesday (tomorrow) after the Easter break, a day before the committee will lay the report. The seven-man committee, which is headed by the Deputy Whip of the House, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, was set up on March 19, to review the report following disagreements among lawmakers over the content of the eight-volume document... [Learn more]

Tafa, Okiro, Waziri to Face House C’ttee
[Thisday | Apr.24.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on Police Affair will invite the Former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, the current Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mrs Farida Waziri to explain how the N16 billion allegedly recovered from Balogun got missing.... [Learn more]

House panel may order arrest of Otedola, others over AP shares scandal
[Guardian | Apr.23.2009]
PIQUED by alleged levity with which its invitations in the ongoing investigation of reported manipulation of African Petroleum (AP) share price at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have been treated, House Committee on Capital Market and Institutions yesterday issued its final summons to Chief Executive Officer, AP Plc, Femi Otedola and Director-General, NSE, Ndidi Okereke-Onyuike, to appear before it or risked being compelled to... [Learn more]

Court to Hear Suit against N’Assembly April 29
[Thisday | Apr.21.2009]
Does the National Assembly have the constitutional power to make rules of procedure for Election Petition Tribunals and the Court of Appeal? This is one question a Federal High Court is set to unravel as it has fixed April 29, 2009 for hearing in the suAit filed by a Lagos pro-democracy, constitutional and human rights law group, the Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) against the National Assembly... [Learn more]

Surveillance Camera Installed in Lawmakers’ Offices
[Thisday | Apr.20.2009]
Surveillance camera have now been installed in private offices of members of the House of Representatives. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) revealed that the House leadership recently installed the camera, to complement the CCTV in the complex... [Learn more]

Reps' members urge federal presence in Zaki-Biam
[Guardian | Apr.17.2009]
EIGHT years after invading soldiers destroyed Zaki-Biam in Benue State, three members of the House of Representatives have called for federal presence in the area to heal the wounds inflicted on the people by the troops... [Learn more]

House committee hails Nigerians abroad
[Punch | Apr.17.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs has congratulated a Nigerian diasporan, Mr. Jelani Aliyu, who has recorded a major break through in the automotive industry in the United States with the design of a state of the Art Electric Car titled “Chevy volt”... [Learn more]

NDDC board: Reps ask Yar’Adua to consult stakeholders
[Punch | Apr.16.2009]
The House of Representatives has advised President Umaru Yar’Adua to consult with various stakeholders before making new appointments into the board of Niger Delta Development Commission... [Learn more]

Ogun crisis: We are working with Senate to take over Assembly – Reps
[Punch | Apr.16.2009]
The House of Representatives insisted on Wednesday that it would go ahead and take over the functions of the Ogun State House of Assembly if it was still unable to sit as a result of the political crisis in the state... [Learn more]

Reps seek review of trade pacts with foreign partners
[Guardian | Apr.15.2009]
ALL trade agreements between Nigeria and other countries of the world may soon undergo a review, if a bill before the National Assembly in this regard is endorsed... [Learn more]

Reps to review criminal justice system
[Guardian | Apr.15.2009]
A REVIEW of Nigeria's criminal justice system aimed at decongesting the prisons and ensuring speedy adjudication of matters has begun in the House of Representatives... [Learn more]

House May Revisit NERFUND, BoI Merger
[Thisday | Apr.14.2009]
As part of the renewed efforts to reposition Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) in Nigeria, the House of Representatives may revisit the merger of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) and the Bank of Industry(BoI)... [Learn more]

House Set to Make Laws for Ogun State
[Thisday | Apr.14.2009]
As the ultimatum given Ogun State House of Assembly to resolve its differences and resume sitting expires today, the House of Representatives has renewed its threat to take over the legislative functions of the state legislators... [Learn more]

Ekiti rerun: Bankole seeks intervention of Yoruba elders
[Punch | Apr.11.2009]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has called for the intervention of Yoruba elders to forestall a breakdown of law and order during the April 25 re-run governorship election in Ekiti State... [Learn more]

Govt Must Avert Anarchy In Ekiti, Says Bankole
[Guardian | Apr.11.2009]
POLITICAL actors from different camps in Ekiti State and the South-West zone yesterday spoke on their game plan for re-run governorship election in the state... [Learn more]

Bankole Vows to Prevent Emergency Rule in Ekiti
[Thisday| Apr.11.2009]
Ahead of the April 25th governorship re-run election in Ekiti State, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Oladimeji Bankole yesterday said he would do everything in his position to ensure that violence does not escalate to the extent of imposing emergency rule in the young state... [Learn more]

House Seeks Recapitalisation of Devt Banks
[Punch | Apr.09.2009]
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Power, Mr. Ndudi Elumelu, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to stop playing politics with the power sector and get to work on its promise to deliver 6, 000 megawatts of electricity by December this year... [Learn more]

House Seeks Recapitalisation of Devt Banks
[Punch | Apr.09.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs investigating the alleged poor performance of the Nigerian Customs Service, on Wednesday, threatened to issue a warrant for the arrest of the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Buba Gyang... [Learn more]

House Seeks Recapitalisation of Devt Banks
[Thisday | Apr.08.2009]
The House of Representatives yesterday disclosed plans to push for the recapitalisation of Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) in the country to ensure that they were healthy and able to respond to the country's developmental needs especially at this time of global meltdown... [Learn more]

