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House, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Legislature, Presidency
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida has commended the House of Representatives for jettisoning the zoning formula as dictated by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying the election of Speaker Tambuwal would check the culture of impunity and interference in legislative affairs by the Presidency. This came as the newly elected Speaker of the House, Rep […]
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House, Legislature, Senate, Women Politics
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
THE 2011 elections dealt women a devastating electoral blow, especially at the National Assembly. The political mileage women recorded between 1999 and 2007 was eroded this year. The 2007 polls witnessed a slight increase in the number of women in the Federal legislature. In 2003, the percentage of females was 2.7 per cent for the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Cameroonian ace, Samuel Eto’o Fils is among several retired and active international superstars who will make up the ‘Friends of Kanu’ in Saturday’s glamour Nwankwo Kanu Testimonial Football Match at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. The match is between ‘Friends of Kanu’ and ‘Super Eagles All-Stars’. Officials involved in the organization of the showpiece […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The Federal Commissioner in-charge of Ebonyi State of the National Population Commission, NPC, Chief Fabian Jackson Nwachukwu, and his wife, Ugo, have been killed as a result of injuries they sustained from a ghastly motor accident which occurred along the Abuja-Lokoja road. Chief Nwachukwu conducted the 2006 Population and Housing Census in Gombe State where […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The Yeye Oodua, Chief H.I.D Awolowo yesterday condemned what she considered to be an attempt to demystify the Awolowo family through a publication in a national newspaper (not Vanguard) titled ‘Awo family without an Awo’. Writing with obvious anger and displeasure over the publication, the Matriarch of the revered Awolowo family went to a great […]
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Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
WHEN the history of the Sixth Senate is written, the two important issues that would not escape any observer are the tranquility and stability that prevailed in the last four years and the seeming integrity that the leadership of Senator David Bonaventure Alechenu Mark conferred on the Senate. Quite unlike the Fourth and Fifth Senate […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
APPARENTLY stung by the embarrassing 4-1 pounding of the once-dreaded Argentine national team by the Eagles, the Argentine Football Association, AFA, are spoiling for a re-match to save the shame the scoreline has brought to their team. Coach Sergio Batista led a colourless Argentine national team without the heavyweights like Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo […]
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Latest Politics, Ministries
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Travails of the former Minister of Works and Housing, Dr. Hassan Lawal, continued, yesterday, as he was again re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over a fresh 29-count criminal charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and fraud. The ex-minister, who was brought to court from his detention cell at the Kuje prisons, […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, filed a 16-count criminal charge against the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. He is to be arraigned before Justice Donatus Okorowa, of the Federal High Court 7, Abuja by 9.00a.m today. The prosecuting counsel, Mr. […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Monday, June 6th, 2011
ONE-TIME Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, as he polled a total votes of 252 to beat his opponent, Honourable Mulikat Adeola-Akande, in an election held in Abuja, on Monday. Adeola-Akande, widely touted as the favourite of the presidency, […]
