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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 […]
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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 […]
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House, Legislature, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, held a secret meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop home in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, on Tuesday. Tambuwal, who arrived at the former president’s residence around 5.30pm, left around 6.18pm. Our correspondent gathered that the visit might […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of orders by the National Human Rights Commission awarding N135m to relatives and victims of the September 20, 2013 attack and killing of eight squatters in an uncompleted building in Apo, Abuja. Justice Gabriel Kolawole in an ex-parte ruling on June 27 equally granted […]
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House, Legislature
Monday, June 30th, 2014
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has charged politicians to be accountable to the electorate through transparent representation in order to seek support during elections. Tambuwal spoke in Calabar, Cross River State during an empowerment programme organised by the member representing Bakassi, Akpabuyo and Calabar South federal constituency in the National Assembly, […]
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Edo, House, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 30th, 2014
MEMBERS of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House of Representatives have warned the factional lawmakers in the state Assembly that the National Assembly could to take over their legislative activities if they fail to resolve the three-weeks old crisis. In a statement to newsmen in Benin City Sunday, the House […]
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Armed Forces, House, Kaduna, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
BY CHARLES KUMOLU NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress,APC, from attending the final governorship election campaign in Ekiti State, describing the action of the army as unconstitutional. He also called on the National Assembly to set […]
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House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
The Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan may not present the report of the National Conference to the National Assembly. Ndoma-Egba, who stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, explained that the current move by the Senate to amend Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution […]
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Edo, Headlines, House, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 9th, 2014
The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said on Monday that some members of the state House of Assembly, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress, were given N50m each to sell their mandates. The governor, who said this while addressing different groups of youths on peaceful protest to the […]
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Boko Haram, House, Legislature
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
By Marie-Therese Nanlong. The Member representing Jos South/Jos East in the House of Representatives, Hon. Bitrus Kaze has described as a step in the wrong direction, the reported efforts being made by the Federal Government to offer amnesty to Boko Haram terrorist sect despite its continued bombings and killings of innocent citizens. In a statement […]
