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The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate over 20 trillion naira worth of abandoned federal government buildings and landed properties across the country The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate over 20 trillion naira worth of abandoned federal government buildings and landed properties across the country. This followed the adoption of an urgent motion of national importance moved by the Minority Leader of the House, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP Rivers), during plenary on...

Without attending to any item on the order paper the House of Representatives has adjourned Tuesday’s plenary over rowdy session that followed an executive meeting  The House of Representatives on Tuesday adjourned plenary abruptly to the next legislative day after a heated session that followed a closed-door executive meeting of members. The day’s proceedings began with the arrival of the House leadership, after which lawmakers immediately went into an executive session that lasted for about...

The proposed National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill will transform the way government operates and how citizens access public services, said Speaker Abbas Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has said the proposed National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill will transform the way government operates and how citizens access public services, paving the way for a smarter and more transparent Nigeria anchored on technology and accountability. Speaker Abbas made this known at...

The House of Representatives has vowed to ensure transparency, accountability as it begins investigation into security intervention funds since 2020 The House of Representatives has launched an investigation into all security intervention funds released by the Federal Government from 2020 to date, with a pledge to ensure transparency, accountability, and fiscal discipline in the management of resources meant to protect Nigerians. Chairman of the ad-hoc committee on the expenditure of all intervention funds on security,...

The House of Representatives has referred President Tinubu’s domestic loan request of N1.15 trillion to relevant committees  President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking approval to establish a ₦1.15 trillion domestic borrowing programme to fund the deficit in the 2025 national budget. In a letter dated October 31, 2025, and addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, and read by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who...

The House of Representatives has commenced investigations into alleged irregular deductions of taxes and sundry charges from civil and public servants, as well as multiple bank charges  The House of Representatives has inaugurated an ad-hoc committee to investigate alleged irregular deductions of taxes and sundry charges from the earnings of civil and public servants, as well as multiple and unclear bank charges imposed on customers nationwide. Inaugurating the committee on Thursday, Speaker of the House,...

The House of Representatives had earlier suspended plenary session for a week over protest by contractors, and tasked the Federal Government to pay them within 7 days The House of Representatives has suspended its plenary session for one week over protest by local  contractors at the National Assembly on Tuesday. The suspension followed an urgent motion of national importance moved by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers). Adopting the motion, the House resolved...

The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier resolution on one week plenary suspension and will now reconvene today The House of Representatives has reversed its earlier resolution to reconvene plenary on Wednesday, 5th November, 2025 barely four hours after adjourning plenary to next week Tuesday. The reversed resolution was confirmed by a statement issued by the Spokesperson and  Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Rep. Akin Rotimi (APC Ekiti)on Tuesday. He said:...

An attempt to refer a motion from House of Representatives caused a rowdy  session during plenary The House of Representatives descended into a rowdy session on Tuesday following a disagreement among lawmakers over the formation of a committee to investigate alleged illegal land allocations at the International Trade Fair Complex in Lagos. The development followed the presentation of a motion by Rep. Ademorin Kuye (APC  Lagos), who called for the establishment of an ad-hoc committee...