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N37bn loan scam: Bankole, ex-deputy didn’t benefit –Witness tells court

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Thursday, November 24th, 2011

The Director of Finance, National Assembly, Mr Bukoye Azeez, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday that even though former Speaker Dimeji Bankole approved N37 billion loans for lawmakers, he and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada, did not benefit from them. He said Bankole okayed the loans allegedly obtained from two banks to […]

Reps drop motion to probe oil theft, amnesty programme

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Niger Delta Thursday, November 24th, 2011

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, threw out a motion seeking to probe the hijack of oil supply vessel “MV Endeavour”, the kidnapping of three expatriates off Niger Delta coastline and the implementation of the amnesty programme. The three expatriates were reportedly kidnapped on November 18 while working in a vessel serving at the Chevron oil […]

Court summons N’Assembly Clerks over N37bn loan scam

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has summoned the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Salisu Maikasuwa and his House of Representatives counterpart, Mr Mohammed Ataba Sani-Omolori to appear before it today over the ongoing trial of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada […]

N’Assembly asks President to shelve oil subsidy removal

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Friday, November 18th, 2011

Jonathan, Mark, Tambuwal meet on state of the nation • Senators deny ‘no confidence vote’ move A DAY after the Senate went into an executive session and resolved to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan over their misgivings with the state of affairs in the country, President Jonathan yesterday met with a cross section of members […]

Why lawmakers are angry with Jonathan

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Friday, November 18th, 2011

Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the seeming frosty relationship between the Presidency and the National Assembly lately. Within the week alone, some Senators who were angry with the Presidency over the increasing insecurity especially the spate of attacks by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamist sect, threatened to push for a ‘no confidence’ motion against President […]

Forget subsidy, face Boko Haram •NASS tells Jonathan

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Thursday, November 17th, 2011

ATTEMPT by President Goodluck Jonathan to woo the 109 senators and 360 House of Representatives members to support his government’s planned fuel subsidy removal has reportedly failed, as the meeting called by the presidency to discuss the issue of subsidy removal among other pressing national issues ended in a deadlock on Wednesday. The Senate, through […]

NNPC owes N842bn, not N450bn, NEITI tells Reps

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Oil Politics Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

The House of Representatives was informed yesterday that the actual amount owed the Federation Account was in tune of N842 billion by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and not N450billion. Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) told the Joint committee on Finance, Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream) and Gas Resources, probing the non -remittance […]

Reps probe PTDF, DPR, others

Posted by admin House, Legislature Monday, October 31st, 2011

THE House of Representatives has set machinery in motion for monitoring the finances and expenditure profiles of all the regulatory agencies in the petroleum industry in Nigeria. The new move by the House is aimed at curbing unlawful spending by the agencies through phoney contract awards, while limiting the expenses of the agencies to those approved […]

Reps, ex-lawmaker differ over planned review of EFCC Act

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, House, Legislature Sunday, October 30th, 2011

FOLLOWING the uproar that trailed the planned amendment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act to make provision for a retired justice of the Supreme Court or Appeal Court to head the agency, Chairman, House Committee on Media, Mohammad Zakari, has dismissed as “untrue” insinuations that the move was aimed at sacking the current […]

Reps summon IG over Bayelsa killing

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Again, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim has been summoned by the House of Representatives to explain the circumstances leading to the killing of a 20-year-old man by the Police in Bayelsa State. Ringim would appear before the committees on Police, Human Rights and Justice, and also appear before Human Rights, Justice, Public Safety […]