Posted by admin
House, Legislature, National Politics
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The leadership of the House of Representatives Thursday opened dialogue with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress to explore ways of averting the impending nationwide industrial action being planned by organised labour. The lower chamber of the National Assembly has also constituted a twelve-member ad-hoc committee […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, rejected a motion that sought to probe pending reports of various panels and commissions of inquiry set up by the Federal Government over the years on major socio-political and economic crises in the country with no white paper issued on such reports as members unanimously voted against it. Honourable […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
SERVING senators and members of the House of Representatives are said to be angry with the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly for allegedly orchestrating a 40 per cent reduction in the allowances of the lawmakers. The revelation first came to the knowledge of the new senators a day after their resumption, […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan yesterday bowed to the demand of the House of Representatives that he formally communicates to it the list of the 20 special advisers he had earlier sent to the Senate for approval. In a letter dated July 1, 2011, read by the speaker of the House, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, Jonathan formally […]
Posted by admin
EFCC Politics, House, Legislature
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
A member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Zakari Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that the suggestions by the Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, to merge the country’s anti-corruption agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was a welcome development that if carried out, […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
A group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has commended the proposed plan by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to reduce the jumbo pay of members as a good step with utmost interest of Nigerians. Speaking through its executive chairman, Debo Adeniran, the Coalition urged the 7th House of Representative members to be […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature, Senate
Monday, June 27th, 2011
AHEAD of today’s resumption of senators and members of the House of Representatives, after about three weeks break, security network at the National Assembly (NASS) has been beefed up. The development resulted in long queues of cars at the entrance of the National Assembly, which almost paralysed the activities at centre. As part of the […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature, Senate
Monday, June 27th, 2011
WHAT to expect from the seventh National Assembly emerged yesterday as the Senate unveiled its agenda for Nigerians in the new dispensation. When full legislative business begins, the National Assembly will again for the second time in less than two years amend the 1999 Constitution to address growing agitations against some perceived grey areas in […]
Posted by admin
House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Friday, June 24th, 2011
ABUJA-Members of the House of Representatives may agree with the majority of Nigerians that the welfare package for the legislators should be reduced. They, however, are insisting that any cut to their N42 million quarterly allocation should be made to be across board. Hysteria over the welfare package of legislators recently swept the nation following […]
Posted by admin
House, Legislature, Top Stories
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
ABUJA—EMBATTLED former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, challenged the power of an Abuja High Court sitting at Apo, to try him for alleged fraud. Bankole who went before the high court with an application seeking to quash the entire criminal charge against him, maintained that no court has the power to […]
