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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
By Hon Bimbo Daramola | Abuja, Nigeria | Sept. 12, 2013 – The penultimate week was not the week of federal lawmakers. The endangered species had to come into fresh national prominence to face the rage of the Nigerian people who largely elected them as their representatives from the length and breadth of this country. The umbrage […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
By EMMANUEL AZIKEN, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, BEN AGANDE, HENRY UMORU & IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI LAGOS—AFTER months of bickering that has polarised the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 22 senators and 57 members of the House of Representatives elected on the banner of the party, yesterday, dragged Tukur to court over moves to declare their seats vacant on […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
Fifty-seven out of the 204 members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the embattled Peoples Democratic Party have declared their support for the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led New PDP. This endorsement is coming barely 24 hours after about 20 senators on the party’s platform took a similar decision. The 57 lawmakers include the […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, September 1st, 2013
A former senator’s son is being remanded in prison over his involvement in an armed robbery in Abuja. Informed police sources revealed to the Nigerian Tribune that the former senator’s son from Ekiti State had led a gang of armed robbers to rob a 6:19:02 PM colonel, names withheld, at Mbora Estate, where his AK-47 […]
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Legislature, Senate
Sunday, September 1st, 2013
President of the Senate, David Mark Wife of the Anglican Bishop of Lagos West, Mrs. Lydia Odedeji, on Friday lauded the Senate for its stance against same-sex marriage in Nigeria. She also appealed to the government and all stakeholders to work towards the timely resolution of the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by members […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
The House of Representatives has said it welcomes the request for a public hearing on the controversial jumbo pay of its members and senators by a former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili. Ezekwesili had stated on Monday that the National Assembly consumed over N1.1tr. since 2005. She spoke at a dialogue on the “cost […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, August 22nd, 2013
Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has insisted that the National Assembly gulped approximately N1tn in the last eight years. She has, therfore, challenged the lawmakers to a public hearing to defend her claims. In a statement on Wednesday, she defended her submissions at the Civil Society Roundtable hosted by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy […]
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House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Dr. Oby Ezekwesili | credits: File copy A former Minister of Education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, on Monday said Nigeria had spent over N1tn on the National Assembly members in the last eight years. Ezekwesili, in a keynote address she delivered during one-day dialogue session on the ‘Cost of governance in Nigeria, “ added […]
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Budget, House, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
By CHARLES KUMOLU SENATOR Nkechi Nwaogu is the Senate Committee Chairman on Gas. In this interview, she frowns at the budget cycle in Nigeria, adding that it is responsible for the frequent budget face-off between the executive and the legislature. Nwoagu also wants an agreement that would allow the National Assembly to make inputs into […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
THE lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke, has condemned the arrest and detention of suppoters of Governor Rotimi Amaechi in the Peoples Democratic Party in his constituency. In a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Nwuke accused the police of bias in the political crisis […]
