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Reps consider scrapping NYSC as bill reaches second reading

  The House of Representatives is considering discontinuing the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, as the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...

House probe of arms purchase: Altercation between army chief and reps

House Probe of Arms Purchase: Altercation between Army chief and Reps The house probe of arms purchase by the military almost turned to a shouting march Monday as the...

Another reps member bites the dust

  The lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Suleiman Aliyu, has passed on. Mr Aliyu died in the early hours of Tuesday at...

Bill for age limit for political officer holders suffers set back in Reps

A Bill for an Act to alter the 1999 Constitution, to put an age limit on aspirants seeking political offices in the country, has been stepped down at the House of...

Reps to invite Buhari over Borno killing

  Following division on reaching a consensus, the House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to invite the President Muhammadu Buhari to address members in...

SEC at Reps

L L-R,  Executive Commissioner Legal and Enforcement Securities and Exchange Commission Mr Reginald Karawusa, Chairman  House of Representatives Committee on Capital...

Uproar in Reps over National Water Bill

…..Speaker withdraw bill There was an uproar in the house of representatives on Wednesday as members clashed over the controversial National Water Resources Bill....

Workers’ strike, reps intervene too

  The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday met with President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba; and his TUC counterpart, Quadri Olaleye, among others. Both Wabba and...

WASCE: Order partial re-opening of schools, Reps tell Buhari

Members of the House of Representatives have called on President Buhari to instruct the Ministry of Education to partially re-open schools for students in graduating...

Reps approve $22.7b loan request

…Amidst agitation for South E.ast project inclusion The House of Representatives on Tuesday, approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $22.7billion...