After being missing for a year, House of Reps is (finally) concerned about Chibok girls

by Ranti Joseph The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution asking the federal government to as a matter of urgency fast-track the finding of the more than 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram one year ago. Prompted by a motion of urgent national importance moved by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the House asked the... Read More

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March 23, 2015

Tambuwal believes APC will take over Nigeria

by Ranti Joseph The speaker, House of Representatives and Sokoto State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Aminu Tambuwal has assured Nigerians of victory for the APC. Tambuwal, who spoke in Wamakko local government area during the party’s zonal rally held over the weekend, said there are “only six days left for the APC to... Read More

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March 11, 2015

Just so you know, Tambuwal’s security aides are back

by Ranti Joseph The Inspector General, Suleiman Abba, has returned the security aides attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal. Shortly after the defection of Tambuwal to the APC in 2014, Abba had ordered the immediate withdrawal of the police personnel attached to the Speaker. But now, for some reason, they are back!... Read More

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February 17, 2015

No shaking: Tambuwal assures of free and fair elections next month

by Ranti Joseph The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday has assured that the forthcoming general elections would be peaceful, free and fair. He said this in Sokoto at a town hall meeting organized by the Justice Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. “The elections will be... Read More

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December 6, 2014

@hymanprof: Tambuwal and his apostles of falsehood

by Hygienus Nwagwu Recent events in the Nigerian polity have been eliciting multiple reactions from different segments of the society with a preponderance of falsehood, half-truth and convoluted logic being peddled by almost everyone. The drama at the National Assembly where a sitting speaker of the House of Representatives was almost ousted in a gestapo style... Read More

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November 25, 2014

Opinion: Tambuwal’s Defection- Why the Yoruba must redeem themselves

by Paschal Onyiorah “Tinubu used his political muscle to convince gullible Yoruba legislators to vote against a Yoruba woman, Mulikat Akande, in a post that was specifically designed by the PDP as a benefit for Yoruba. He then got the same mumu Yoruba politicians to vote instead for Aminu Tambuwal; a scion of the Sokoto... Read More

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November 22, 2014

@emmaugwutheman: #SpeakerTambuwal at the beautiful gate

by Immanuel Ugwu There is something tellingly uncanny about the fact that President Goodluck Jonathan exposed his personal capacity for malevolence on the day in history when he was born naked. The onslaught he authorized against Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on November 20, 2014, the President’s birthday, represented, at least, nudist display of predation. And... Read More

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November 6, 2014

FG to Tambuwal: “You are no longer a member of the House of Reps“

by Godwin Akanfe In a swift response to the suit filed by Aminu Tambuwal, the Federal Government has on Wednesday, November 5 2014 filed a Counter Affidavit and Written Address. In the written arguments filed by FG’s legal team, Dr Fabian Ajogwu SAN and Mr Ade Okeaya-Inneh SAN on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, the Federal... Read More

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November 5, 2014

Opinion: How @AsiwajuTinubu made @SpeakerTambuwal

by Ikechukwu Orji Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the decidedly non trivial distinction of mentoring and supporting able minds for political positions. He has gone about this role un-intimidated because he believes that Nigeria’s problem is starkly a question of moral and political courage. He desires to see a smarter government. He wants us to have... Read More

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November 4, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Tambuwal – Tinubu has sold the Yoruba into Hausa/Fulani slavery

by Femi Aribisala The first is that as Bola Tinubu and the ACN betrayed the Yorubas with the election of Tambuwal of Sokoto as Speaker of the House, so also are they determined to sell Yorubas into slavery again by their current alliance with the North-West and the Sokoto Caliphate through the APC. Nigerians voted... Read More

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November 1, 2014

@DeleMomodu : Why I have converted to Buharism

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me reiterate here that I’m a latter day convert to Buharism. Truth is it took me years to see the light. I had resisted the conversion due to an overdose of poison from anti-Buhari elements that litter our socio-political landscape. Those who wish to continue the current charade and... Read More

