The federal house of representatives on Wednesday commenced consideration of its ad-hoc committee's report on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which has been before the national assembly since 2008.One of the kernels of the bill is the expunging of the discretionary power of the president to grant petroleum licences.Although, the-clause-by-clause review of the bill was suspended following a string of [...]
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been given a seven-day ultimatum by house of representatives and threatened it with zero allocations in 2015 budget except the football house can give details on how it used grants received from FIFA and CAF in 2014. The chairman of the committee, Godfrey Ali Gaiya gave the ultimatum on Tuesday during the defence of the [...]
Aminu Tambuwal, the speaker of house of representatives, says he is ready to be invited by the police over the fracas that broke out at the national assembly on Thursday.Condemning the role of the police in the incident, the speaker said he remains a law-abiding citizen and would never be involved in actions capable of undermining the interest of the country.Suleiman [...]
Namadi Sambo on Thursday evening had a closed-door meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the federal house of representatives. The meeting followed the crisis that erupted at the national assembly where security operatives prevented Aminu Tambuwal, from gaining access.The lawmakers were led to the meeting by Emeka Ihedioha, the deputy speaker.Also on the delegation were Mulikat Adeola-Akande, the [...]
Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of the house of representatives, believes that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot determine his fate as speaker of the lower legislative chamber.Speaking at the north-west zonal executive meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, Tambuwal said only God and members of the house of representatives could decide his fate.Tambuwal, who came to the meeting without [...]
Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of the house of representatives, says the desire for genuine change made him defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Speaking on Wednesday during the extraordinary national convention of APC, which held at the old parade ground in Abuja, Tambuwal expressed appreciation to Nigerians for their support, promising that he would continue to [...]
The federal house of representatives on Thursday stopped an amendment act of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) proposing a yearly payment of N50 billion by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into the resolution cost fund.The proposed bill provides that the N50 billion should be paid periodically as determined by the CBN board.The contributory fund, also known as a [...]
Nearly one week after the house of representatives voted to bypass presidential assent on bills, the senate has also endorsed the amendment of the constitution without the assent of the president.Prior to the development, Section 9 of the 1999 constitution mandated the legislative chamber to get the approval of the president before executing such exercise.However, in what could be seen [...]
The house of representatives on Thursday urged the federal government to grant Qatar Airways landing rights to operate at the Malam Aminu Kano International and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe International airports.It also urged the government to lift the suspension on the operations of the Emirates Airline to land on the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.This was sequel to a motion [...]
On Wednesday, the federal house of representatives will start voting on new amendments proposed to the 1999 constitution.The senate and the house of representatives have jointly proposed about 70 new clauses to be added to the constitution.Making the announcement on Tuesday during plenary to prepare members for the exercise, Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of the house, advised various caucus leaders to [...]
There was tension at the federal house of representatives on Tuesday, as the lawmakers got torn along party lines over the controversial $9.3m smuggled to South Africa for the procurement of arms.The issue had been generating different reactions among Nigerians, particularly because Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was linked with the aircraft that conveyed [...]
The senate has approved the request of President Goodluck Jonathan for a six-month extension of the state of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.The Senate had on May 15 postponed the debate so that it could have wide consultations with various stakeholders.Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, had said the nature of the [...]
The Presidential Media Chat of last night was bound to generate a lot of talk, and it did so. The early questions were on the insurgency as expected, but President Goodluck Jonathan spoke on a variety of issues. Here are the highlights.1. We still don't know where Chibok girls are. President Jonathan stated very clearly that all efforts to locate [...]
Mrs Binta Masi is the first female party chair in Adamawa State.She made history on Wednesday when she was elected unopposed as the chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC).Masi, a former member of the House of Representatives, was endorsed at the rescheduled state congress of the party following the withdrawal of two of her opponents.Gov Murtala Nyako had on [...]
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has opted for an all-out war against the House of Representatives following legal advice that she could weather the storm over the N10bn chartered jets affair.TheCable has been informed that the minister is assembling a team of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to engage the House in a legal battle over the probe.The minister [...]
The 2014 budget passed two weeks ago by the Senate and the federal House of Representatives respectively has been transmitted to the Executive by the National Assembly.The budget as passed was first sent to the Legal Services Department of the National Assembly for legal scrutiny, but it could not be transmitted until it had been certified okay. On December 19, 2013, [...]
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