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S’Court sacks 2 Senators, 8 Reps members from Katsina state

Posted by admin House, Katsina, Legislature, Senate, State News Saturday, December 17th, 2011

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Two serving Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Katsina state, were yesterday, sacked from their respective offices by the Supreme Court. A seven-man panel of justices of the apex court in a unanimous judgment yesterday, maintained that […]

Reps probe collapse of capital market

Posted by admin House, Legislature Thursday, December 15th, 2011

By Ben Agande ABUJA—Worried by the deteriorating state of Nigeria’s capital market, House of Representatives, yester-day, directed its Committee on Capital Market and Institutions to carry out a thorough investigation to identify the sector’s latent and manifest problems. Similarly, the House also directed its Committee on Petroleum to investigate the emerging queue at filing stations, […]

No more half implementation of budget, Tambuwal tells Jonathan

Posted by admin House, Legislature Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday reminded the executive that the only way to prove to Nigerians that government is alive to its responsibilities is to implement the 2012 budget fully. Making a closing remark after President Goodluck Jonathan delivered the 2012 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly, Tambuwal […]

N’Assembly in security lockdown ahead of Jonathan’s budget presentation

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

The Three Arms Zone comprising the Presidency, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Headquarters of the National Assembly was in a security lockdown ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s presentation of the N4.8 trillion budget yesterday. Right from the Power House Axis from the Asokoro District, down to the Police Force Headquarters in Area 11, and […]

Abia Central: A’Court sacks Sen Nwaogu

Posted by admin Abia, Legislature, Senate, State News Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

The tenure of Senator Nkechi Nwaogu representing Abia State Central Senatorial zone was yesterday brought to an abrupt end as the Court of Appeal nullified her election. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ejembi Eko, the appellate court held that Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, where Nwaogu hails from did not fall within Abia […]

In Pictures: 2012 budget: Mark, PDP, Senators, Reps, others react

Posted by admin Budget, House, Legislature, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

*The budget must challenge us— Mark *It’s budget of transformation— PDP By Henry Umoru, Clara Nwachukwu& Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA- SENATE President David Mark yesterday warned that as a nation, we must all be challenged by the 2012 budget proposals if the desired results must be achieved, just as he described the implementation of past budgets […]

C/River community tasks Rep on Nigeria-Cameroon border road

Posted by admin Cross River, House, Legislature, State News Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR—Akamkpa community in Cross River State has decried the deplorable state of the abandoned Akamkpa-Nsan-Oban road, which links Nigeria and Cameroon, and called on the member representing Biase/Akamkpa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr Daniel Asuquo, to lobby those concerned to ensure that contract on the road was re-arwarded. Apart […]

Rep’s exam scandal: Suspect denies writing test as police fault her claims

Posted by admin House, Legislature Sunday, December 4th, 2011

Abia State Police Command has vowed to un-earth every hidden truth behind the activities of the member of the House of Representatives’ aide, Chetachi Obi, following her denial that she was not writing any examination when the police arrested her. The suspect alleged that she only obeyed to follow the police to the state CID […]

Exam fraud: It’s a set up –Rep’s aide

Posted by admin House, Legislature Sunday, December 4th, 2011

The last may not have been heard in the case of Hon. Nkiru Onyejeocha, a member of the House of Representatives allegedly involved in examination malpractice. Less than 24 hours after Daily Sun broke the story, Hon. Onyejeocha allegedly mobilized an aide to storm Umuahia over the matter. The aide has contacted the local government […]

Picture: Boko Haram: Father declares suspect insane

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Sunday, December 4th, 2011

By Jide Ajani The investigations by the Department of State Service (SSS) into the alleged complicity of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and the activities of the Boko Haram sect, took a new twist, as one Alhaji Sanda Konduga, whoclaimed to be the father of a suspect, Ali Sanda Konduga, declared that his son is insane. […]