The house of representatives has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), if he did not appear before an ad hoc committee of the lower chamber on November 29.The ad hoc committee is investigating the invasion and arrest of judicial officers by the Department of State Services (DSS).The DSS had raided [...]
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Twenty nine constituents of Kiru/Bebeji in Kano state have taken Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, to court over the suspension of Abdulmumin Jibrin, their representative in the lower chamber of the national assembly.Jibrin was suspended for 180 legislative days for allegedly breaching the privileges of lawmakers.The breach of members privileges arose from the budget padding allegations he [...]

Abdulmumin Jibrin, a suspended member of the house of representatives, has empowered his constituents of Kiru/Bebeji in Kano state with start-up packages worth N100 million.Jibrin has accused Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, and four other legislators of padding the 2016 budget with N40 billion.In a statement on Wednesday, his media office said the empowerment programme was in commemoration of 100 days [...]

Abdulrazak Namdas, chairman house of representatives committee on media and publicity, says 20 individuals are owing the federal government N1.2 trillion.Addressing journalists on Thursday, Namdas said recovery of the money would help the country in its time of recession."As we all know we are in a recession AMCON was established between 2007 and 2009 as a response to the global [...]

The house of representatives has invited Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), over the shooting of Joseph Izu, a defender of the Shooting Stars Football Club (3SC), Ibadan.Izu was holidaying in his home town of Okaki in Rivers state when he was allegedly killed by men of the joint task force (JTF).At a press conference in Port Harcourt, the military told [...]

The federal high court in Abuja has sacked Stella Ngwu and Dennis Agbo from the house of representatives over their "unlawful emergence".Okon Abang, the judge, ruled that the emergence of the duo representing Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani and Igbo-Eze North/Udenu federal constituencies, respectively, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was unlawful.The ruling was sequel to prayers by Gabriel Okafor and [...]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the house of representatives says the federal government corrected itself by withdrawing the forgery charge against Bukola Saraki, senate president, and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president.The duo was alongside Salisu Maikasuwa, former clerk of the national assembly, and Ben Efeturi, former deputy clerk, accused of forging the senate standing rules in June 2015.In [...]