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Embattled Tambuwal takes case to divine court

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature Saturday, November 8th, 2014

The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday declared that his fate as the speaker was in the hands of God. He said the ruling Poeples Democratic Party could not remove him as Speaker. He stated that only God and his colleagues in the House could remove him from office as […]

Tambuwal dares PDP

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday dared the Peoples Democratic Party by paying a working visit to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The PDP had after Tambuwal announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress last week, asked him to resign as speaker or be impeached. It also initiated […]

60 APC Reps form human shield around Tambuwal

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, Party Politics Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal Following the withdrawal of the security details attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, 60 All Progressives Congress members of the House now move around with him to serve as security for the Speaker. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt the 60 Reps […]

Opinion: TAMBUWAL’S politics of the absurd

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Saturday, November 1st, 2014

I had actually done a different piece for today and was about to send it for publication when Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal’s bombshell hit the nation in the manner of a thunderbolt. Tambuwal had midweek, in a move that did not come as a surprise to close watchers of our political scene, […]

National Assembly and national minimum wage

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu LAST week, the Senate removed wages from the Exclusive Legislative List and placed it in the Concurrent List, as part of the Constitution amendment process. Stripped of legislative language, it means there will no longer be a National Minimum Wage in Nigeria and each state can pay whatever it deemed fit. […]

APC, PDP Reps poised for showdown

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature, Raw Politics Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Members during plenary at the floor of the Nigeria House of Representatives THE Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress caucuses in the House of Representatives are set for another showdown when the House resumes on October 14 . The issue that will spark off the row is the latest seizure by the South […]

$9.3m scandal: APC Reps storm out of House

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Suleiman Abdulrahman-Kawu | credits: http://www.ackcity.net Angry All Progressives Congress members in the House of Representatives staged a walkout on Tuesday in protest against a failed debate on the controversial $9.3m seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli by the South African authorities on September 5. The two Nigerians and the Israeli had flown […]

In case Tambuwal joins APC…

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, Party Politics Monday, September 8th, 2014

KOLAWOLE DANIEL takes a look at Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal and the implication of his rumoured presidential bid on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) next year, for his Speakership of the House. SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, served as the Deputy Chief Whip of the […]

The Jobless Politicians – A Big Course for Concern – By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 26, 2014 – A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, on Tuesday said he has been searching for job since he left the House in 2003. A member of the People’s Democratic Party, Na’Abba represented the Kano Municipal Federal Constituency of Kano […]

Ebola: Immortalize Adadevoh – Rep

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

save Nigerians from the grip of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Adadevoh, a senior physician at the First Consultants Hospital, Lagos died last week after contracting Ebola from the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, whom she treated. Describing the late physician as a heroine, who should be remembered for her selflessness, Nnaji, who represents Nkanu East/Nkanu West […]