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Insecurity: House chickens out of summons to Jonathan

Posted by admin 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 […]

Subsidy probe not a witch-hunt –Tambuwal

Posted by admin 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 […]

Reps fault Okonjo-Iweala on budget implementation

Posted by admin House, Legislature Monday, July 30th, 2012

THE House of Representatives has dismissed as untrue statements credited to Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to the effect that the slow pace of the 2012 budget implementation was caused by the National Assembly constituency projects. Meanwhile, a constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Uwemedimo Nwoko, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan has not committed offences […]

PDP moves against Reps’ impeachment threat

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Friday, July 27th, 2012

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, said necessary moves are in top gear to resolve the threat by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan, over poor implementation of the 2012 budget. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on the outcome of its weekly National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, the deputy national chairman, of […]

Slow budget implementation: Presidency shifts blame to N-Assembly

Posted by admin Budget, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

By Ben Agande Abuja — The Presidency, yesterday, shifted the blame for the slow implementation of the 2012 budget to the doorstep of the National Assembly, saying the insertion of constituency projects by the legislature into the original copy of the budget has significantly altered the budget. Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who addressed […]

Presidency after me – Gbajabiamila

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

By Okey Ndiribe & Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA—The controversy generated by the impeachment motion against President Goodluck Jonathan last week took a new twist, yesterday, as a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamilla, who presented the motion, accused the Presidency of circulating misleading reports in the media to tarnish his reputation. However, he […]

Reps divided over impeachment plot against Jonathan

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

July 25, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, John Ameh, Olusola Fabiyi, Oluwole Josiah and Olalekan Adetayo There were indications on Tuesday that members of the House of Representatives were divided over the threat to impeach President Goodluck. The division in the House, particularly among the Peoples Democratic Party’s lawmakers, came to the fore on Tuesday when […]

Impeachment threat not over Lawan, contracts – Reps

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

THE House of Representatives on Monday said the ultimatum given to President Goodluck Jonathan to either achieve 100 per cent budget performance by September or face impeachment procedures, was borne out of genuine desire to move the country forward. The lawmakers condemned insinuations that the impeachment threat had to do with their desire for contracts […]

Why we moved against Jonathan –Reps

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

The Nigeria’s House of Representatives says its move to plot the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan is not connected with Lawan’s controversial subsidy bribe scam nor failure of government to award constituencies projects to members. The Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed gave the clarification in a statement issued […]

Between Otedola and Lawan: Re-enacting the David and Goliath Epic? – By Dr. Ibrahim K. Usman

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, House, Ibrahim K. Usman, Legislature, NNP Columnists Saturday, July 21st, 2012

By Dr. Ibrahim K. Usman | Benue, Nigeria | July 21, 2012 – In physical size and depth of pockets, Femi Otedola, the multi-millionaire chairman of Zenon Oil, is without doubt the Goliath in this ding-dong affair. Boyish-looking Farouk Lawan, a member of the House of Representatives (HOR) since 1999 and the deposed Chairman of […]