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A member of the House of Representatives, Ehiozuwa Agbonnayima, has said that Nigerians would be alarmed with details of loot if released by President Mohammadu Buhari. Agbonayima, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Ikpoba-Okha/Egor Constituency in the House, stated this in...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday next week present the proposed 2019 budget to the National Assembly. Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representative, made this known on Thursday at the floor of the lower chamber. The speaker said this was contained in a letter sent to …...

THE House of Representatives insisted yesterday that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, as chairman of the governing board of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has a case to answer. VP … Read more via Vanguard News Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2RVvGpL Get More Nigeria Political News

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Saturday, restated his opposition to the sale of nomination forms to aspirants for elective offices by political parties. Falana, in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, threatened to take legal action against political parties that were still selling...

AN Ogun State High court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday, laid to rest, the lingering legal battle between a former Speaker of ... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2JCSsDc Get More Nigeria Metro News

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has extolled the leadership virtues of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. He described Ugwuanyi as “an established leader” who is being celebrated widely because of his closeness to the people and effective delivery of...

Amidst rumours of an impending defection of lawmakers from Benue state in the National Assembly from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to either the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the caucus has said it does not have such a plan for now.... Read...

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has empowered the youths of Surulere Constituency with 30 buses, 25 tricycles and 160 motorcycles as part of the continuous activities to make life easier and more abundant for residents of Surulere and Lagos at large...

The House of Representatives, Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare herdsmen terrorists. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara presiding over the proceedings. The House demanded the declaration after Hon. Benjamin Wayo, lamented that Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State is...

Chief Mascot Uzor kalu was the Chief of Staff to a former governor of Abia State. Presently, he is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. But he wants to represent Aba North/Aba South in the House of Representatives in … Read more via The Sun News –...

Former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin has again been referred to the House committee on Ethics and Privileges, to explain his comments on the National Assembly joint session which held on Tuesday. This is just as the Speaker, Hon...

A former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele is said to be recuperating from the gunshot wounds sustained during a shooting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. The incident occurred on Friday as a result of an accidental discharge at the take-off campaign of … Read...

A businessman, Austin Albert Ugochukwu , on Thursday, narated before a Federal High Court, Lagos, how a former member of the House of Representative representing Eti-Osa Federal Constituency of Lagos State, Honourable Anthony Akala, and other members of his group defrauded him of the sum of N240...

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, resolved to set an ad hoc committee to investigate the expenditure and implementation of the.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2Lba5Gu Get More Nigeria Political News

The Ministry of Finance is yet to submit its report to the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating the $17 million fee for lawyers involved in the transfer of $321 million Abacha loot to Nigeria. Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, had engaged Oladipo...

Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja thursday set aside the 180 days suspension of Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin by the House of Representatives in 2016. Jibrin, a former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, was on September 28, 2016, … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

A court has reportedly voided the suspension of the House of Representatives member, Abdulmumin Jibrin for as many as 180 days. Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2J2O3Z8 -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The House of Representatives has faulted reports that President Muhammadu Buhari questioned the institution of the National Assembly saying that such will be detrimental to the survival of the nation’s democracy. Spokesman for the House, Hon. Abdulrazaq Namdas, said this yesterday while...

The embattled lawmaker, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Tuesday told an investigative panel he would not comment on the subject he was invited for. The panel was set up by the Senate and the House of Representatives to investigate the Senate invasion and … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most...

The House of Representatives has assured that the approved 2018 budget will be transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari next week. The lawmakers said the budget will be on.............. Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2LhW7n9 Get...