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House, Legislature, Oil Politics, Senate
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) on Tuesday raised the alarm over the N48bn excess expenditure by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in its 2012 operations. The committee is also calling for information on undisclosed NNPC reserves from which the government-owned oil corporation drew funds to augment its expenditure during the year. The […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan may not bow to the pressure mounted on him by the House of Representatives to fire the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh. The lawmakers had on July 19, 2012 asked Jonathan to sack Oteh after adopting the report of the House’s ad hoc committee which probed the […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Senator Oluremi Tinubu has initiated Elderly Citizens Assistance Scheme as part of her programmes to alleviate poverty among the aged persons in her constituency. Tinubu, who represents Lagos Central Constituency in the Senate, gave N10, 000 each to 1,300 elderly persons, aged from 65 and above, spread across 13 local governments that make up the […]
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House, Legislature, United Nations
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
By Ayodele Babalola Deputy Chairman House Committee on Human Rights, Hon Rotimi Makinde has said that Federal House of Reps would do everything within its legislative capacity to ensure that the rights of every minority groups in Nigeria are protected under the law; even as he called for equity, fairness and justice, affirming that only […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
In a move to enforce its resolution on the Securities and Exchange Commission, the House of Representatives on Tuesday walked out officials of the agency from a meeting at the National Assembly. The three-man SEC delegation had gone to represent the Director-General of the commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh, at an interactive session with Ministries, Departments […]
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Budget, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Legislature
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
By IHEANACHO NWOSU and CHUKS AKUNNA, Abuja The House of Representatives has summoned the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Director-General of Budget Office in the Presidency, Dr. Bright Okongwu, over allegation that they prevented the audit of the […]
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General Politics, House, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Friday, November 30th, 2012
Security remained the issue yesterday, with scary lawmakers urging the executive to tackle the monster. House of Representatives members declared the National Assembly a likely target of terrorists. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was worried that rampaging gunmen were killing people all over the country. And the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) said […]
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House, Legislature, Women Politics
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
BY OKEY NDIRIBE & EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA—House of Representatives, yesterday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over her refusal to honour invitations from its Committee on Pensions. Members of the committee also want the Finance Minister to explain her role in the take-over of Police Pension […]
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House, Legislature, State News
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Members of the House of Representatives held a near rowdy session on Thursday as they debated a bill to enact the National Symbols Act. It took the intervention of the presiding Deputy Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, to ensure that the situation was brought under control. Some lawmakers from the South-West states saw the bill as […]
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House, Legislature
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
NOVEMBER 30, 2012 BY JOHN AMEH The House of Representatives on Thursday ordered an investigation into a “multi-billion naria” mansion said to belong to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe. The property, located at Mabushi in the Federal Capital Territory, was said to have been built for the minister by a construction […]
