House of Representatives

House committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, investigating allegations of non-remittance and ill practices by the shipping companies, revealed this at the investigative hearing in Abuja.

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, urged the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, to investigate, identify, arrest and prosecute its officers involved in the murder of Unwobudu Sydah.

The resolution was sequel to a motion by Hon. Frederick Agbedi at the plenary presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara, in Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Institute of Chartered Biochemist and Molecular Biologists of Nigeria Bill 2018, recently passed by the National Assembly.

The bill to prohibit the killing and exportation of Donkeys or its carcasses out of Nigeria on Tuesday passed second reading at the House of Representatives.

The Musician made the announcement at the debut convention of the Modern Democratic Party in Lagos.

The electoral umpire published 67 governorship candidates and their respective running mates at its office in Owerri, the state capital

The House of Representatives on Thursday commenced an investigation into alleged violation of the Electoral Act by political parties in the recently concluded primaries to choose candidates for the 2019 general election.

The National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday rejected the report of the House of Representatives, which indicted it of poor management of relief items meant for 16 states.

A Bill for an Act to make provision for retirement age of teachers in Nigeria and for related matters on Tuesday passed second reading at the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to deploy more troops to Zurmi and Shinkafi local government areas of Zamfara due to the increasing spate of insecurity in the affected areas.

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday acknowledged the receipt of the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper from President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife and son, by gunmen.

This followed a motion by Hon. Ahmed Safana at the plenary.

This was even as Senator Faseyi challenged his colleague representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Senator Biodun Olujimi, to come out openly to tell the whole world her role in the crisis rocking the PDP in the state, popularly known…

The tribute followed a letter by Hon. Segius Oguns and read by Speaker Yakubu Dogara, notifying the House of the demise of Anenih.

The lawmakers made their defections known in separate letters read by Speaker Yakubu Dogara on the floor of the house.

They dissociated themselves from the Saturday meeting of some stakeholders held at the instance of the Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi, which called for dissolution of the State Party Exco

The chairman of the committee, Hajia Aishatu Dukku, said this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.

Dogara said the Act when amended will accommodate trafficking courts, membership of the Board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.