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N96m bribe: Reps abandon Lawan to his fate

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Raw Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

Angry members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday insisted that one of their high-ranking members, Mr. Farouk Lawan, currently enmeshed in a $3m bribery allegation must carry his own cross. A key member of the House confided in The PUNCH in Abuja that most members had reportedly analysed Lawan and Femi Otedola’s accounts of […]

UNILAG alumni join N’Assembly in suit against FG

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Monday, June 11th, 2012

The University of Lagos Alumni Association has joined the National Assembly in the suit filed against the Federal Government for renaming the university the Moshood Abiola University. The decision was taken after its extra-ordinary general meeting penultimate Sunday. The association had filed a suit seeking to restrain the Federal Government from renaming UNILAG at the […]

Reps threaten Jonathan over bills •Why we can’t move against him – Senate

Posted by admin House, Legislature Friday, June 8th, 2012

THE House of Representatives chairman on Rules and Business, Honourable Albert Sam-Tsokwa, on Thursday bemoaned the attitude of the presidency to non-implementation of the National Assembly resolutions and assenting to bills passed by the legislature. The House has, therefore, threatened to henceforth over-ride the presidency if bills passed to it are not assented to after […]

Senate demands release of Nigeria’s air crashes reports

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

The Senate has ordered the Ministry of Aviation to release previous reports of the investigations into air disasters in the country even as it commenced a joint probe with the House of Representatives of the crash of the Dana plane crash in Lagos on Sunday. While considering a motion brought by Senator Hope Uzodinma and […]

Reps direct airworthiness checks on aircraft

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

House of Representatives on Tuesday directed that immediate air-worthiness checks must be conducted on all aircraft flying domestic routes in the country. It also asked the Committee on Aviation of the National Assembly to investigate the remote and immediate causes of Sunday’s plane crash in Lagos. The resolution followed a motion on urgent national importance […]

Forum wants holidays for security operatives cancelled

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

June 6, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja 5 Comments Senators Forum on Tuesday in Abuja advised security agencies and regulatory authorities in the aviation industry not to observe public holidays in case of emergencies and disasters. The group also asked the National Assembly to conduct a public hearing and investigation into the Dana plane crash […]

Senate orders suspension of Dana Airlines operations

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Abuja – The Senate has ordered Dana Airlines to suspend its operations pending the conclusion of its investigation into Sunday’s air crash. The Senate also directed the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren, to step aside until all investigations into the air crash had been completed. The resolution followed a […]

Rep Asks Aides to Beat Up FRSC Official Over Illegal Parking (Shameless lawbreaker)

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

It was a black Friday for a staffer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)Mr Jerry Jediel as aides of a member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ibrahim Olaifa allegedly pummelled him for daring to lock up the lawmaker’s Toyota Camry V6 2011 model with registration number MHR 100. The FRSC official had chained […]

Pandemonium in NASS as Rep, aides assault FRSC official

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

There was confusion at the lobby of the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday as a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ibrahim Olaifa, and his aides manhandled an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps. The offence of the FRSC official, Mr. Mediel Jerry, was that he reportedly clamped Olaifa’s car for parking […]

Senate tasks Jonathan on unsigned bills

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

National Assembly has insisted that it will create agencies through legislation when necessary despite the failure of the executive to sign some bills passed by the legislature. While declaring open the public hearing on the Erosion Control and Prevention Commission Bill, Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said agencies would be created if they […]