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House c’ttee declares doctors’ strike illegal, unconstitutional

Posted by admin House, Lagos, Legislature, State News Monday, May 21st, 2012

By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna LAGOS — The House of Representatives Committee on Health, yesterday, declared that the solidarity strike by doctors under the employment of the Federal Government as illegal and unconstitutional even as the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yielded to pressure to reconsider its decision on the […]

Reps threaten to jail AGF over audit queries

Posted by admin House, Legislature Thursday, May 17th, 2012

House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts yesterday threatened to jail the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla over his failure to respond to over 200 audit queries from the Auditor-General of the Federation. The lawmakers handed the threat when Otunla appeared before the committee in Abuja, ending speculations that he might not appear. […]

Capital market probe fallout:2 Reps to face trial over alleged N44m fraud

Posted by admin House, Legislature Thursday, May 10th, 2012

An Abuja High Court yesterday granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to arraign Herman Hembe, the former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Other Financial Institutions.??Justice Abubakar Umar also granted permission to EFCC to arraign the former Vice Chairman of the committee, Chris Azubogu, over […]

Reps summon education minister, others over illegal loans

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

May 4, 2012 by John Ameh, Abuja Leave a Comment Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i | credits: File copy The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday summoned the Minister of Education, Prof. Rukkayat Rufa’i, over alleged “illegal” loans the ministry sought from agencies and parastatals under its control. The committee, which […]

NASS to publish guidelines on constitutional amendment soon – Ekweremadu

Posted by admin Constitution, House, Legislature, Senate Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

The guidelines on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution will be published within the next few days, Chairman of the National Assembly Constitution Amendment Committee, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has said. Ikweremadu announced this during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. “Very shortly, maybe in the next few days we are going to […]

President, govs to lose immunity – NASS seeks their trial in criminal cases

Posted by admin Governors, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

If the push by lawmakers sails through in a fresh amendment of the 1999 Constitution, the President, his deputy, all governors and their deputies may lose immunity from prima-facie criminal cases. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution presently confers immunity on the President and governors. The extant section 308 (a) states: “No civil or criminal […]

Fuel subsidy scam – Reps make U-turn

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Oil Politics Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

The House of Representatives yesterday began the debate of the report of its Ad hoc Committee on fuel subsidy probe. The panel submitted its report in Abuja last Wednesday. Scores of companies were indicted for their roles in the scam. The firms, including government agencies, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency […]

N’ Assembly, Presidency showdown looms

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Showdown looms between the National Assembly and the Presidency over non-implementation of its resolutions since 1999. As the House of Representatives settles down to discuss the report of its ad-hoc committee which investigated the fuel subsidy regime last Tuesday, indications emerged at the weekend that the Presidency believed that the incessant probes of federal ministries, […]

N1.1trn Subsidy Fund Scam: NNPC dares CBN, Reps; wants proof

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Latest Politics, Legislature Monday, April 23rd, 2012

By Emmanuel Aziken, Clara Nwachukwu, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, aDEMOLA aKINYEMI, Yemi Adeoye & Mike Eboh LAGOS—Ahead of tomorrow’s commencement of debate on the report of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the utilization of petroleum subsidies, industry and political stakeholders were weekend separately upbeat and muted over alleged errors in the recommendations. The Nigerian National […]

How they bleed Nigeria!

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Thursday, April 19th, 2012

House report reveals rot in subsidy, oil sector Says 35 firms collected allocation without registration Panel asks NNPC, PPPRA, marketers to refund N1.1tr Queries national oil corporation’s solvency Indicts Offices of Budget, Accountant-General Blacklists three audit firms Wants PPPRA’s ex-scribe prosecuted Seeks two ministers of petroleum resources Proposes N557b subsidy for 2012 IT was a […]