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Banks woo Senators, Reps with N225m loan

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Senators and members of the House of Representatives are presently being wooed by banks to take up loans ranging from N150 million, N75 million and N30 million. Each member of the 469-National Assembly is being wooed with the loans to settle personal needs as well as settle down quickly in the expensive Federal Capital Territory […]

Senate mulls amendment of EFCC, ICPC Acts

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Legislature, Senate Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Inundated with reports of stifling the activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Senators are contemplating amending its Act, together with that of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The proposed amendments aim to remove the two agencies from the control of the Attorney General of the Federation ( AGF) and place them […]

Abike Dabiri attacks Nollywood

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, House, Legislature, Nollywood (Film Industry) Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Ace broadcaster and member of the Federal House of Representatives, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shocked the press and industry operators alike last week, when she took on Nollywood. She stated that most of the movies churned out of the industry lacked technical depths, especially when the films are compared to other films produced in the developed […]

Senate: Ekweremadu Explains Delay in Constituting C’ttees

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Senator Ike Ekweremadu , Deputy Senate President Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has explained why the senate has not constituted its standing committees, three months after the inauguration of the seventh session of the federal legislature. Ekweremadu, in an interview with THISDAY, dismissed insinuations that the inability of the senate to constitute its standing committees […]

Hard times hit N’Assembly as banks recover election loans

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Hard times have hit returnee members of the National Assembly, as senators and members of the House of Representatives, are groaning under the yoke of heavy bank loans taken to prosecute the April poll. The National Assembly poll was shifted from April 2 to April 9 when it was eventually conducted by the Independent National […]

Between Freedom of Information and Witch-Hunt – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson Sunday, August 7th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 7, 2011 – The recent call by Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka for President Goodluck Jonathan to test the workability of the recently passed Freedom of Information (FoI) Act generated deserved headlines. Speaking at the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) Town Hall Meeting on the FoI […]

Jonathan, Buhari, govs, others mourn Ume –Ezeoke

Posted by admin General Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics Thursday, August 4th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that the death of Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, erstwhile national chairman of All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP), is a national loss. The President led other eminent Nigerians including the leadership of the House of Representatives, presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the last April elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari […]

Senators up in arms against Mark … Plot to stop him from hijacking NSF

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Monday, August 1st, 2011

Senators are up in arms against Senate President, David Mark over what they termed ‘deliberate exclusion’ from participation in the affairs of the country on the floor of the Senate. Daily Sun gathered at the weekend that some new senators were angry with the Senate president for not recognizing them to contribute to matters in […]

Reps order FG to investigate murder of Nigerian by German police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature Thursday, July 28th, 2011

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, adopted a motion which sought to investigate the gruesome murder of a Nigerian, Mrs Christy Schnudeck, nee Omorodion, who was resident in Germany. To this end, the House directed its Clerk, Mr Sanni Omolori, to liaise with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure that the deceased’s […]

2011 Senate Committee on Privatization- By Prof. Emmanuel Esiemokhai

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP – July 27, 2011 – At its plenary session, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria set up a Committee to investigate the privatization of Federal Government companies by the Bureau of Public Enterprises since the inception of the sales of those companies to private companies. Since the […]