The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday said it would not declare vacant the seats of 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Peoples Congress. Chief Press Secretary to the commission’s chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said this in reaction to enquiries by The PUNCH on […]
Report reaching us says thirty-seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representative have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said they are joining the APC due to division and factionalisation within the PDP. They claimed that their defection to APC is in obedience to section 68 subsection 1G of […]
Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday slammed the Federal Government for starving capital projects of funds. “You don’t save money when you are hungry,” Tambuwal, who displayed visible anger, said. He specifically mentioned the Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office as the […]
Minority Leader of the House, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila The All Progressives Congress caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday said that it had “enough grounds” to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan but that was not in a hurry to do so. The APC caucus said the time was not yet ripe […]
The All Progressives Congress has called on the National Assembly to immediately commence the process of impeaching President Goodluck Jonathan for alleged gross misconduct. It said in a statement on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that Jonathan’s impeachment would save Nigeria from imminent collapse. But the Presidency warned the APC […]
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Dec. 15, 2013 – Since the commencement of democratic rule on May 29, 1999, Nigerians have been clamouring for legislative duties to be done part-time. And from the look of things, this call appears to be gaining ground. Of particular importance to those who make the call is […]
By Uche Igwe This year’s international anti-corruption day will count as the most memorable in recent years. Not because of any other thing than the comments credited to the Speaker of Nigerian Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. He had accused President Goodluck Jonathan of lacking the political will in the war against […]
THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, stopped the National Assembly from performing the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly. 0 Ruling on a suit filed by two lawyers, Messrs Tamunotemi Asobari and John Kpakol, against the National Assembly, represented by its counsel, Ade Okeaya-Inneh, Justice A. R. Muhammed held […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has begun plot to halt the defection of its members to the All Progressives Party so as to retain the leadershi of the House. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH in Abuja on Thursday showed that the PDP was already plotting to frustrate moves by some of the reps who might want to toe the […]
L-R: Aminu Tambuwal, David Mark and Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan has held a secret meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party leadership in the National Assembly. Investigations by The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday showed that the meeting began at 11pm on Monday and ended at 2am on Tuesday. It […]
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