House of Representatives

July 14, (THEWILL) - Seven months after originally farming out the assignment, the House of Representatives on Wednesday received the report of its Committee on Electoral Matters on a Bill to amend the Electoral Act. The House referred the Bill...

July 13, (THEWILL) - Sponsor of the Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Amendment Bill, Segun Odebunmi, on Tuesday said that the House of Representatives has agreed to suspend the Bill. Odebunmi, who is also the Chairman,...

July 09, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives has commenced a probe of the N72.34 billion contract for rehabilitation of the 1443 kilometres Port Harcourt – Maiduguri section of the eastern railway line. At the inauguration of the ad hoc...

July 06, (THEWILL) - The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a Bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow for the creation of state police as well as to legalise regional security outfits. The Bill will...

July 01, (THEWILL) - The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has passed the third reading at the House of Representatives. The Bill passed the third reading on Thursday after Mohammed Monguno, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill...

June 15, (THEWILL)- The House of Representatives’ Committees on Army and Defence has screened President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya. The screening took place on Tuesday behind closed doors in the...

June 08, (THEWILL)- The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its relevant committees to summon the Minister of Information, Alhaji  Lai Mohammed, to explain the Federal Government’s decision to ban Twitter in Nigeria and the laws upon which the...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 30, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has suspended its Constitution review hearing in Imo and Abia States. Deputy Speaker of the House, Idris Wase, who is also the Chairman, House Special Committee on Constitution Review, announced the...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 28, (THEWILL) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized jewellery worth N14 billion from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this known at the House of Representatives ad hoc...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 23, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has postponed the planned security summit scheduled to hold on Monday. This was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by the Clerk of the House, Chinedu Akubueze, adding that...