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House, Legislature, Oil Politics, Senate
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) on Tuesday raised the alarm over the N48bn excess expenditure by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in its 2012 operations. The committee is also calling for information on undisclosed NNPC reserves from which the government-owned oil corporation drew funds to augment its expenditure during the year. The […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan may not bow to the pressure mounted on him by the House of Representatives to fire the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh. The lawmakers had on July 19, 2012 asked Jonathan to sack Oteh after adopting the report of the House’s ad hoc committee which probed the […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Senator Oluremi Tinubu has initiated Elderly Citizens Assistance Scheme as part of her programmes to alleviate poverty among the aged persons in her constituency. Tinubu, who represents Lagos Central Constituency in the Senate, gave N10, 000 each to 1,300 elderly persons, aged from 65 and above, spread across 13 local governments that make up the […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, December 10th, 2012
The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts has expressed concern over requests by state governments to secure foreign loans totalling over $3.059 bn. Chairman of the committee, Senator Ehigie Uzamere, raised the alarm at a meeting with some of the affected states finance commmissioners in Abuja on Monday. Uzamere warned state governments against obtaining […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, December 10th, 2012
THE Nigerian tourism sector has been acknowledged by many, both the stakeholders and several others, as a veritable source of income for the country. This became more pronounced in the face of the dwindling fortune of the country in the oil sector, even as emphasis is now being placed on the need to turn attention […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Monday, December 10th, 2012
A grand plot to cause divisions between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Senate President, David Mark, ahead of the 2015 election, has unfolded in Abuja, sources in the political circles have said. The design was said to be part of the grand design to emasculate President Jonathan ahead of the expected contest for the 2015 […]
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House, Legislature, United Nations
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
By Ayodele Babalola Deputy Chairman House Committee on Human Rights, Hon Rotimi Makinde has said that Federal House of Reps would do everything within its legislative capacity to ensure that the rights of every minority groups in Nigeria are protected under the law; even as he called for equity, fairness and justice, affirming that only […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
In a move to enforce its resolution on the Securities and Exchange Commission, the House of Representatives on Tuesday walked out officials of the agency from a meeting at the National Assembly. The three-man SEC delegation had gone to represent the Director-General of the commission, Ms. Arunma Oteh, at an interactive session with Ministries, Departments […]
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Budget, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Legislature
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
By IHEANACHO NWOSU and CHUKS AKUNNA, Abuja The House of Representatives has summoned the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Director-General of Budget Office in the Presidency, Dr. Bright Okongwu, over allegation that they prevented the audit of the […]
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General Politics, House, Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Friday, November 30th, 2012
Security remained the issue yesterday, with scary lawmakers urging the executive to tackle the monster. House of Representatives members declared the National Assembly a likely target of terrorists. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was worried that rampaging gunmen were killing people all over the country. And the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) said […]
