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Senate passed 24 bills, 27 resolutions in 2010

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

THE Senate, on Wednesday, said it passed 24 bills and 27 resolutions during its 2010 calendar year. Chairman, Senate Committee on Business and Rules, Senator Aloysius Etok, who disclosed this at a news conference to mark the end of the year, added that there were many more bills at various stages of consideration. “This year, […]

Ripples of Mark’s endorsement by Suswam

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

The recent public endorsement of the Senate President, David Mark by the Benue state Governor, Gabriel Suswam for the Benue South senatorial seat in 2011 is already causing ripples in the camp of his rival contestant, General Lawrence Onoja. The Senate President, David Mark, a few weeks back, in Otukpo the ancestral home of the […]

75 Senators Endorse Jonathan

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Barely 48 hours after 20 governors who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) endorsed the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan for the January 13, 2011 presidential primaries of the party, about 75 of the party’s 85 senators are believed to have also indicated their readiness to support the president’s aspiration. Senate sources told […]

Nigerians In The Diaspora, Others Query Spending On Lawmakers

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Sunday, December 19th, 2010

ALTHOUGH Nigeria spends about 25 per cent of its national expenditure on the National Assembly, official sources within the US government has put the cost of running the entire US congress, including salaries of senators and representatives, at 0.2 per cent of all federal spending. Recently, a statement credited to the Governor of the Central Bank […]