PDP Reps Meet Muazu, Demand Automatic 2015 Tickets
Members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Federal House of Representatives at a caucus meeting held at the instance of the party’s chairman, Adamu Muazu pressed for automatic…
2015: Why There Will Be No Free & Fair Elections
With its relentless perpetuation of unsavoury politics, the current People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government has, more than any other administration known to Nigerian history, continued to inject a lethal dose…
Osun to Spend N850m on WAEC Fees, Bursary, Scholarship
The Osun Government has budgeted N400 million for the payment of the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) fees of students in the state in 2014, the government said on Tuesday.…
APC and Hon. Monguno’s paradigm shift
Honourable Mohammed Tahir Monguno is an unusual leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture committed a sacrilegious act on an…
APC Senators Kick against Passage of 2014 Budget
Legislators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Senate on Tuesday rejected the 2014 Appropriation Bill, branding it anti-people and urging the chamber to shelve discussions on it. Minority…
Alarming: Lagos Debt Profile Hits N435bn
After a lot of secrecy over its debt profile, the Lagos State Government on Tuesday finally opened up that it is currently indebted to the tune of N435 billion as…
Jonathan Off to Addis Ababa for 22nd AU Summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel out of Abuja tomorrow to attend the 22nd Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government, which begins in Addis Ababa on Thursday. The…
Report of the House ad-hoc committee on the reveiw of the constitution on outstanding bills
Introduction: The House had referred a number of Bills to the Committee for further legislative input. The Committee treated most of them which formed part of the Report submitted to…
Rivers: Reps to investigate Police Action over Arrest of 320 Persons
Members of the federal House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously resolved to investigate the arrest of 320 people allegedly linked with the Boko Haram Islamist sect in River State. To…
UBA lifts Power Sector Privatization with US$700 million funding
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has extended US$700 million (N113 billion) in funding to different investors towards the acquisition of power assets in Nigeria’s recently privatized power sector. Phillips…