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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
ABUJA — Determined to extricate himself from allegations that he inflated the cost of contracts awarded by the House of Representatives whilst he was the Speaker, Mr Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, flayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for comparing the crime he allegedly committed with that of the convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines, House, Legislature
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
The House of Representatives on Tuesday made a U-turn on the controversial non-interest banking policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, saying that it never endorsed the model. The Chairman of its Ad-Hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, told a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday that the lawmakers decided not […]
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Governors, Headlines, Legislature, Presidency, Senate
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
The move to elongate the tenure of the president and governors from the current four years to six but limited to one term as against the present two via a constitution amendment may be a titanic battle between Nigerians in favour and those against. This is evident in the disposition of many senators who are […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
APPARENTLY disturbed by the perception of the international community of Nigeria as a corrupt nation, Senate President, Senator David Mark, has promised that the anti-corruption agencies would be strengthened to redouble the fight against the scourge. Mark, who said this yesterday at the National Assembly when members of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, House, Legislature
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been quizzing the topshots of two first generation banks since Tuesday over the banks’ involvement in the alleged N10 billion scam for which the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, is currently standing trial. It was confirmed in Abuja last night that […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The two controversial policies conceived by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) received support of the House of Representatives after about an hour lecture by the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday. Sanusi took the House through the gamut of the policy limiting cash withdrawal to N150, 000 and the introduction of Islamic banking, one […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Politicians in the opposition parties on Wednesday in Lagos criticised the salary reduction announced by the National Assembly, describing it as deceitful. The politicians, who spoke in separate interviews, said the salary reduction by the legislators had not met the public outcry of their jumbo pay. Last week, the House of Representatives reduced the allowances […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Embattled former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole has formally prayed an Abuja High Court to disqualify Lagos Lawyer Mr. Festus Keyamo from prosecuting him on behalf of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged N40b loan obtained to fund the House while he was in office. But in a […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, summoned the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to appear before it on Thursday to expatiate on the cashless economy policy and the controversial Islamic banking introduced by the apex bank. The House resolution to summon the CBN governor was sequel to a motion […]
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EFCC Politics, House, Legislature, National Politics
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
A fresh attempt to scuttle the ongoing trial of the immediate past speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole, was, on Tuesday, frustrated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), which insisted that the former number four citizen must allow his trial to continue unfettered, if he was sure of his innocence. […]
