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Abuja (FCT), Legislature, Senate, State News
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja Some senators yesterday revealed how a syndicate that specialized in employment racketeering, fleeced Nigerians of amounts ranging between N400,000 and N500,000 to secure jobs in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs). The senators alleged during Wednesday’s plenary that the syndicate, based in Gwagwalada, Karu and other places in the Federal Capital […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By HENRY UMORU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA—THE Senate, Thursday, gave constitutional consent to the deployment of Nigerian military troops to Mali by President Goodluck Jonathan. The action of the upper legislative chamber was in response to a letter it received from the president, asking it to give consent to the 1,200 Nigerian troops he deployed […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA— The Senate resumed plenary, yesterday, after its break, with a warning to politicians not to overheat the polity ahead of 2015. It warned Nigerians not to discuss the balkanisation of the country at all. In his address at the resumed session, Senate President, David Mark, said a mechanism […]
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Headlines, House, Katsina, Legislature, Senate, State News
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday said the Independent National Electoral Commission lacked the power to withdraw the certificate of return issued to any candidate declared the winner of an election by its returning officer. Justice Gladys Olotu gave the judgment in a suit filed by some candidates of the Congress for Progressive […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Saturday, January 12th, 2013
From GODWIN TSA Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has held that the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) acted ultra vires by withdrawing the certificates of return issued two Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives of the Congress for Progressive Change representing Katsina State. The court said the electoral body […]
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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
THE pressure is both surreptitious and overt. It is all aimed at scuttling at birth a law banning same-sex marriage in the country. The international community and human rights activists are at the campaign for Nigeria to reconsider any plan to enact the law. But Senate President David Mark has stirred the anxiety of these […]
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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
To probe deal, corporation avoids comments THE raging controversy over the alleged $2.5 billion loan of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) took a fresh dimension Tuesday with the Senate denying approving the deal. The upper chamber of the National Assembly said the transaction would be investigated. Speaking on the development Tuesday in Abuja, Senate […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, December 24th, 2012
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the death of his elder brother, Prince Chukwuemeka Ekweremadu. A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja, on Monday, said the president described the news of the death as “very shocking, […]
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Legislature, Senate
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
The Senate has resolved to probe the use of military Helicopters. The resolution followed a motion sponsored by Senator Chris Anyanwu, titled Urgent need to investigate the recent crash of Naval Augusta 109 Helicopter in Bayelsa State. The upper chamber further resolved that the results of past investigation into air mishaps should be made public. […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Senate President, David Mark, led the Nigerian delegation to the 127th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, which held in Quebec, Canada. In this interview with ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Senator Mark explains why indigeneship should be expunged from the Constitution and why the Executive must implement resolutions emanating from the National Assembly. Excerpts: What lessons can Nigeria learn from […]
