NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has intervened in the organ harvesting saga involving former deputy senate president Senator Ike Ekweremadu by urging the British authorities to handle the case fairly.
Last week, Senator Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice were arrested by London's Metropolitan Police on suspicion of child...
NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) is planning to deploy additional machines and ad hoc staff for next year's general elections after being told by the National Assembly to extend the voter registration by 60 days.
In February next year, Nigeria goes to the polls but with voter registration not as...
MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives have rejected a bill that will bar public officials from sending their children and wards to schools abroad without the approval of the education minister.
Nigerian politicians are notorious for sending their children abroad to get educated, which causes a lot o consternation in...
MEMBERS of Nigeria's National Assembly have begun debating a controversial bill that grant life pensions to its presiding officers like the senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives among others.
Nigerian lawmakers are among the highest paid in the world, which causes a great deal of consternation...
SEVERAL members of the House of Representatives have demanded that an arrest warrant be issued against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele over his refusal to answer summons by lawmakers.
Under Nigeria's constitution, the National Assembly has the right to summon public officials as part of its...
NIGERIA'S foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama has been summoned to appear before the House of Representatives to discuss the poor state of the country's foreign missions with many of them struggling to remain functional.
Debating the matter in a motion moved by Hon Kassim Maigari from Taraba State, the House called for...
LAWMAKERS in Nigeria's House of Representatives have just passed an anti-medical tourism bill that will punish public office holders who seek medical treatment abroad with a seven year jail term or a N500m ($1.2m) fine.
Narrowly passing a second reading on the floor of the House today, the motion titled A Bill for an Act to...
MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives have declared a national emergency on the increasing spate of ritual killings after a bill asking the inspector-general of police to take urgent action on the matter got passed today.
Adopting a motion of urgent public importance introduced by deputy minority leader Hon Toby...
MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have voted in favour of a bill that will raise the threshold for those wanting to stand in Nigerian executive and legislative elections to a level whereby candidates must have a minimum of a first degree.
Earlier today, the bill raising the threshold from the current secondary school...
HON Alhassan Ado-Doguwa the majority leader of Nigeria's House of Representatives has given birth to his 28th child and has promised to give birth to even more with plans to hit 30 before the 2023 elections so he can have a poling unit in his home.
Elected as the member representing the Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency...
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