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Constitution, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Latest Politics, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Joseph Erunke, ABUJA—AS the Presidency drags the National Assembly to the Supreme Court seeking an order to nullify all the proposed amendments to the 1999 constitution, majority of senators said yesterday that they were ready to meet the presidency in court. Members of the House of Representatives on their […]
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Constitution, House, Legislature
Monday, April 8th, 2013
House of Representatives may not meet its promise to deliver a new constitution by April this year, findings indicated on Sunday. The Senate and the House have embarked on the review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) since June 2011. A budget of about N1bn is set aside for the exercise, shared N500m apiece by […]
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Articles, Columnists, Constitution, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Jan. 24, 2013 – A written constitution is not a prerequisite for democracy. Not surprisingly, some flourishing democracies have no written constitution and some failed democracies had some wonderfully crafted constitutions. Nigeria has had a number of well written constitutions. Lamentably, none of them has worked well. Still, […]
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Constitution, Governors, Rivers, State News
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
From GBENGA ADESUYI, Ibadan Contrary to media report that the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) at its last meeting disagreed over the ongoing constitution amendment, the Chairman of the forum and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said the governors had no cause to disagree over any of the issues tabled for discussion at the […]
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Constitution, Governors, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Amaechi, others mute on parley • Aliyu, IG list dangers of state police ONCE it was a cohesive house, but it is now clear that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is a divided body. Twice it has fixed a meeting in a week but without adequate representation from the 36 states of the federation to […]
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Constitution, House, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, August 5th, 2012
Senators and members of the House of Representatives of southern extraction have kicked against the recent proposals by the governors of the 19 northern states. Ahead of the review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly, the governors last month opposed the creation of state police and the inclusion of the six geo-political zones […]
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Constitution, Governors, Headlines, Letters, Local Govt
Monday, July 16th, 2012
Sir, LG, Governors and violation of the constitution Alhaji Ibraheem khaleel,the national president of association of local government employees of Nigeria, NULGE had lamented over the incessant violation of the constitution on the 3rd tier of government by the state governors. Khaleel was […]
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Constitution, Latest Politics
Friday, May 11th, 2012
nd David Attah, Kaduna 2 Comments Senate President, David Mark and Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy As the National Assembly prepares for the amendment to the 1999 Constitution, a clash is imminent between the North and the South over the nature of the country’s federalism. While the northern socio-political group, […]
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Constitution, Governors
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
May 9, 2012 by Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja 72 Comments Governors are expected to meet in Abuja on Wednesday (today) in a bid to stop the planned removal of the immunity clause from the constitution. According to Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, the clause, no civil or criminal proceeding shall be instituted against the President, […]
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Constitution, House, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
The guidelines on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution will be published within the next few days, Chairman of the National Assembly Constitution Amendment Committee, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has said. Ikweremadu announced this during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. “Very shortly, maybe in the next few days we are going to […]
