LEGISLATURE

The speaker of the federal house of representative, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has been a subject of criticism on social media for returning to the classroom to take a leadership course at Harvard University amid the strike by the Academic Staff Union…

The House of Representatives has called on telecommunications companies to regulate blocked SIM cards due to the non-availability of National Identity Number (NIN), which still works perfectly when the sims are taken beyond the shores of Nigeria. The resolution of the lawmakers, was…

Deputy Speaker Idris Wase has stated the Department of State Services (DSS) released about 44 security reports before the terrorist attack on the Kuje Custodian Centre in Abuja. Wase, who was ruling on the need to step down a motion sponsored by…

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, passed through the second reading a bill seeking to amend section 11 of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007 to bar the Governor, Deputy Governors or Directors of the Apex bank from partisan politics.…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday denied any plot to impeach Speaker Femi Gbajbiamila over his alleged refusal to support the controversial water resources bill before the House. An online newspaper had reported northern lawmakers in the House are plotting an impeachment…

Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase said illegal mining activities is responsible for the alarming activities of banditry in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. He urged his constituents to expose the criminal elements who are wrecking havoc…

An estranged wife of former House of Representatives member Hon. Robinson Uwak has accused him of lying against her to cover up his guilt. Reacting to some publications in some national dailies where her ex-husband accused her of infidelity and allegedly having…

Copies of the controversial Water Resources Bill would be distributed to members of the House of Representatives ahead of the debate when it’s presented for second reading. Last month, concerned lawmakers had again kicked against the reintroduction of the controversial bill when…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello has said additional N21.029 billion would be needed to complete the rehabilitation of the National Assembly Complex. He stated this yesterday when the Senate Committee on the FCT went on an oversight…

The Senate yesterday passed a bill that would allow states to generate and distribute electricity. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Power. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue North East),…