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January 23, 2013

Health risk: Reps set to ban importation and sale of ‘energy’ drinks

by Isi Esene The House of Representatives yesterday put plans in motion to ban the importation and sale of caffeinated drinks, better known as energy drinks in the country. This…

January 1, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Our president, Johnny Go-Slow…

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu Well, Nigerians are tired of Jonathan’s excuses, as they no longer hold water. In addition to being Yar’Adua’s understudy, he has had more than two and half…

November 30, 2012

Remove the log from the CBN first: Reps ‘caution’ Sanusi over his utterances

by Akan Ido The House of Representatives has accused the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of making utterances capable of heating up the polity. Victor…

November 30, 2012

Corruption allegations: House of Reps to probe Godsday Orubebe’s Abuja mansion

by Isi Esene A building located in the Mabushi District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, said to belong to the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, has become…

November 8, 2012

Safety concerns: House of Reps to investigate Aero Contractors

by Isi Esene The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its committee on aviation to look into the operations of Aero Contractors airline over the frequent engine problems associated with the…

September 29, 2012

More trouble: House of Representatives threatens to ignore 2013 budget

by Stanley Azuakola In an unprecedented move, the House of Representatives, on Friday, vowed not to treat the 2013 budget proposal until it was satisfied with the implementation of the…

September 20, 2012

House of Rep members demand N7m pay rise?

by Isi Esene Members of the House of Representatives resumed from their two-month recess on Wednesday agitating for a N7m increase in their quarterly allowances. The members are currently enjoying…

September 19, 2012

UNILAG or MAULAG? Bill seeking name-change passes second reading

by Isi Esene Students and Alumni of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) continue to wallow in suspense as the bill seeking the institution's name change to the Moshood Abiola University…

September 18, 2012

House of Representatives says NO to N5,000 note, Oteh’s reinstatement

by Stanley Azuakola The National Assembly has returned from its two months rest. And just in case Nigerians did not take note, the House of Representatives resumed today and kicked…

August 13, 2012

We’ll try Farouk Lawan with or without the $620,000 – Prosecutors

by Isi Esene The marked $620,000 which Hon. Farouk Lawan allegedly received as bribe from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, seem to have grown wings. The police investigating the bribe scandal…

August 10, 2012

Opinion: Arunma Oteh and the rule of law

by Ifeoluwa Olanihun THE Presidency recently adopted the report of the independent investigation into the Project 50 Programme, which was instituted by the Board of Directors of the Securities and…

July 30, 2012

Okonjo-Iweala broke the law – House of Reps

by Isi Esene The spat between the House of Representatives and the Executive arm of government continues to linger with the House firing another shot the Executive's way. The House…

July 20, 2012

Rep threatens to impeach GEJ

by Isi Esene The looming crisis between the House of Representatives and the Executive arm of government deepened yesterday with the House threatening to serve impeachment notice on the president…

July 20, 2012

“Incompetence, failure, lack of transparency”: House of Reps rejects Oteh’s recall

by Isi Esene Arunma Oteh and her reinstatement as the director-general of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears to have set the the House of Representatives and the Executive…

July 5, 2012

Oil company rejects subsidy report, sues government

by Isi Esene An oil company, Integrated Oil and Gas Limited got a temporary reprieve from a Federal High Court yesterday barring it from prosecution on the alleged wrongful claim…

July 4, 2012

“It was very stupid of him,” says unhappy House of Reps as Otedola brushes aside questions

Femi Otedola by Isi Esene Mr. Femi Otedola appeared yesterday before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Ethics and Privileges probing the bribe allegation trailing the fuel subsidy probe lead by Farouk…

June 22, 2012

Stop lying about cassava bread – Agric Minister

by Stanley Azuakola Cassava bread does not cause diabetes, that’s a lie from the congregation of wheat importers, so says Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina. The minister spoke…

June 19, 2012

BREAKING: House issues first-ever presidential summons over Boko Haram

by Stanley Azuakola The Federal House of Representatives has had enough. Irked by the unending streak of insecurity in the country, especially in the North, the House today passed a…

June 16, 2012

Report: Farouk Lawan may spend weekend in detention, to sue police on Monday

by Hauwa Gambo Lawyers to the (former?) chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, may be heading to court on Monday. (Read updates on…

June 2, 2012

Bully in the House: Honourable, aides beat up FRSC official

by Stanley AzuakolaHon Ibrahim Olaifa, member of the House of Representatives representing Oluyole Constituency in Oyo State, and some of his aides manhandled an official of the Federal Road Safety…

March 15, 2012

“Contempt of parliament” – Okonjo-Iweala and Lamido Sanusi shun House of Reps hearing

by Lekan Olanrewaju The Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, on Tuesday shunned an investigative hearing by the…

January 9, 2012

#FuelSubsidyRemoval: The Presidency Vs the House of Representatives

By Rachel Ogbu President Goodluck Jonathan has accused the House of Representatives of stirring Nigerians against his government by passing a resolution urging him to suspend the removal of petrol…

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