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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate, Top Stories
Saturday, December 6th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan The Presidency and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party have adopted subtle ways to tackle the impeachment threats against President Goodluck Jonathan, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. This is coming after some members of the two chambers of the National Assembly have reportedly been collating signatures to impeach the President. A […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Friday, November 28th, 2014
Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-EgbaThe Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, who is representing Cross River Central Senatorial District in this interview with SUNDAY ABORISADE defends criticisms against the Nigerian senate and the recent police invasion of the National Assembly Some Nigerians believe that the executive has been taking the federal parliament for a ride because […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate
Friday, November 28th, 2014
Wahab Shittu A lawyer and human rights activist, Wahab Shittu, in this interview with FISAYO FALODI speaks on the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging some parts of Nigeria and other current political issues Given the refusal of the Boko Haram insurgents to stop their hostility against the country, do senators’ opposition to the President’s request for […]
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Legislature, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
There was commotion at the National Assembly on Thursday as a plot to stop the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, from entering the assembly complex failed. Riot policemen tear-gassed angry lawmakers, who were protesting against the development. Although the general belief was that the security operatives were deployed in the assembly […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Legislature, Senate
Friday, November 14th, 2014
Members of the Senate Committee on Defence grilled the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday over the increasing rate of insurgency in the North-East. Trouble started when the senators asked the Army chief to tell them the stage of the ongoing Boko Haram war but Minimah refused, insisting that he would […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Senate, Uncategorized
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party have faulted the alleged agreement made by President Goodluck Jonathan with members of the PDP in the Senate to curb the overwhelming influence of state governors in the affairs of the party, particularly its primaries. At a meeting at […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Senate have agreed to curb the overwhelming influence of state governors in the affairs of the party, particularly its primaries. SUNDAY PUNCH, on Friday, gathered that during a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Thursday night, the President, the senators and the leadership […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu LAST week, the Senate removed wages from the Exclusive Legislative List and placed it in the Concurrent List, as part of the Constitution amendment process. Stripped of legislative language, it means there will no longer be a National Minimum Wage in Nigeria and each state can pay whatever it deemed fit. […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News
Friday, October 24th, 2014
AKWA Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has heeded to the clarion calls by the people of Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district to contest for the senatorial seat in 2015, under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akpabio, who stated this on Wednesday at Ukana in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, when the youth […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Imo, Legislature, Senate, State News
Saturday, October 4th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka Senator Hope Uzodinma, representing Orlu senatorial district of Imo state, on Friday narrowly escaped mob action as he splashed dollars at the funeral of his younger sister, Professor Josephine Anagbogu in Anambra. It took the intervention of security operatives to disperse army of youths who almost mobbed the legislator, while he […]
