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25% of Budget: Sanusi has apologised to N’Assembly – Makarfi

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Ahmed Makarfi has said that Nigerians did not understand the Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, when he (Sanusi) said members of the National Assembly alone were spending 25 per cent of the country’s annual budget. Makarfi, who spoke to journalists in Kaduna at an interactive forum disclosed that he […]

Voter registration: Senate summons Jega

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Senate has summoned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to appear before it on Wednesday (today) over the poor conduct of the ongoing voter registration. It also voted to amend the Electoral Act 2010 to provide for an extended time for INEC to continue the conduct of the exercise […]

CPC Okays Aliero for Senate

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Kebbi, Legislature, Senate, State News Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Former governor of Kebbi State and Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Adamu Aliero, will now be contesting for the Kebbi central senatorial district seat on the platform of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), just as the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Malam, yesterday appointed former Secretary to the State Government […]

I am Not a Murderer – Sen. Ararume

Posted by admin Legislature, Raw Politics, Senate Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Ararume fell victim of high wire politics in 2007 when he made an attempt to contest the governorship election of Imo State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); having won the primaries of the party. But the party opted for Engr. Charles Ugwu in his place. He got a landmark ruling when […]

‘N’Assembly to spend N10m on cleaning services monthly’

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

The National Assembly will this year spend N240.3m on the cleaning of its Phase III building and another N450.7m on fuelling of generators installed in the premises of the same edifice. The fuel cost will also cover generators in the Phase 11 of the same building and its Annex I & II complex. The sums […]

Put your house in order, Mark tells INEC

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Attempts by President of the Senate, Senator David Mark to register for the forthcoming general election in his Ward I, Otukpo, Benue State failed to yield the desired result as Direct Data Capture (DDC) machine of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not function. Senator Mark who was accompanied by his wife, Helen arrived […]

Akume, Waziri, Ekaette Lose Senate Slots

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Serving senators, including George Akume and Joseph Akaargerger (Benue State); Hosea Ehinlanwo (Ekiti State); Satty Gogwin (Plateau State); Eme Ekaette (Akwa Ibom State); Ajuji Waziri (Gombe State); and Abubakar Gada (Sokoto State). Similarly, Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Danjuma Goje, at the weekend became the first sitting governor serving out his second term in office in […]

How Daniel, Obasanjo-Bello, Bankole emerged in parallel PDP primaries

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Sunday, January 9th, 2011

AS members of the crisis-ridden Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State go to the polls today to elect their standard flag-bearer for the forthcoming general elections, what is on the lips of residents of the state is whether the party would be able to overcome their problem or juHow Daniel, Obasanjo-Bello, Bankole emerged in […]

Yar’Adua’s daughter gets Reps ticket

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Ahead of this week’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to elect candidates for National Assembly elections, indications have emerged that, Maryam, wife of an incumbent member of the House of Representatives and eldest daughter of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may have been offered the Reps ticket on a platter of gold. Maryam, who […]

Eleweomo: Senate leader arraigned, detained in prison

Posted by admin Legislature, National Politics, Senate Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

The Senate Leader, Mr. Teslim Folarin, and three others were on Tuesday arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, in connection with Thursday’s killing of a factional leader of the state council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.k.a Eleweomo). They were remanded at the Agodi Prisons, […]