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N96m bribe: Reps abandon Lawan to his fate

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Raw Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Angry members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday insisted that one of their high-ranking members, Mr. Farouk Lawan, currently enmeshed in a $3m bribery allegation must carry his own cross. A key member of the House confided in The PUNCH in Abuja that most members had reportedly analysed Lawan and Femi Otedola’s accounts of […]

UNILAG alumni join N’Assembly in suit against FG

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Monday, June 11th, 2012

The University of Lagos Alumni Association has joined the National Assembly in the suit filed against the Federal Government for renaming the university the Moshood Abiola University. The decision was taken after its extra-ordinary general meeting penultimate Sunday. The association had filed a suit seeking to restrain the Federal Government from renaming UNILAG at the […]

Reps threaten Jonathan over bills •Why we can’t move against him – Senate

Posted by admin House, Legislature Friday, June 8th, 2012

THE House of Representatives chairman on Rules and Business, Honourable Albert Sam-Tsokwa, on Thursday bemoaned the attitude of the presidency to non-implementation of the National Assembly resolutions and assenting to bills passed by the legislature. The House has, therefore, threatened to henceforth over-ride the presidency if bills passed to it are not assented to after […]

Reps direct airworthiness checks on aircraft

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

House of Representatives on Tuesday directed that immediate air-worthiness checks must be conducted on all aircraft flying domestic routes in the country. It also asked the Committee on Aviation of the National Assembly to investigate the remote and immediate causes of Sunday’s plane crash in Lagos. The resolution followed a motion on urgent national importance […]

Rep Asks Aides to Beat Up FRSC Official Over Illegal Parking (Shameless lawbreaker)

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

It was a black Friday for a staffer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)Mr Jerry Jediel as aides of a member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ibrahim Olaifa allegedly pummelled him for daring to lock up the lawmaker’s Toyota Camry V6 2011 model with registration number MHR 100. The FRSC official had chained […]

Pandemonium in NASS as Rep, aides assault FRSC official

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

There was confusion at the lobby of the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday as a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ibrahim Olaifa, and his aides manhandled an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps. The offence of the FRSC official, Mr. Mediel Jerry, was that he reportedly clamped Olaifa’s car for parking […]

President, Speaker clash over separation of powers, budget

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday openly disagreed on the concept of separation of powers and budget preparation. The President said although there was a theoretical separation, the Executive and the Legislature must work together if democracy must be meaningful. But the Speaker accused the […]

Reps committee yet to probe Hembe, Oteh

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

May 29, 2012 by John Ameh and Ihuoma Chiedozie 4 Comments House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges has yet to investigate the N44m bribery allegation by the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh, more than two months after the House referred the matter to the committee. Our correspondent learnt […]

N’Assembly tackles Obasanjo over corruption allegation

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Friday, May 25th, 2012

Senate President, David Mark By: ADETUTU FOLASHADE-IKOYI Date: Thu, 05/24/2012 – 13:30 For calling members of the National Assembly armed robbers and rogues, former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday incurred the wrath of the federal lawmakers. The former president had at the fourth Annual National Conference of the Academy of Entrepreneurial Studies (AES) in Lagos on […]

N894m contract scam: Bankole begs court to reject fresh evidence

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, has begged a Federal High Court in Abuja to reject a fresh set of incriminating evidence the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sought to tender against him, yesterday. The former Speaker, who is answering to a 16-count criminal charge […]