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Bankole, Nafada May Face Fresh Trial over N2.3bn Peugeot Deal

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Dimeji Bankole , former House Speaker Trouble is far from over for the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has concluded plans to charge him with another alleged fraud relating to the N2.3 billion Peugeot cars deal. Also to be re-arrested and re-arraigned is […]

Legislators’ Pay As Burden On Economy

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Why Legislators’ Pay Turns Jumbo • 469 Federal Lawmakers Gulp N339bn In 4 Years • Actual Salary (On Pay Slip) Only N18.245bn • N45m Per Senator Per Quarter (N720m In 4 Years) • N42m Per House Member Per Quarter (N672m In 4 Years) • N4,881,394,960 To Maintain 109 Senators • N13,364,450,550 To Maintain 360 […]

Editorial: The trial of Dimeji Bankole

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, June 18th, 2011

The on-going trial of the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, for corruption, is a good opportunity to address the problem of public corruption in Nigeria, specifically, the unilateral approval and payment of outrageous allowances to legislators. The former Speaker, who was arrested by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes […]

Bankole and the next generation of treasury looters – By Emeka Chiakwelu

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP – June 14, 2011 – The alleged financial misappropriation, fraud and loan shenanigan in the hands of the erstwhile Speaker of House of Representative, Mr. Dimeji Bankole is quite troubling. “Bankole is already facing a 16-count charge of allegedly misappropriating N9 billion capital project fund through contract inflation.” Then it was […]

Bankole’s father cries out, they want to kill my son

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Chief Alani Bankole, the father of the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, has cried out that some people in government want to kill his son. According to him, he received the intelligence reports late yesterday that arrangements had been concluded to kill his son, Dimeji, who is being detained and […]

A stain on Bankole’s white kaftan

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

IT follows the usual pattern, a pattern of dragging former office holders straight from their executive mansions to jail. This pattern was set in the last eight years or thereabout since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, became the watchdog or, more appropriately, sharp-eyed eagle of our economic temple. It all started after the first […]

‘Reverse sale of Legislators’ Quarters to Mark, Bankole’

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Progressive Leadership Organisation International, PLOI, yesterday, urged the Presidency to reverse the sale of official residential quarters of principal officers of the National Assembly to the Senate President, David Mark; former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole; the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and former Deputy Speaker, Usman Bayero Nafada; describing the purchase as the height of […]

N40BN SCAM: Bankole gets bail, re-arrested, arraigned

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, Top Stories Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

TRAVAILS of the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, were further compounded by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, as he was again arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, alongside his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada. They took turns to plead not guilty to […]

New finds in the House, EFCC guards Bankole’s deputy in hospital

Posted by admin House, Legislature Monday, June 13th, 2011

Nafada in road mishap Arraigns Bankole over fresh N40b loan ‘Ex-speaker, deputy took N12b three days to exit’ THERE seems to be no respite yet for the former leadership of the House of Representatives. While the former Speaker Dimeji Bankole is fighting in court to regain his freedom, at least on bail, his then deputy, […]

Jumbo salary: Lawmakers should make refund, TUC charges EFCC, ICPC

Posted by admin House, Legislature Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Following the revelation by the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, (RMAFC) that it had no knowledge of the jumbo salary being collected by the National Assembly members and hordes of other political appointees, organized labour at the weekend expressed disappointment at the development and called for publication of the constitutionally approved emoluments and allowances […]