Election results: Tribunals prove opinion poll right
[Punch | Apr.07.2009]
A renowned market research outfit, RMS International, on Monday, said that the various verdicts of the election petitions tribunals on the contentious 2007 election had vindicated its projection of the election in less than two years... [Learn more]

House Intervenes in AP, Dangote Feud
[Thisday | Apr.06.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market has concluded plans to commence investigations into the alleged manipulation of the share price of African Petroleum (AP) Plc...[Learn more]

Reps panel okays NPA's 2009 budget
[Punch | Apr.06.2009]
THE House of Representatives Committee on Marine has said it is satisfied with the 2008 budget performance of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and has consequently endorsed the agency's 2009 budget estimates... [Learn more]

PDP, Bankole under fire ... over call for deployment of soldiers in Ekiti
[Punch | Apr.06.2009]
The Peoples Democratic Party and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, on Sunday, came under heavy criticisms over their insistence on the deployment of soldiers in Ekiti State for the April 25 rerun governorship election in the state... [Learn more]

Ogun speaker, Oseni differ on Reps’ intervention
[Punch | Apr.06.2009]
The warring parties in the crisis rocking the Ogun State House of Assembly have expressed divergent views over the intention of the House of Representatives to intervene in the indefinite adjournment of the sittings of the House... [Learn more]

Power probe: Reps’ review panel may recommend dumping of Elumelu’s report
[Punch | Apr.03.2009]
There were indications on Thursday that a fresh panel that the House of Representatives set up to review the power probe report might call for dropping substantial parts of the recommendations or the entire report... [Learn more]

Reps tell BPE to remit privatisation proceeds promptly
[Punch | Apr.03.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation has urged the Bureau of Public Enterprises to ensure that it remits the proceeds from the sale of public enterprises to the national treasury promptly.... [Learn more]

Ogun: Reps threaten to take over Assembly functions
[Punch | Apr.03.2009]
The political crisis in Ogun State took a new twist on Thursday as the House of Representatives threatened to take over the functions of the state House of Assembly... [Learn more]

N’Delta: House Decries Exodus of Oil Firms
[Thisday | Apr.03.2009]
House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta yesterday expressed concern over the security situation in the Niger Delta region and the relocation of several oil firms from the oil rich region.... [Learn more]

PDP, ANPP, AC oppose bill on internal democracy
[Punch | Apr.02.2009]
Major political parties in the country, including the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party and the Action Congress, on Wednesday opposed a bill before the House of Representatives seeking to promote internal democracy within the 50 registered political parties... [Learn more]

House Orders Probe of Customs Operations
[Thisday | Apr.02.2009]
House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to investigate activities of the Nigeria Customs Service, to ascertain circumstances surrounding seizure of hundreds of motor vehicles by officers and men of the Service in various cities across the country... [Learn more]

Reps summon SGF over non-compliance with Fiscal Responsibility Act
[Punch | Apr.01.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance has summoned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, to appear before it and explain why President Umaru Yar’Adua had not inaugurated the Fiscal Responsibility Commission... [Learn more]

Lawmakers may shun N60b constituency fund
[Guardian | Apr.01.2009]
FOLLOWING insinuations in some quarters that senators and House of Representatives members planned to share N60 billion under the guise of constituency projects, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Ayogu Eze, has stated that none of the country's 469 lawmakers will touch a kobo of the money... [Learn more]

House Summons SGF over Budget Implementation
[Thisday | Apr.01.2009]
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, was yesterday summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Compliance, over failure of the Federal Government to comply with provisions of the Fiscal... [Learn more]

MDAs spend N70bn yearly on printing –Reps
[Punch | Mar.31.2009]
Federal Government’s ministries, departments and agencies spend over N70bn yearly to print letter heads, receipts and other documents, the House of Representatives Committee on Information and Orientation, said on Monday in Abuja... [Learn more]

‘Power probe report: Stop toying with the destiny of Nigerians’
[Punch | Mar.31.2009]
The Civil Society Legislative Centre, a non-Governmental Organisation, has warned members of the House of Representatives to stop playing games with the destiny of Nigerians in their consideration of the Mr. Ndidi Elumelu committee’s report on the power sector probe... [Learn more]

Revenue from NigComSat can exceed oil proceeds — Reps
[Punch | Mar.31.2009]
The House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology has said that proceeds from satellite communications could upturn proceeds from oil and gas if the country invested not only in the provision of satellite backbones but also in the entire spectrum of science and technology... [Learn more]

Reps, AG query use of N199bn ecological funds
[Punch | Mar.30.2009]
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee and the Auditor-General of the Federation are battling with the Ecological Funds Office to account for how it spent N146.594bn since 2002... [Learn more]

N2.3bn car scandal: Keyamo drags Reps to court
[Punch | Mar.30.2009]
A lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has dragged the House of Representatives before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged indictment of documents forgery concerning N2.3bn cars for members.Keyamo made this known during an interview with our correspondent in Lagos on Sunday... [Learn more]

Lawmakers to Consider Bill on Metallurgical Institute
[Thisday | Mar.28.2009]
The House of Representatives has expressed readiness to consider a Bill for an Act to give legal backing to the operations of the Nigerian Institute of Metallurgy, Onitsha, Anambra State. The Institute established about 25 years ago is said to have been facing serious challenges over its legal status... [Learn more]

House Condemns Overseas Medical Trips
[Thisday | Mar.28.2009]
The House of Representatives has decried the culture of affluent Nigerians seeking medical services overseas. It said the tr