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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has insisted that the National Assembly gulped approximately N1tn in the last eight years. She has, therfore, challenged the lawmakers to a public hearing to defend her claims. In a statement on Wednesday, she defended her submissions at the Civil Society Roundtable hosted by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili | credits: File copy A former Minister of Education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, on Monday said Nigeria had spent over N1tn on the National Assembly members in the last eight years. Ezekwesili, in a keynote address she delivered during one-day dialogue session on the ‘Cost of governance in Nigeria, “ added […]
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Budget, House, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
By CHARLES KUMOLU SENATOR Nkechi Nwaogu is the Senate Committee Chairman on Gas. In this interview, she frowns at the budget cycle in Nigeria, adding that it is responsible for the frequent budget face-off between the executive and the legislature. Nwoagu also wants an agreement that would allow the National Assembly to make inputs into […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
THE lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke, has condemned the arrest and detention of suppoters of Governor Rotimi Amaechi in the Peoples Democratic Party in his constituency. In a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Nwuke accused the police of bias in the political crisis […]
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Articles, Columnists, Dakuku Peterside, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
By Dakuku Peterside | Abuja, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – All men of goodwill who look forward to a more progressive and equitable world appreciate the tremendous good Transparency International, TI does with its periodic verdict on nations and institutions across the globe. Sometimes I just wonder what our world would look like without […]
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House, Legislature
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
The House of Representatives on Tuesday blamed the deteriorating power supply in the country on the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for allegedly failing to release power sector funds. The House Committee on Power also criticised the Coordinating Minister of the Economy for the Federal Government’s refusal to provide funds for the running of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Friday, July 5th, 2013
he Presidency and the National Assembly are set for a showdown over the controversial $40m Internet surveillance contract awarded by the Federal Government to an Israeli firm, Elbit Systems. The Federal Government had reportedly awarded the contract to the company to install a system that would enable security agencies to monitor the activities of Nigerians […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
By CALEB AYANSINA ABUJA—The House of Representatives, yesterday, dispelled media report on the recently approved merger of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by the Federal Government. The House said such a merger could not have been sealed without the National Assembly being […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has said a revolution is due in Nigeria because of endemic corruption in the country, coupled with the general disaffection of the people with the ruling elite. He said the kind of conditions that must subsist in order for any talk of revolution to be taken seriously […]
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House, Legislature
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
A bill with the aim of simplifying the procedure for impeaching the country’s President and Vice-President passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill seeks to amend Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) “to remove the ambiguities in the process of removal of the President and the Vice-President from […]
