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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday openly disagreed on the concept of separation of powers and budget preparation. The President said although there was a theoretical separation, the Executive and the Legislature must work together if democracy must be meaningful. But the Speaker accused the […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
May 29, 2012 by John Ameh and Ihuoma Chiedozie 4 Comments House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges has yet to investigate the N44m bribery allegation by the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh, more than two months after the House referred the matter to the committee. Our correspondent learnt […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Friday, May 25th, 2012
Senate President, David Mark By: ADETUTU FOLASHADE-IKOYI Date: Thu, 05/24/2012 – 13:30 For calling members of the National Assembly armed robbers and rogues, former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday incurred the wrath of the federal lawmakers. The former president had at the fourth Annual National Conference of the Academy of Entrepreneurial Studies (AES) in Lagos on […]
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Legislature, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Senate
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
By OKEY NDIRIBE, Henry Umoru, Inalegwu Shaibu & EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA —THE Senate, yesterday, dared former President Olusegun Obasanjo to be courageous and name the rogues and armed robbers in the National Assembly. According to the Senate, if the former Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP could, in the spirit […]
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Legislature, Senate, Women Politics
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Senate Joint Committee investigating the administration of fuel subsidy in the country has invited the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the Accountant General of the Federation; the Central Bank of Nigeria; and an audit firm, KPMG for questioning. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Magnus Abe, said the meeting with the invited […]
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Headlines, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
May 24, 2012 by Abimbola Adelakun (aa_adelakun@utexas.edu) In 2009, a Briton was sentenced to death in Laos, that tiny South-East Asian country that borders Thailand, for drug-related offences. She was saved by biology. As the story was reported in the media, this woman got a fellow Briton to donate her some semen, inserted it into […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, has begged a Federal High Court in Abuja to reject a fresh set of incriminating evidence the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sought to tender against him, yesterday. The former Speaker, who is answering to a 16-count criminal charge […]
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House, Lagos, Legislature, State News
Monday, May 21st, 2012
By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna LAGOS — The House of Representatives Committee on Health, yesterday, declared that the solidarity strike by doctors under the employment of the Federal Government as illegal and unconstitutional even as the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yielded to pressure to reconsider its decision on the […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, May 21st, 2012
BY PETER DURU MAKURDI — Otukpo, the home of the Senate President, David Mark and headquarters of Idoma land in Benue State was at the weekend plunged into deep fear following alleged text messages being circulated of plans to bomb the town by a militant Islamic sect. The development forced security operatives to mount intensive […]
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House, Legislature
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts yesterday threatened to jail the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla over his failure to respond to over 200 audit queries from the Auditor-General of the Federation. The lawmakers handed the threat when Otunla appeared before the committee in Abuja, ending speculations that he might not appear. […]
