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EFCC Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde | credits: The Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, and Anticorruption on Thursday questioned the expenses of the Economic and financial Crimes Commission which the committee described as outrageous. While considering the agency’s 2013 budget proposals, Senators frowned at the huge allocations for travels and trainings, and directed the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
SENATORS at plenary on Wednesday questioned the Federal Government’s 2012-2015 Medium Term External Borrowing Plan of $7.905bn, about N1.23tn. President Goodluck Jonathan had sent in the request since February this year and it was meant to finance pipeline projects, youth employment and power infrastructure in the country. During the debate, senators were generally sceptical of […]
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House, Legislature
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
House of Representatives is expected to receive the report of its Committee on Ethics and Privileges on the investigation into the $620,000 bribery allegation next week. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, said this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking with reporters. A four-time member of the House and […]
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Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
TWO Senators and a former governor are currently under surveillance with a view to determining their alleged involvement in the activities of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, said on Wednesday. The three, according to Abubakar, are Senators Ahmed Zanna and Ali Ndume, and a former Governor of Borno State, […]
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House, Legislature
Friday, October 26th, 2012
As the Federal Government and labour representatives move to resume the deadlocked talks with workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria over their factitious pension fund, there are indications of fresh obstacles to successful negotiations. Essentially, the House of Representatives Committee on Power is not in favour of giving a special treatment to the […]
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Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
The State Security Service on Wednesday told an Abuja Federal High Court that Senator Aliyu Ndume asked a self-confessed spokesman of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Ali Kodunga (a.ka Al-Zawahiri), to call and threaten the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,Mohammed Adoke (SAN). Konduga has since been convicted on two counts of […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Font size: 0 Comments Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has lamented the low quality of leaders in the country. He frowned on the educational quality of some National Assembly members, saying they can barely write their names. Ekweremadu stated this in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Monday while delivering the 2012 […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
By Clara Nwachukwu & Henry Umoru ABUJA-THE Senate, yesterday, said that the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of the Executive arm, have only implemented 30 per cent of the 2012 budget as against claims of slightly above 40 per cent implementation by the Presidency. There were strong indications that the strained relationship between the Executive […]
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House, Legislature
Monday, October 15th, 2012
THE last may not have been heard about the prosecution of the erstwhile fuel subsidy regime chairman, Farouk Lawan, over the $620,000 bribery allegation. Impeccable police sources disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune that intrigues, power play and pressure are now mounting on the police to stop the prosecution of the embattled chairman of the former House of […]
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Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Written by Adebayo Waheed Tuesday, 09 October 2012 The Senate Committee on Education, on Monday, issued a two-week ultimatum to the authorities of the University of Ibadan to explain its financial activities and budgetary implementation in the last one year. The committee, chaired by Senator Uche Chukwumerije, made the demand during its visit to […]
