The House of Representatives has expressed its readiness to liaise with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and other relevant agencies to ascertain the actual money realised so far from the implementation of the Treasury Single Account, TSA. This resolution was contained in a motion presented on the floor of the Assembly on Wednesday, which…
Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun, will appear before the House of Representatives on Thursday (today) to answer questions on diversification of the economy. She will be expected to address the lawmakers at the sectoral debates on the executive’s commitment to the government’s diversification policy. Her appearance on Thursday is in continuation of the programme,…
The floor of the House of Representatives was thrown into commotion on Monday, May 16, 2016, when Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, was prevented from being questioned on the recent hike in pump price of petrol. Kachikwu was directed to appear before the House on Monday, which he honoured, but as soon…
Aproko247 has been informed that about 161 students from 141 Nigerian universities will be hosted next week by the House of Representatives. According to information made available to our reporter, the student will have a 2-day interactive forum with the lawmakers on May 9 and 10, 2016 at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has alleged that the House of Representatives Committee on Army’s visit to the state was bankrolled by Governor Nyesom Wike. Rivers APC said it came to this conclusion having painstakingly observed and reviewed the visit and justifiably concluded that the entire exercise was contrived Wike for the…
There was pandemonium on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in the hallowed chambers of the House of Representatives when two of its members exchanged resounding slaps. Crisis erupted between the lawmakers over the composition of the standing and special committees by the Speaker of House, Yakubu Dogara. It was gathered that Honourable Hermans Hembe and Aliyu…
President Muhammadu Buhari finally met with leadership of the National Assembly, NASS, at the State House in Abuja. The meeting, which was held behind closed-door on Wednesday night, was attended by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Bukola Saraki; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. It was also attended by some lawmakers…
Following reports that the Inspector General Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered his arrest, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has disclosed that he will be willing to present himself to the security agency. In a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Imam Imam, the Speaker noted that as “a law abiding…
Security details attached to Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, have been withdrawn. This is coming barely 48 hours after the Speaker formally announced his defection from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition, the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is also coming barely 24 hours after his former party asked him to…
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, on Friday, February 14, 2014, was “discharged and acquitted” by a Federal High Court siting in Abuja of any complicity in all corruption charges brought against by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. An emotional Bankole burst into tears after the judgement was read by…