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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Legislature, Senate
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- SENATE President David Mark will today, Saturday be honoured by the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA at its 59th convocation ceremony in Kaduna. Also to be conferred with honorary Doctorate Degrees by the Military Institution are president of Liberia Mrs. Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku. In […]
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Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
The former Minister of Works, Senator Sanusi Dagash has been forced into an exile abroad after the general elections last year, no thanks to threats by the Boko Haram Islamist group. Sources close to the former minister said he was being hounded by the terror group over his support for President Goodluck Jonathan in the […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, August 27th, 2012
From: NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna Senator Mohammed Muhkar Aruwa was a two-term Senator and represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the Red Chamber between 1999 and 2003. He was also the governorship candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party, Kaduna State, in the 2007 and 2011 elections. In this interview with Daily Sun, Aruwa declares that the […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Legislature, Senate
Monday, August 27th, 2012
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Senate yesterday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop any action on the issuance of N5, 000 note and its proposed restructuring of other currencies. The CBN said last Thursday, that the new note would come into effect next January while the N5, N10 and N20 notes would be […]
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Aviation, Legislature, Senate
Monday, August 6th, 2012
FURTHER insights into the decision of the senators not to participate in the aviation road show has revealed that only one senator mistakenly took the basic travel allowance (BTA) meant for the trip. Investigations in the National Assembly confirmed that Senate Committee on Aviation, headed by Senator Hope Uzordin-ma, had decided not to participate in […]
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Aviation, Legislature, Senate
Monday, August 6th, 2012
The Senate on Sunday said any Senator that tavels with the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, on her proposed three-nation tour would not be representing the upper arm of the National Assembly. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, made this known in an exclusive interview with one […]
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Constitution, House, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, August 5th, 2012
Senators and members of the House of Representatives of southern extraction have kicked against the recent proposals by the governors of the 19 northern states. Ahead of the review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly, the governors last month opposed the creation of state police and the inclusion of the six geo-political zones […]
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House, Legislature
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Despite spirited efforts by the Executive to douse rising tension over the shoddy implementation of the 2012 budget, the House of Representatives insists that its resolution on the Appropriation Act stands. The House, at its plenary on July 19, 2012, resolved to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan if his administration does not achieve […]
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House, Legislature
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
THERE are strong indications that members of the House of Representatives have abandoned the summons to President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before them to address the worsening insecurity in the country. Five weeks after the June 19 resolution by the House to summon the President, The PUNCH found out on Thursday that there had been […]
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House, Legislature
Monday, July 30th, 2012
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, insists that the fuel subsidy investigation is not a witch-hunt but rather to instill transparency in the running of public offices. The Speaker said this through his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Imam Imam, in an interactive session with newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday. According to […]
