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What’s wrong with Nigeria’s democracy –Tambuwal (You tell us)

Posted by admin House, Legislature Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has asserted that Nigeria’s democracy lacked participation as leaders exhibit absolute knowledge of governance to the detriment of the masses. He challenged the political class to provide a new or desirable leadership by engaging in constructive dialogue with the followers. The Speaker stated this while delivering […]

N37bn loan scam: Bankole, ex-deputy didn’t benefit –Witness tells court

Posted by admin House, Latest Politics, Legislature Thursday, November 24th, 2011

The Director of Finance, National Assembly, Mr Bukoye Azeez, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday that even though former Speaker Dimeji Bankole approved N37 billion loans for lawmakers, he and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada, did not benefit from them. He said Bankole okayed the loans allegedly obtained from two banks to […]

Senators push for state police

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, November 24th, 2011

BY HENRY UMORU, INALEGWU SHAIBU Abuja – Senators have asked the Federal Government to decentralise the Nigeria Police to include community and state police. The senators expressed their views during the second reading of a bill for an Act to establish and regulate the Nigeria Police Service, which also proposes to remove the prosecuting powers […]

Reps drop motion to probe oil theft, amnesty programme

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Niger Delta Thursday, November 24th, 2011

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, threw out a motion seeking to probe the hijack of oil supply vessel “MV Endeavour”, the kidnapping of three expatriates off Niger Delta coastline and the implementation of the amnesty programme. The three expatriates were reportedly kidnapped on November 18 while working in a vessel serving at the Chevron oil […]

BPE Report: Senate orders sack of DG

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, November 24th, 2011

HAVING completed its investigation, the ad hoc committee on privatisation and commercialisation set up by the Senate to investigate the privatisation and commercialisation activities of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) from 1999 to date submitted its report on Wednesday and recommended the sack of the Director-General of BPE, Ms Bola Onagoruwa. The setting up […]

Privatisation: Senate indicts BPE, El-Rufai, Chigbue, Onagoruwa

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

The Senate Ad hoc Committee on Privatisation has indicted former Directors-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises for their roles in the sale of Federal Government enterprises from 1999 to date. The former BPE bosses, namely Dr. Julius Bala, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and Mrs. Irene Chigbue were recommended for reprimand by the committee for seeking […]

Court summons N’Assembly Clerks over N37bn loan scam

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has summoned the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Abubakar Salisu Maikasuwa and his House of Representatives counterpart, Mr Mohammed Ataba Sani-Omolori to appear before it today over the ongoing trial of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada […]

Ndume’s trial: We won’t interfere –Senate (You better not)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Less than 24 hours after Ali Sanda Umar Konduga implicated Senator Ali Ndume as one of the sponsors of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Senate has distanced itself from his travails. Ndume represents Borno South Senatorial District and chairs the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Committee. In his first term in the Senate after two terms […]

N’Assembly asks President to shelve oil subsidy removal

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Friday, November 18th, 2011

Jonathan, Mark, Tambuwal meet on state of the nation • Senators deny ‘no confidence vote’ move A DAY after the Senate went into an executive session and resolved to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan over their misgivings with the state of affairs in the country, President Jonathan yesterday met with a cross section of members […]

Why lawmakers are angry with Jonathan

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Friday, November 18th, 2011

Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the seeming frosty relationship between the Presidency and the National Assembly lately. Within the week alone, some Senators who were angry with the Presidency over the increasing insecurity especially the spate of attacks by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamist sect, threatened to push for a ‘no confidence’ motion against President […]