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    President Buhari to take actions on IGP/Saraki issue, others – Senate Leader – TODAY.NG

    President Muhammadu Buhari would soon take appropriate actions aimed at addressing the “not too cordial” relationship between the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government. The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, revealed this on Tuesday when he briefed State House correspondents on ...
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    Thug who stole Senate mace yet to be arrested – Police – Premium Times Nigeria

    The police are yet to arrest the man who grabbed and made away with the Senate mace when he and his accomplices attacked in April. A commissioner of police, Habu Sani, said this when he appeared before members of the National Assembly ad-hoc committee investigating … Read more via Premium...
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    2019 election timetable: Federal High Court dismisses suit against National Assembly – Naija Ng

    A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on Tuesday, May 22, dismissed a suit filed against the National Assembly over call for a change in the 2019 election sequence. The court ruled that the suit filed by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Anike Nwoga, is not...
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    Politics Senator Omo-Agege Drags Saraki And The National Assembly To Court Over Mace Theft – Stella Dimokoko

    The lawmaker representing the Delta Central Senatorial District, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has dragged the National Assembly to court over its investigation into the invasion and mace snatching at the Senate chamber on April 18, 2018. The senator made this known to our correspondent on Monday...
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    Senate committee summons Ndume, Omo-Agege over NASS invasion – Nigeria News today &...

    The probe panel investigating the recent invasion of National Assembly by thugs has summoned Ali Ndume and Ovie Omo-Agege for questioning . The two senators have been invited to explain the role in the attack recently launched on … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read...
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    Abdulmumin Jibrin hints at ‘fresh budget padding’ – Premium Times Nigeria

    A former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has hinted at the possibility of a fresh budget fraud in the 2018 Appropriation Bill recently passed by the National Assembly. Mr. Jibrin, representing Kiru/Bebeji, who barely three months ago...
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    Senator Akpan sues EFCC over alleged rights abuse – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East District in the National Assembly, Bassey Albert Akpan, on Friday said that he has filed a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for breach of his fundamental human rights and personal rights as well as abuse of … Read...
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    Oil price hits $80 per barrel, highest since 2014 – Vanguard News

    Despite the huge N500 billion mark up on the Federal Government’s expenditure outlay in the 2018 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly earlier this week, the government is still going to hit budget surplus at end of the fiscal year … Read more via Vanguard News –...
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    Documents Confirm Senate Paid Saraki’s Aide’s Wife N150,000/Month For Doing Nothing –Shara Reporters

    Since 2015, Abiola Aiyegbayo, wife of Bamikole Omisore, Special Adviser on International Relations to Senate President Bukola Saraki, has been receiving monthly salaries of N151,788 from the Senate without rendering any service to the National Assembly, documents obtained by SaharaReporters...
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    Politics Why we jerked up 2018 budget to N9.12tr — NASS – Vanguard News

    National Assembly, yesterday, passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion for the 2018 fiscal year, explaining while it increased the budget estimate by N508 billion from the N8.612 trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari late last year. Presenting the details of the 2018...
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    2018 Budget: Each Police Station To Get Just N1,017 To Fuel Vehicles Per Day – Sahara Reporters

    Civic Media Lab, a media-tech foundation in Lagos, has revealed that its analysis of the 2018 Appropriation Bill now under consideration by the National Assembly revealed that each police station in the country will get only N1,017 daily to buy fuel for vehicles. While making this revelation...
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    Omo-Agege: Security beef-up at National Assembly ahead of resumption – Premium Times Nigeria

    Security was on Monday beefed up at the National Assembly, Abuja, ahead of expected resumption of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege following Thursday’s Abuja High Court nullification of his suspension by the Senate. Strengthening of security arrangement at the complex, especially around the Senate...
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    Thugs removed my cap in the presence of Gov. Obaseki, CP –Senator Urhoghide – Newtelegraph

    Senator Matthew Urhoghide, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), represents Edo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In this interview with CHUKWU DAVID, he speaks a recent ugly experience, where thugs attacked him and removed his cap at the Benin airport, for...
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    We Have The Powers To Invite IGP – Senate – Information Nigeria News

    The Senate has said the constitution gives it power to invite the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris. The Senate insisted it acted in accordance.... Read more via Information Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2rCCOvF Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Atiku: North Not Opposed to Restructuring – Thisdaylive News

    Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked the notion that the North is against restructuring, saying a restructured Nigeria will take the country to greater heights. Addressing participants at a 3-day lecture.... Read more via Thisdaylive News – https://ift.tt/2wAV3aA Get More...
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    Why Court Voided Omo-Agege’s suspension, ordered his recall – Vanguard Newspaper

    The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, nullified the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Senate, even as it ordered his immediate.... Read more via Vanguard Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2ru0lj9 Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Police DPO Blames Mace Theft On ‘Internal Conspiracy’ – Channels Television

    The Divisional Police Officer in the National Assembly, CSP Sulu-Gambari Abdul, has blamed the April 18th invasion of the Senate and theft of the mace by hoodlums on internal conspiracy. Abdul said this on Wednesday during an investigative hearing into the incident by a joint ad hoc committee...
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    Senator Saraki: National Assembly aims to pass PIB by July – Today.ng News

    Nigeria’s parliament aims to pass a long-delayed bill to overhaul the oil sector by the end of July, Senate President Bukola Saraki told Reuters. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which aims to improve transparency, attract investors and stimulate growth, has been debated for more than a...
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    AGF backs suit against National Assembly on election sequence – The Guardian Nigeria...

    President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), yesterday told a Federal High Court in Enugu that they were not opposed to the suit challenging the attempt by the National Assembly to re-order the sequence of the 2019 … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...
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    Dino Melaye cannot pretend forever – Dogara – Daily Post Newspaper

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogare, has said that even if the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, is pretending, he cannot pretend forever. Dogara said this while addressing State House correspondents, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday...
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