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October 31, 2014

Deji Olunlade: The Speaker of the House of Reps in the APC is good for democracy

by Deji Olunlade In response to an article written by Abdul Ajia [READ HERE], I differ on certain assertions by the writer stating that there might be a possibility of a hung parliament simply because the current Speaker of the House of Representatives is now a card-carrying member of the APC, a party in the... Read More

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June 24, 2014

NSA probes ‘harassment’ of Speaker Tambuwal, Fashola explains $90m World Bank loan expenditure & other important news you should know today

by Oge Okonkwo Gov. Fashola explains how the $90m World Bank Education Loan was spent – Vanguard News Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Tuesday, formally gave a breakdown of how his administration spent the $90million about N13.5 billion, education grants by World Bank to state in 2009, saying the state government had nothing to... Read More

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June 23, 2014

Soldiers stop and search Tambuwal in Kaduna, OAU authorities ‘to ban’ Student Union & other important news you should know today

by Zara Mustapha Obafemi Awolowo University officials ‘to ban’ Student Union The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is now making furious, desperate steps to proscribe the Students’ Union over a headlong protest they have staged against the and draconian sudden hikes introduced in their tuition. Saharareporters learned today of the management’s plan to... Read More

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January 8, 2014

Opinion: Rotimi Amaechi needs to stop talking

by Wilfred Okiche By the end of the week, the ebullient governor of Rivers state Rotimi Amaechi is likely to have fired another verbal salvo at any one- or all- of the following; president Goodluck Jonathan, the federal government, the ruling PDP (of which he was once a member) and a cabinet minister that catches... Read More

January 6, 2014

Tinubu, Tambuwal, Aganga set for J9C lecture in Lagos [DETAILS]

by Oge Okonkwo The group, January 9 Collective (J9C) has announced that Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal GCON will be the key note Speaker at the second edition of its annual lecture series scheduled for Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, January 9, 2014. In a release signed by its Publicity... Read More

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December 19, 2013

PDP begs Tambuwal to sack 37 defecting House of Reps members

The Peoples Democratic Party has appealed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to help sack the 37 members of the House who defected from the ruling party to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP argued that the affected lawmakers should vacate their seats immediately having left the party that brought them to the legislature.... Read More

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December 4, 2013

He wasn’t there o – Tambuwal says he did not attend APC meeting

by Chi Ibe Opposition members were giddy this morning with media reports that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal,was at a meeting of the five governors who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reports claims the speaker briefly attended the meeting which held Monday... Read More

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December 4, 2013

G5 Governors: Tambuwal meets with Buhari, Tinubu, others

by Adeola Balogun Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday had a meeting with the governors who crossed over to join them from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The meeting is said to have held at the Kano Governor’s Lodge in the Asokoro area of Abuja and it was aimed at fine-tuning the... Read More

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July 24, 2013

Opinion: Tambuwal and his 2015 presidential ambition

by Theophilus Ilevbare Tambuwal must not feign ignorance of Speaker predecessors, how they fell eventually to the booby trap the PDP laid patiently in waiting. It is no longer news that Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the House of Representatives is been courted to hoist the northern flag in the 2015 presidential contest as he is... Read More

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June 13, 2013

Opinion: Caging PDP’s ‘Tambuwal Syndrome’

by Louis Achi …for the PDP to move from a moral high ground and properly assert its authority as the pre-eminent political party in Nigeria, it must sternly practice internal and inclusive democracy and a politics consistently anchored on principles. Speaking recently for the key opposition platform (in the works) – the All Progressives Congress... Read More

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May 30, 2013

Obasanjo, Babangida, Buhari, others shun Jonathan’s midterm report (+ this photo of them too happy, together)

Former President Obasanjo preferred to be in Jigawa than in Abuja. When top officials of the various arms of the Nigerian Government gathered on Wednesday to listen to President Goodluck Jonathan present the scorecard of his administration in the last two years, one notable absentee was observed. The event, held at the International Conference Centre,... Read More

