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Mark returns from medical trip, says he is moved by love from Nigerians

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Senate President David Mark returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after a trip to Israel for medical treatment. Mark left the country on April 14 for medical treatment in Tel Aviv, Israel. Speaking to newsmen on his arrival at the airport with his wife, Helen, Mark said he was moved emotionally by the show of love […]

Power failure at Abuja airport: Senate summons PHCN, Julius Berger, others

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Legislature, Senate, State News Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Senate yesterday summoned top managements of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Julius Berger Plc and Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over failure by British Airways to land and disembark passengers for over one and a half hours last Saturday. Also summoned is the management of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP). The […]

N’ Assembly, Presidency showdown looms

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), House, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Showdown looms between the National Assembly and the Presidency over non-implementation of its resolutions since 1999. As the House of Representatives settles down to discuss the report of its ad-hoc committee which investigated the fuel subsidy regime last Tuesday, indications emerged at the weekend that the Presidency believed that the incessant probes of federal ministries, […]

Nigeria not ripe for diaspora voting, says Andy Uba

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Monday, April 23rd, 2012

BY Henry Umoru ABUJA — CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Senator Andy Uba, PDP, Anambra South, has said if the commission must carry out the prosecution of one million suspects for electoral offences, there was the need for holistic electoral reforms to be carried out. He also said Nigeria was not […]

Senate, task force to investigate 40 pension offices

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Friday, April 20th, 2012

The Chairman, Senate Joint Committee on Establishment on Public Service Matters and Management of Pension Funds, Senator Aloysius Etok, has said the committee will investigate all Federal Government’s pension offices in the country. In an interview with our correspondent, Etok said the committee would get to the root of the problems confronting pensioners in the […]

Senate begins process for constitutional amendment

Posted by admin Constitution, Legislature, Senate Thursday, April 19th, 2012

May not work with Reps IN response to the yearnings of Nigerians, the Senate yesterday began the process of another phase of Constitutional Review. It is not certain however if both Houses are going to be working together this time judging from the tone of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, while addressing journalists […]

Senate Directs Foreign Airlines to Remit 5% Surcharge

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

The Senate Committee on Aviation yesterday at the public hearing on air fare disparity, directed all foreign airlines to pay back the five per cent of all Passenger Fuel Surcharge (PFS) to the federal government, insisting that the claim of ignorance on the part of the airlines was not excuse enough. The committee had slammed […]

Press Release: Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to deliver 6th Annual Oputa Lecture at York University in Toronto

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Friday, April 6th, 2012

by ADMIN on Apr 5, 2012 • 10:50 AM 3 Comments The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu is scheduled to deliver the 6th Annual Oputa Lecture on Governance in Africa, an annual lecture series organised by the York University, Toronto, Canada. According to information made available to IMO STATE BLOG by his Special Adviser […]

Senate discovers another missing N4.6bn pension fund

Posted by admin Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Senate discovers another missing N4.6bn pension fundApril 5, 2012 by Nike Popoola The Senate joint committee investigating the management of the public sector pension scheme has discovered that a fresh N4.6bn is missing from funds under the old pension scheme. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Aloysious Etok, who disclosed this to our correspondent in […]

Money laundering: Senators, Reps slam FG

Posted by admin House, Legislature, Senate Sunday, April 1st, 2012

The National Assembly has accused the Federal Government of lacking the political will to deal with offenders under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The Senate and the House of Representatives said it was the government’s lack of the will to go after money launderers that was responsible for the non-enforcement of the Act. Nigeria’s name is […]