The House of Representatives has resolved to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address members in plenary over the security crises across the country. Earlier, plenary at the House of Representatives turned rowdy on Tuesday as members were sharply divided over a motion seeking to invite Buhari to appear before the lawmakers to explain the rising
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A Magistrate Court in Wuse, Zone 6, has sentenced a member of the House of Representatives, Victor Mela, to one month imprisonment. The lawmaker who represents Billiri/Balanga federal constituency was, however, given an option of fine. it was reported on November 10 that a magistrate court found the lawmaker guilty of lying under oath while
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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, made good its promise to regulate National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs), with a bill already listed for second reading. The bill, entitled ‘A Bill for an Act to Establish National Social Investments Trust Fund to Alleviate Poverty among Vulnerable Nigerian Citizens through Targeted Programmes for the Aged, Infirmed, Unemployed
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The House of Representatives, on Monday, faulted the Federal Government for failing to increase the fund despite appointing eight more Justices of the Supreme Court as well as dismissed the N110 billion allocation to the judiciary in the 2021 Appropriation Bill. This is just as the House criticised the revenue being generated by judicial bodies,
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The leadership of the Nigeria House of Representatives is currently in a closed door meeting with the Heads of security agencies in the country. According to information available to The DAILY VENDOR, the meeting began at about 2:15pm, and is presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase. It was gathered that journalists and others
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The House of Representatives on Monday reacted to reports that it had approved the use of firearms by personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The Chairman of the House Committee on FRSC, Mayowa Akinfolarin, who made the clarification at a press conference in Abuja, said the lawmakers only expressed concerns over the safety
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The House of Representatives has ordered the Federal Government to suspend the proposed concession of four international airports until all issues have been addressed. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Nnolim Nnaji(PDP-Enugu), made the resolution on behalf of his panel, on Tuesday. The House Committee on Aviation, which berated Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, for
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House of Representatives, has on Saturday adjourned plenary to November to next week to enable lawmakers to have adequate time to debate and address various bills. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Saturday the House would reconvene plenary next week to address several bills currently before the lawmakers. The speaker,
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The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives on Tuesday refused to accept 30 job slots allotted to each member of the House for their respective local government areas within their constituencies, in the Federal Government’s 774,000 public jobs scheme The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, in a statement on
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House of Representatives have charged 30 of it’s members to appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges for allegedly receiving contracts worth N100billion from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). It was reported that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, gave the directive during the Thursday plenary when he referred
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Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, has said that majority of contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), were handled by members of the National Assembly. He stated this while answering questions at the ongoing probe by the House of Representatives committee. Akpabio noted: “Most of the contracts in NDDC are
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The former Interim Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, is currently at the investigative hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Affairs investigating misappropriation of funds in the agency, DAILY POST reports. The ex-Interim MD was scheduled to appear before the committee on Thursday but her home
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The House of Representatives has ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to with immediate effect, arrest the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, for ‘contempt of the legislature’. The House Committee on NDDC, had summoned the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NDDC to make
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In the face of hunger, poverty and the Covid-19 pandemic, the House of Representatives is set to take delivery of SUV cars. The SUV jeeps which market value is place at fifty million each are already on ground. An eyewitness reports that the cars are expected to be shared this week.Their delivery was delayed by
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The House of Representatives has said that any police officer or an operative of the Department of State Security (DSS) who fails to arrest and compel the appearance of ministers and heads of agencies for refusing to honour summons of the National Assembly would be sanctioned. Vanguard reports that the lower legislative chamber on Tuesday,
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