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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 […]

Atiku, Rep support foreign investigators

Posted by admin House, Legislature, United Nations Monday, August 29th, 2011

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has thrown his weight behind the involvement of foreign investigators to unravel those responsible for the bombing of the United Nation’s Building in Abuja on Friday. Also, the Chairman, Ad hoc committee of House of Representatives on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, has described the taking over of […]

An Open Letter to All Newly Elected Nigerian Reps – By Adewale T. Akande

Posted by admin Adewale T. Akande, Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate Sunday, August 28th, 2011

By Adewale T. Akande, Barcelona, Spain – August 28, 2011 – Your excellency lawmakers, I am using this forum to congratulate you all for having opportunity to be among those political trustees elected to represent our opinions, perspectives and interests in leading us to a nation of our dreams. We have lived in the worst […]

Politics: Drama of unending National Assembly probes

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

As the probe of the privatisation programme of the Federal Government by the Senate ends, NDUBUISI ORJI writes on the unending probes by the nation’s legislature What really is the main objective of the many probes so far embarked upon by the National Assembly? Are they aimed at bringing to the public domain how public […]

Abike Dabiri attacks Nollywood

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, House, Legislature, Nollywood (Film Industry) Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Ace broadcaster and member of the Federal House of Representatives, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shocked the press and industry operators alike last week, when she took on Nollywood. She stated that most of the movies churned out of the industry lacked technical depths, especially when the films are compared to other films produced in the developed […]

Hard times hit N’Assembly as banks recover election loans

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Hard times have hit returnee members of the National Assembly, as senators and members of the House of Representatives, are groaning under the yoke of heavy bank loans taken to prosecute the April poll. The National Assembly poll was shifted from April 2 to April 9 when it was eventually conducted by the Independent National […]

Between Freedom of Information and Witch-Hunt – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson Sunday, August 7th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 7, 2011 – The recent call by Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka for President Goodluck Jonathan to test the workability of the recently passed Freedom of Information (FoI) Act generated deserved headlines. Speaking at the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) Town Hall Meeting on the FoI […]

Jonathan, Buhari, govs, others mourn Ume –Ezeoke

Posted by admin General Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics Thursday, August 4th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that the death of Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, erstwhile national chairman of All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP), is a national loss. The President led other eminent Nigerians including the leadership of the House of Representatives, presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the last April elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari […]

Reps order FG to investigate murder of Nigerian by German police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature Thursday, July 28th, 2011

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, adopted a motion which sought to investigate the gruesome murder of a Nigerian, Mrs Christy Schnudeck, nee Omorodion, who was resident in Germany. To this end, the House directed its Clerk, Mr Sanni Omolori, to liaise with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure that the deceased’s […]

N40bn scam: Don’t compare me with Bode George, Bankole warns EFCC

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

ABUJA — Determined to extricate himself from allegations that he inflated the cost of contracts awarded by the House of Representatives whilst he was the Speaker, Mr Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, flayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for comparing the crime he allegedly committed with that of the convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian […]