THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, filed a 16-count criminal charge against the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. He is to be arraigned before Justice Donatus Okorowa, of the Federal High Court 7, Abuja by 9.00a.m today. The prosecuting counsel, Mr. […]
ONE-TIME Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, as he polled a total votes of 252 to beat his opponent, Honourable Mulikat Adeola-Akande, in an election held in Abuja, on Monday. Adeola-Akande, widely touted as the favourite of the presidency, […]
WITH full judicial backing, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday raided the Abuja homes of the detained former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, in connection with investigation into the alleged N2.3 billion car and N10 billion bank loan scams that rocked his leadership of the green chamber. […]
Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (PDP) Sokoto state has emerged as the new speaker of the 7th session of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. He defeated Hon. Mulikat Akande-Adeola who is popularly tagged as the candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP and the presidency. Tambuwal was a deputy chief whip in the 6th […]
AFTER several hectic days of horse trading and nocturnal meetings, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Governors elected on the party’s platform have finally agreed on the voting process to get the Speaker, House of Representatives, just as they have anointed consensus candidates. As the seventh National Assembly will be inaugurated today, the House of […]
Examining the issues in the current zoning palaver of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, fresh pieces of information emerging suggest that a cataclysmic political reconfiguration of immense proportions may be shaping up. This has to do with the probability that should Hon. Aminu Tambuwal from the North West geo-political zone succeed in his quest to […]
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, swooped on the Abuja residence of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and arrested him. This came after several days of hide and seek game between him and the anti-graft agency over alleged financial impropriety. His arrest was effected after the operatives […]
THE Inspector General of Police (IGP), Hafiz Ringim, has denied preventing the arrest of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The statement, signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Olusola Amore, said the attention of the IGP was drawn to publication in the […]
In an emotion-laden end to the sixth National Assembly session, the House of Representatives in a last ditch effort, cleared the name of its former speaker, Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, of allegation of N628m graft which led to her resignation. In a long, moving speech, Etteh challenged the House to revisit the issue in a bid […]
The valedictory plenary by the House of Representatives turned into a session of restitution on Thursday, as representatives freely reminisced on their activities as lawmakers in the past four years. The speaker, Honourable Dimeji Bankole and the former House committee chairman on Navy and Petroleum, Honourable Halims Ochuko Agoda, betrayed emotion during their valedictory speeches. […]
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