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Headlines, House, Legislature
Sunday, December 15th, 2013
By Uche Igwe This year’s international anti-corruption day will count as the most memorable in recent years. Not because of any other thing than the comments credited to the Speaker of Nigerian Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. He had accused President Goodluck Jonathan of lacking the political will in the war against […]
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Legislature, Oil Politics, Senate
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
THE Senate has empowered its committee on finance to commence a full-scale investigation into the alleged missing $49.8 billion from the Federation Account. The committee is expected to conclude its findings and submit report in less than seven days. The missing money was said to be the value of crude oil export and proceeds from […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, stopped the National Assembly from performing the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly. 0 Ruling on a suit filed by two lawyers, Messrs Tamunotemi Asobari and John Kpakol, against the National Assembly, represented by its counsel, Ade Okeaya-Inneh, Justice A. R. Muhammed held […]
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House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party has begun plot to halt the defection of its members to the All Progressives Party so as to retain the leadershi of the House. Investigation by Saturday PUNCH in Abuja on Thursday showed that the PDP was already plotting to frustrate moves by some of the reps who might want to toe the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Senate
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
L-R: Aminu Tambuwal, David Mark and Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan has held a secret meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party leadership in the National Assembly. Investigations by The PUNCH in Abuja on Tuesday showed that the meeting began at 11pm on Monday and ended at 2am on Tuesday. It […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

• Fears plot to pass no confidence vote in him Following the envisaged mass defection by federal lawmakers to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as a fallout of last week’s dumping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by four governors, the battle for the control of the House of Representatives may have begun.Daily […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal | credits: File copy Leaders of the All Progressives Congress and governors elected on the platform of the party met with governors who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting, which was held at the Kano Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, was said […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
The New Peoples Democratic Party has said PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly who choose to defect to the All Progressives Congress will not lose their seats. It said that anyone thinking that the lawmakers could lose their seats were living in the past, adding that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guaranteed […]
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Budget, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
FROM ADETUTU FOLASA-DE-KOYI, ABUJA Inability of both chambers of the National Assembly to agree on an acceptable oil benchmark for the national budget has forced a postpone-ment of the 2014 Appropriation Bill presentation. Twice in one week, President Goodluck Jonathan shelved the formal presen-tation of the N4.77 trillion 2014 estimates to a joint sitting […]
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Budget, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013

President Goodluck Jonathan Indications are that President Goodluck Jonathan may no longer present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly today by himself. Sources said “security reasons” accounted for Jonathan’s alleged change of mind. He was scheduled to present the budget by 12 noon today. The stage is already set to receive him before the […]