The aggrieved legislative aides have already forwarded a petition to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the development
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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has distanced the electoral body from buying of votes from the electorate, revealing that politicians insert money in sandwich on election day to buy votes.
President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Monday said vote buying is a threat to the nation’s democracy.
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to use the recovered funds from the Abacha loot to fund the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi.
The spokesman of the house, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas, made this know at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Hon. Lovette Idisi at the plenary on Thursday.
The House of Representatives Committee on the Nigerian Navy on Wednesday said it would ensure the Navy is adequately funded to discharge its constitutional roles and responsibilities.
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Gabriel Onyieawife, has defected from All Progressive Grand Alliance to the Peoples Democratic Party.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire which was believed to have started from the lawmaker’s bedroom, immediately spread to her sitting room.
According to the newspaper, the invitation was said to be at the instance of an activist, Kayode Bello, who petitioned the House of Representatives over the matter
The House of Representatives Committee on Electoral and Political Matters has advised residents of the South-East to shun agitations by pro-Biafra activists for the boycott of 2019 general election.
The House of Representatives has called on Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, under the supervision of Babatunde Fashola, to pay compensation on Right of Way on Bonny-Bodo Road Project, in Rivers State.
The lawmakers also resolved that an education summit, organised by the House in conjunction with other stakeholders, should be held January 2019.
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Finance, Zanab Ahmed, to release all outstanding funds due the judiciary.
Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, has commenced his campaign to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives.
The lawmakers also called on Idris to withdraw his men from the complex for members to access their offices for legislative functions.
The lawmakers also demanded that the Nigerian Army should, after due consultations with families of soldiers killed in the November 18, insurgents’ attack in Metele village in Borno, release all their names.
The All Progressives Congress has said Kwara State politics has taken a new direction through the people’s votes as witnessed in the November 17 House of Representatives bye-election in the state.
The House of Representatives Committee on Works has attributed the delay in execution of federal roads in the South East to poor funding.
This view was expressed by Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the Presidential Political Adviser, while responding to press inquiries about information circulating in the social media on plots to target the Vice President hatched at the meeting of a major political party abroad, regarding 2019 election