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 [...]
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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 [...]

The house of representatives has accused the federal government of failing in addressing the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east.The legislators said this in a document released in Abuja by its committee on IDPs, refugees and federal government initiatives on north-east region and signed by the chairman of the committee, Sani Zoro.The representatives said FG's support services are not [...]

The house of representatives has mandated its committees on agriculture, and commerce and industry to investigate the extension of ban on the exportation of Nigeria's dried beans into European countries.This followed a motion by Ferdinand Nwankwo (PDP-Anambra) under matters of urgent public importance on Wednesday, which was unanimously adopted by members through a voice vote.Moving the motion, Nwankwo explained that [...]