• Fears plot to pass no confidence vote in him Following the envisaged mass defection by federal lawmakers to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as a fallout of last week’s dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by four governors, the battle for the control of the House of Representatives may have begun.Daily […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy Leaders of the All Progressives Congress and governors elected on the platform of the party met with governors who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting, which was held at the Kano Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, was said […]
The New Peoples Democratic Party has said PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly who choose to defect to the All Progressives Congress will not lose their seats. It said that anyone thinking that the lawmakers could lose their seats were living in the past, adding that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guaranteed […]
FROM ADETUTU FOLASA-DE-KOYI, ABUJA Inability of both chambers of the National Assembly to agree on an acceptable oil benchmark for the national budget has forced a postpone-ment of the 2014 Appropriation Bill presentation. Twice in one week, President Goodluck Jonathan shelved the formal presen-tation of the N4.77 trillion 2014 estimates to a joint sitting […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Indications are that President Goodluck Jonathan may no longer present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly today by himself. Sources said “security reasons” accounted for Jonathan’s alleged change of mind. He was scheduled to present the budget by 12 noon today. The stage is already set to receive him before the […]
The embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah and President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan and the House of Representatives may clash over the probe into the purchase of two bulletproof cars for the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that Jonathan had no intention […]
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah There were indications on Wednesday that the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation had established some infractions against the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. The committee is investigating the controversial purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation […]
Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar There was a mild row in the House of Representatives on Tuesday as a motion on the right of the seven rebel governors of the Peoples Democratic Party to hold meetings split the ranks of lawmakers. While the PDP lawmakers in the camp of the G-7 governors and […]
The House of Representatives raised the alarm on Tuesday over alleged plans by the Federal Government to sell the official residence of Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. In a resolution on a motion by Mr. Yakubu Dogara, the House directed its Committee on Foreign Affairs to conduct a public hearing […]
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah The Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, has denied reports that the two BMW armoured cars, bought by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority from Coscharis Nigeria Limited, were bought for her. Appearing before the committee looking into the crisis in the aviation industry, especially the purchase of the […]
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