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PDP primaries: Jonathan, Senators set to tackle govs

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Saturday, November 8th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Senate have agreed to curb the overwhelming influence of state governors in the affairs of the party, particularly its primaries. SUNDAY PUNCH, on Friday, gathered that during a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Thursday night, the President, the senators and the leadership […]

Embattled Tambuwal takes case to divine court

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature Saturday, November 8th, 2014

The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday declared that his fate as the speaker was in the hands of God. He said the ruling Poeples Democratic Party could not remove him as Speaker. He stated that only God and his colleagues in the House could remove him from office as […]

Tambuwal dares PDP

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday, November 4th, 2014

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday dared the Peoples Democratic Party by paying a working visit to the National Assembly complex in Abuja. The PDP had after Tambuwal announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress last week, asked him to resign as speaker or be impeached. It also initiated […]

60 APC Reps form human shield around Tambuwal

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, Party Politics Saturday, November 1st, 2014

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal Following the withdrawal of the security details attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, 60 All Progressives Congress members of the House now move around with him to serve as security for the Speaker. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt the 60 Reps […]

Opinion: TAMBUWAL’S politics of the absurd

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Saturday, November 1st, 2014

I had actually done a different piece for today and was about to send it for publication when Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal’s bombshell hit the nation in the manner of a thunderbolt. Tambuwal had midweek, in a move that did not come as a surprise to close watchers of our political scene, […]

National Assembly and national minimum wage

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu LAST week, the Senate removed wages from the Exclusive Legislative List and placed it in the Concurrent List, as part of the Constitution amendment process. Stripped of legislative language, it means there will no longer be a National Minimum Wage in Nigeria and each state can pay whatever it deemed fit. […]

Akpabio accepts senatorial nomination form from youths (Paid youth?)

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News Friday, October 24th, 2014

AKWA Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has heeded to the clarion calls by the people of Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district to contest for the senatorial seat in 2015, under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akpabio, who stated this on Wednesday at Ukana in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, when the youth […]

APC, PDP Reps poised for showdown

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature, Raw Politics Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Members during plenary at the floor of the Nigeria House of Representatives THE Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress caucuses in the House of Representatives are set for another showdown when the House resumes on October 14 . The issue that will spark off the row is the latest seizure by the South […]

Senator Causes Stir Over Dollar Spray at Sister’s Funeral

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, Imo, Legislature, Senate, State News Saturday, October 4th, 2014

From Ignatius Okpara, Awka Senator Hope Uzodinma, representing Orlu senatorial district of Imo state, on Friday narrowly escaped mob action as he splashed dollars at the funeral of his younger sister, Professor Josephine Anagbogu in Anambra. It took the intervention of security operatives to disperse army of youths who almost mobbed the legislator, while he […]

$9.3m scandal: APC Reps storm out of House

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Suleiman Abdulrahman-Kawu | credits: http://www.ackcity.net Angry All Progressives Congress members in the House of Representatives staged a walkout on Tuesday in protest against a failed debate on the controversial $9.3m seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli by the South African authorities on September 5. The two Nigerians and the Israeli had flown […]