The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu John Ameh, Abuja The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, said on Tuesday that Nigeria must embrace restructuring as the surest solutions to its current economic challenges. He argued that to succeed, the country must abandon its “feeding bottle federalism “ for true fiscal federalism. The deputy […]
-Saharareporters SaharaReporters has learned that a pensive Senate President, Bukola Saraki, today held a private meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and pleaded with the AGF to drop forgery charges against him and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. The private meeting took place today at the premises of the Senate when […]
• NASS budget slashed from N150b to N115b • Lawmakers say it’s a sacrifice for Nigeria The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers have rejected the N10 billion proposed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in the 2016 budget for the construction of […]
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has granted Senate President, Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Ekweremadu, and two others bail in their trial over an alleged forgery. All four accused persons pleaded not guilty after which their lawyers argued that they be granted bail. The case has been adjourned to July 11. -Punchwp_posts
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 24, 2016 – We were recently riveted by allegations of sexual misconducts leveled against three Nigerian lawmakers by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle. In a letter to the Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, he accused one of the ten members of the […]
Ibim Semenitari John Ameh, Abuja Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday expressed disgust over the sitting of most of the agency’s projects in the constituency of the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Nicholas Mutu. The commmision’s Acting Managing Director, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, had presented a 2016 budget […]
Niyi Odebode, Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba and Ade Adesomoju Prominent groups and civil rights activists have described as embarrassing the alleged sexual misconduct of three members of the House of Representatives during their visit to the United States The groups and individuals, in separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH, said if the allegation was established, the […]
<:figure><:figure><:figure> Bukola Saraki, Yakubu Dogara LEKE BAIYEWU with agency report Some senators on Saturday demanded immunity and life pension for presiding officers of the National Assembly after their tenure in office. They made the proposals at a-two day retreat on Constitution Review organised by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review in Lagos, […]
Yakubu Dogara John Ameh, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday directed the investigation of three members of the House over an alleged sex scandal. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed this in Abuja, saying that the leadership of […]
John Ameh, Abuja the House of Representatives on Tuesday sought the reversal of the validity period of the Nigerian Passport to 10 years as was the case before the introduction of the current e-Passport regime. Under the current passport policy, the identity document expires after a period of five years and it leaves holders with […]
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