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EFCC Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Monday, June 6th, 2011
WITH full judicial backing, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday raided the Abuja homes of the detained former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, in connection with investigation into the alleged N2.3 billion car and N10 billion bank loan scams that rocked his leadership of the green chamber. […]
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House, Legislature, Top Stories
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (PDP) Sokoto state has emerged as the new speaker of the 7th session of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. He defeated Hon. Mulikat Akande-Adeola who is popularly tagged as the candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP and the presidency. Tambuwal was a deputy chief whip in the 6th […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
AFTER several hectic days of horse trading and nocturnal meetings, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Governors elected on the party’s platform have finally agreed on the voting process to get the Speaker, House of Representatives, just as they have anointed consensus candidates. As the seventh National Assembly will be inaugurated today, the House of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – June 5, 2011 – N10bn loan scandal rocking the House of Representatives (HOR) seems to have added to the public angst against members of the National legislature. Repeated financial scandals coupled with the recent allegation by the CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi that some 25 percent of the […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Examining the issues in the current zoning palaver of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, fresh pieces of information emerging suggest that a cataclysmic political reconfiguration of immense proportions may be shaping up. This has to do with the probability that should Hon. Aminu Tambuwal from the North West geo-political zone succeed in his quest to […]
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Delta, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
The police in Ughelli, Delta State, have arrested Pastor Emmanuel of African Church, Evwreni Branch and a foreigner for abducting a three-year-old child. The pastor whose name was given as Emmanuel Abuvo and his Cameroonian cohort conspired and abducted the child from her school premises pretending to be her parents. The three-year-old baby girl was […]
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Legislature, Senate
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
President of the sixth Senate, Senator David Mark, has disclosed the secret behind his survival in the Upper Legislative Chamber of the National Assembly, saying he allowed national interest, unity, cohesion and team spirit to dictate his actions rather than personal goals. Speaking at a parley with Northern Senators Forum of the sixth Senate session […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Presidency
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan and his deputy, Namadi Sambo have lined up 102 witnesses made up of forensic and finger experts, a biometric analyst and a statistician to prove that the presidential election in which they were declared winners by the Indpendent National Electoral Commission [INEC] was conducted substantially in accordance with the Electoral Act. In […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Imo State Government has slashed the annual security vote of N6.5 billion to N2.5billion to make provision for the free education programme of the state. This was disclosed by the Governor, Rochas Okorocha while speaking during a thanksgiving church service organized in honour of the new administration at the Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri. The governor […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, swooped on the Abuja residence of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and arrested him. This came after several days of hide and seek game between him and the anti-graft agency over alleged financial impropriety. His arrest was effected after the operatives […]
