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Picture: Saraki succumbs, says I am not guilty

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has compelled the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, to mount the dock to answer to corruption charges preferred against him by the federal government. Saraki who initially refused to enter inside the accused box to enter his plea to the 13-count criminal charge against […]

No arrest warrant for Saraki — Police

Posted by admin Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate Sunday, September 20th, 2015

By Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Nnochiri Amid the controversy generated by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) order for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police said, yesterday, they were yet to receive a bench warrant to effect it. “I am yet to see one”, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon […]

Extra-Judicial Killings in Abuja, Benin: ASP kills senator’s son

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate Sunday, September 20th, 2015

Force CID arrests officers BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI, ABUJA The Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) of the Nigerian Police force has arrested and detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, and six other Police officers over allegations of extra-judicial killings in separate incidents that occurred in Abuja and Benin, the Edo State capital. The first case […]

Must Read: Magnus Abe Writes President Buhari

Posted by admin Legislature, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Senate Sunday, August 30th, 2015

Must Read: Magnus Abe Writes President Buhari 27th August, 2015 His Excellency The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja. Your Excellency Sir, ALLEGATION OF POLITICIZATION OF SECURITY AGENCIES (NIGERIAN ARMY AND STATE SECURITY SERVICE) AGAINST THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) RIVERS STATE CANDIDATES […]

The Antidote to a Legitimized Armed Robbery – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate, Tochukwu Ezukanma Sunday, August 30th, 2015

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 30, 2015 – The governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, once defined armed robbery as “small work with big pay.” Armed robbers, in their laziness, lounge around as others toil for a living, and then, they emanate from their shadowy hideouts and criminal dens to rob and […]

Controversy trails N36m largesse for each senator

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

Controversy trails N36m largesse for each senator • Lawmakers deny claim Controversy is trailing claims that each Senator received N36 million allowance before going on the six-week summer recess penultimate week. National Assembly sources at the weekend said that contrary to denials by federal the lawmakers, each Senator received N36 million credit alerts from their […]

Buhari may force pay cut on GREEDY NASS

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

By ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI PERHAPS, in response to the yearnings of Nigerians to reduce the allowances of National Assembly members, the Presidency has summoned the leadership of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on the matter Daily Sun gathered yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon meet with the Fidelis Mbah-led leadership […]

National Assembly Crises: Searching Seriously – By Olalekan Waheed Adigun

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Senate Saturday, August 1st, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 1, 2015 – If you have been frantically looking out for my opinion on the recent National Assembly leadership election, you are probably searching too seriously. My only conclusion is that you must be an extremely interested party for pushing so hard to know my views on […]

I wanted to impeach Ekweremadu —Ndume (By your self?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Thursday, July 30th, 2015

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu | credits: File copy The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Thursday, caused a stir in the upper chamber when he revealed how he collected signatures of other senators to impeach the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in the 7th Senate. Ndume stated this while raising a point of order […]

NASS leadership crisis: Uncertainty as Senate, House resume today

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Monday, July 27th, 2015

Buhari justifies reluctance to interfere By Emmanuel Aziken, Emman Ovuakporie, Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA — The prospect of peaceful resumption in the two chambers of the National Assembly today was, yesterday, being clouded by uncertainty despite trouble shooting efforts that were still in the works at press time last night. It […]