House Endorses Mass Sack in Banks – Thisday
January 20, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The House of Representatives yesterday endorsed the current mass purge in the banking sector in which several commercial banks have sacked thousands of their workers allegedly to shed excess weight and keep afloat.
Reps seek to immortalise Maryam Babangida – Vanguard
January 8, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The House of Representatives, next Tuesday, will debate a motion that seeks to immortalise the late former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida by re-naming the National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, Abuja after her.
Oil workers threaten strike over petroleum bill – The Guardian
December 3, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to shutdown the country’s oil and gas operations indefinitely if the National Assembly proceeds to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law without making the authentic version of the bill public for national discussion.
Anxiety as Jonathan shifts meeting with governors – The Nation
December 1, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Governors were surprised yesterday at the postponement of a meeting with the Vice President.
Neither the forum of the meeting nor its purpose was clear last night as officials declined comments.
A source said it could be the Council of State (CoS) – a forum for the President, his Vice, Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives, Governors, Chief Justice of the Federation, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, as well as all past Heads of State and Chief Justices of Nigeria.
Infrastructure tops FG’s plan for 2010 – Vanguard
November 25, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Infrastructure development topped the Federal Government’s agenda in the Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.
Senate, Reps get N4trn 2010 budget today – Vanguard
November 24, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Senate and the House of Representatives will separately receive the Federal Government’s 2010 budget of N4 trillion today, dousing the tension that had existed between the two houses over the venue for the budget presentation.
NPAN opposes new press bill – The Guardian
November 23, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has condemned the Nigerian Press and Practice of Journalism Council Bill currently before the House of Representatives, describing it as an attempt to take practice of journalism “to the Dark Ages.”
Yar’Adua calls off budget session over N’ Assembly rift – The Guardian
November 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The planned budget presentation by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives did not hold yesterday after all. Two separate Army Bands had, in fact, set up their separate bands at the two chambers of the two houses. But when information filtered in that the presentation was no longer holding, the soldiers dismantled their bands with a characteristic dispatch and vanished.
Budget: PDP backs Reps against Senate – Vanguard
November 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has thrown its weight behind the House of Representatives in its current face-off with the Senate over which chamber should host the President for the 2010 budget presentation.
Bankole raises project monitoring panel for Agric varsity – The Guardian
November 19, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole has inaugurated a 10-man project monitoring committee for three multi-million naira projects he is executing with friends and associates at University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB).
