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Reps to probe CBN over nationalized banks

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Legislature Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

The last may not have been heard about the nationalization of three banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] as the House of Representatives Committee on capital market gave indication of its readiness to revisit the exercise. Chairman of the recently inaugurated Committee on Capital Market, Hon Herman Hembe, who gave the hint at […]

Tambuwal inaugurates 89 standing committees

Posted by admin House, Legislature Friday, September 30th, 2011

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday, inaugurated 89 standing and special committees of the House with a charge that the committees’ leaders should hit the ground running by ensuring that government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) utilise their allocations effectively and effici-ently. The speaker also emphasised the need for the committees […]

Tribunal sacks 10 CPC N’Assembly members

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Senate Thursday, September 29th, 2011

In less than two hours, supporters of no fewer than 10 members of the National Assembly yesterday watched in disbelief as the eye popping judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal in Katsina State stripped their lawmakers of their victory in the April 9 poll. They are two senators and eight House of Representatives members elected […]

Reps beg ASUU to suspend strike

Posted by admin House, Legislature Thursday, September 29th, 2011

House of Representatives yesterday begged warring Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] to call off its on-going warning strike and also called on the Federal Government to legalize the nine newly established Universities In two separate motions adopted by the House, it was observed that there were no laws backing the new universities expected to […]

Stampede over bomb scare at N’Assembly (Chickens)

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

It was a joke carried too far yesterday as a ploy by staffers of the National Assembly’s Sergeant-at-Arms’ office to stop the influx of visitors to the complex following a rumoured attack caused a bomb scare. Legislative and administrative activities were disrupted following the claim that the dreaded Boko Haram planned to bomb the complex […]

Senate, Reps sets up constitution review committee

Posted by admin Constitution, House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Sequel to the Senate agenda as read by its president, David Mark, while welcoming his colleagues from a six-week recess on Tuesday that constitution amendment remained one of the top priorities of the seventh Senate, a 47-man Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution had been constituted. Members, who cut across party lines, […]

Tambuwal, PDP Chiefs fear Senators, Reps revolt

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

FACTS emerged on Wednesday why the Peoples Democratic Party is afraid of sanctioning the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and his deputy, Emeka Ihedioha, for violating the party’s zoning arrangement. Checks by our correspondents showed that the PDP was afraid of incurring the wrath of the sizeable number of Representatives who […]

Bankole’s return bid causes ripples in House

Posted by admin House, Legislature, National Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The bid by immediate Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, to return to the House is reportedly causing ripples among the lawmakers. But, Mr. Segun Williams, who defeated Bankole in the race for the Abeokuta Federal Constituency seat last April, told journalists on Wednesday that the ex-speaker’s return moves did not bother […]

Okonjo-Iweala honours Reps’ summon

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Ministries Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday made a 10-minute appearance at the public hearing of the House of Representatives on the illegal concession agreement between her ministry and Single Window Systems and Technology Limited (SWST). The minister was on Monday threatened with an arrest if she failed to appear before the ad-hoc committee by […]

Single term: Electorate will decide our position–Reps

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Chairman, House Ad-Hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele The House of Representatives on Friday said the Nigerian electorate, not the legislature, would decide whether lawmakers would endorse President Goodluck Jonathan’s single term proposal or not. The House reacted to the issue in Abuja ahead of Tuesday’s (September 13) reconvening of the National […]