Tag: National Assembly
Court orders NASS to stop probe of Alison-Madueke
An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday restrained the National Assembly from proceeding with its proposed probe of the Minister…
Remi Tinubu Accounts 3yrs Stewardship In The Senate
Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, recently gave an account of her activities in…
8 Arrested Over Ekiti Violence
The Police Command in Ekiti State says it has arrested eight persons in connection with Saturday’s clash that led to…
Jonathan Nominates Shekarau As Minister
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday forwarded the names of former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau and four other…
Aviation: Oduah’s N174 billion Debt
Revelations last week that the Ministry of Aviation, under Stella Oduah, accumulated a hefty debt of about N174 billion within…
Jonathan Signs 2014 Budget
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan this morning signed the 2014 Appropriation Act into law. Following this, the president directed Dr.…
Let The Budget Be Signed This Month
By John Tosin Ajiboye On December last year when the 2014 Appropriation bill was sent from Executive to the National…
National Assembly approves state of emergency extension
The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a six-month extension to the state of emergency in three northeast states hit by…
NNPC, CBN pay salaries that enable workers compete with multinationals – Egbule
Salaries paid to workers in NNPC and CBN are to enable them to compete with their multinational counterparts. Chairman, National…
Jonathan withdraws assent from 2014 budget bill
Nigeria’s Government said on Wednesday that the 2014 appropriation bill passed by the National Assembly about two months ago has…
Woeful Funding Of Science And Tech
The Nigerian Supervising Minister of Science and Technology, Omobola Johnson, stunned the National Conference Committee on Science, Technology and Development,…
Emergency Rule: Jonathan Seeks Extension In Borno, Others
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly to seek the extension of the state of…
Boko Haram: APC urges N/Assembly To Probe Security Fund
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the National Assembly to urgently initiate a probe into how the budgetary…
Emergency Rule Extension And The Fate Of Three Governors
On May 14, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a six-month state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states following…
Declaring our seats vacant could backfire , say Rep defectors
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The 37 members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives who defected from Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP to the All…