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Legislature, Senate
Monday, September 1st, 2014
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – SENATE President, Senator David Mark has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for reinstating about 16,000 resident doctors that were sacked during the two months nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Medical Doctors, NMA. Senator Mark had made several efforts to mediate between the striking doctors and the federal government over the disagreement […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 26, 2014 – A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, on Tuesday said he has been searching for job since he left the House in 2003. A member of the People’s Democratic Party, Na’Abba represented the Kano Municipal Federal Constituency of Kano […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
save Nigerians from the grip of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Adadevoh, a senior physician at the First Consultants Hospital, Lagos died last week after contracting Ebola from the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, whom she treated. Describing the late physician as a heroine, who should be remembered for her selflessness, Nnaji, who represents Nkanu East/Nkanu West […]
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House, Legislature, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, held a secret meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop home in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, on Tuesday. Tambuwal, who arrived at the former president’s residence around 5.30pm, left around 6.18pm. Our correspondent gathered that the visit might […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Gunmen, Tuesday morning,kidnapped Senator Emmanuel Paulker’s 90-year old mother. The abduction took place at her residence at the Opolo suburb of Yenagoa. Details later.wp_posts
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Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014
Senate President, David Mark, on Tuesday reviewed the dwindling fortune of the nation’s economy and called for stronger public and private sectors participation to salvage the situation. Mark, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Paul Mumeh, stated this when the executive members of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry visited him […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
• Rejects panel’s proposal to stop fuel subsidy • Wants speedy passage of PIB • Mark blames executive, legislature for graft IT is not true that $49.8 billion oil money is missing from the Federation Account as alleged by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Senate declared […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered a stay of execution of orders by the National Human Rights Commission awarding N135m to relatives and victims of the September 20, 2013 attack and killing of eight squatters in an uncompleted building in Apo, Abuja. Justice Gabriel Kolawole in an ex-parte ruling on June 27 equally granted […]
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House, Legislature
Monday, June 30th, 2014
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has charged politicians to be accountable to the electorate through transparent representation in order to seek support during elections. Tambuwal spoke in Calabar, Cross River State during an empowerment programme organised by the member representing Bakassi, Akpabuyo and Calabar South federal constituency in the National Assembly, […]
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Governors, Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Monday, June 30th, 2014
Urge ceasefire by Boko Haram insurgents THE Senate President, David Mark, has urged Muslims to make the continued survival of Nigeria a focal point of their prayers to the Almighty Allah during this holy month of Ramadan. Mark, in a message to the Muslim faithful in Nigeria, urged them to pray for the nation and […]
