Nigeria needs stronger data system to achieve $1tn economy - Speaker Tajudeen

Nigeria, June 9 -- The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said Nigeria's aspiration to build a $1 trillion economy will remain difficult to achieve without a robust, credible... Read More

Endorsement dispute: Reps Minority Caucus shows video disproving forgery claim

Nigeria, June 5 -- Minority members in the House of Representatives have disproved that signatures were forged in the nomination of Ikenga Ugochinyere for minority leader, insisting that all signatori... Read More

Reps to investigate NILDS DG over alleged participation in APC governorship primary

Nigeria, June 5 -- The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into allegations that the Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Abubak... Read More

Minority Leadership Tussle: House of Reps MPs bicker as one disowns Ugochinyere's nomination

Nigeria, June 4 -- A fresh controversy over the leadership of the opposition caucus in the House of Representatives erupted on Thursday after deputy spokesperson of the House Philip Agbese denied endo... Read More

Reps minority caucus split as 61 members endorse Imo lawmaker to succeed Chinda as leader

Nigeria, June 4 -- Some opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have nominated Ikenga Ugochinyere (APP, Imo) as the Minority Leader of the House, following the vacancy created by the defe... Read More

Disability advocates seek stronger enforcement of rights commitments in Nigeria

Nigeria, June 4 -- Disability rights advocates have called on the federal government to move beyond policy declarations and accelerate the implementation of commitments made under the Global Disabilit... Read More

Three MPs defect to PRP, ADC

Nigeria, June 3 -- Three MPs of the House of Representatives on Wednesday defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and the African Democratic Cong... Read More

Reps demand urgent funding for NCDC over Ebola threat, epidemic preparedness

Nigeria, June 3 -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the federal government to immediately provide adequate funding to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to strengthen the c... Read More

JUST IN: Rivers APC governorship candidate, Kingsley Chinda, formally resigns as Reps minority leader

Nigeria, June 2 -- The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, has formally resigned from his position and defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All ... Read More

Wike declares Rivers governorship race settled, extends olive branch to opponents

Nigeria, June 1 -- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that the battle for political control of Rivers State has effectively been won by his political struct... Read More

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