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May 9, 2013

Running against GEJ: Tony Anenih, PDP leaders in secret meeting with Tambuwal

by Hauwa Gambo As the rumours intensify about a presidential bid by Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, leaders of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have held a “closed-door” meeting with the politician. [READ: Tambuwal, Amaechi & the story of a desperate president] According to Premium Times, “The party’s Board of Trustees,... Read More

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May 6, 2013

House of Reps member takes the fight to GEJ in this oped: Tambuwal, Amaechi & the story of a desperate president

by Ahmed Kaita The recent “the man at the top” incident involving the grounding of the jet carrying Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi and the Speaker, House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal left no one in doubt as to the trajectory of politics and politicking in Nigeria; particularly in preparation to the next... Read More

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October 12, 2012

TICKER: You are ignorant – David Mark tackles Okupe

Mark to Okupe: Know your limits Late last night, Mark and Tambuwal responded to what they called Okupe’s disrespectful remarks against the National Assembly and its leaders. A statement by Mark’s spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan said, “It is instructive to first state that Senator Mark and Mr. President are on the same page in the onerous... Read More

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October 12, 2012

TICKER: David Mark and Tambuwal were wrong – Doyin Okupe goes on the attack

The Presidency on Thursday slammed the leadership of the National Assembly, describing the budget-related criticisms levelled against President Goodluck Jonathan as an attempt to rubbish the 2013 budget proposals. President Jonathan had presented the proposals to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. At the budget presentation, Senate President, David Mark, had told... Read More

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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 if he refuses to judiciously implement this year’s budget. The impeachment threat came on the heels of a motion by Albert Sam-Tsokwa (PDP/Taraba) and 20... Read More

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After being missing for a year, House of Reps is (finally) concerned about Chibok girls

Tambuwal believes APC will take over Nigeria

Just so you know, Tambuwal’s security aides are back

No shaking: Tambuwal assures of free and fair elections next month

@hymanprof: Tambuwal and his apostles of falsehood

Opinion: Tambuwal’s Defection- Why the Yoruba must redeem themselves

@emmaugwutheman: #SpeakerTambuwal at the beautiful gate

FG to Tambuwal: “You are no longer a member of the House of Reps“

Opinion: How @AsiwajuTinubu made @SpeakerTambuwal

Femi Aribisala: Tambuwal – Tinubu has sold the Yoruba into Hausa/Fulani slavery

@DeleMomodu : Why I have converted to Buharism

Deji Olunlade: The Speaker of the House of Reps in the APC is good for democracy

NSA probes ‘harassment’ of Speaker Tambuwal, Fashola explains $90m World Bank loan expenditure & other important news you should know today

Soldiers stop and search Tambuwal in Kaduna, OAU authorities ‘to ban’ Student Union & other important news you should know today

Opinion: Rotimi Amaechi needs to stop talking

Tinubu, Tambuwal, Aganga set for J9C lecture in Lagos [DETAILS]

PDP begs Tambuwal to sack 37 defecting House of Reps members

Your body language encourages corruption – Tambuwal tells Jonathan

He wasn’t there o – Tambuwal says he did not attend APC meeting

G5 Governors: Tambuwal meets with Buhari, Tinubu, others

Opinion: Tambuwal and his 2015 presidential ambition

Opinion: Caging PDP’s ‘Tambuwal Syndrome’

Obasanjo, Babangida, Buhari, others shun Jonathan’s midterm report (+ this photo of them too happy, together)

Running against GEJ: Tony Anenih, PDP leaders in secret meeting with Tambuwal

House of Reps member takes the fight to GEJ in this oped: Tambuwal, Amaechi & the story of a desperate president

TICKER: You are ignorant – David Mark tackles Okupe

TICKER: David Mark and Tambuwal were wrong – Doyin Okupe goes on the attack

Rep threatens to impeach GEJ

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