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The silence of elders of the Peoples Democratic Party when members of the House of Representatives openly flouted section 53 (2) of the constitution and walked out on the Senate deputy president in Minna has been identified as the reason for the war between the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The irony surrounding the fuel market at the moment is that Nigerians cannot buy more than N1,000 worth of fuel at any given time.
The managing editor of Weekend Mail, an Abuja-based newspaper; Maximus Uba, has raised alarm over a threat to his life by the governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim.
Still basking in the euphoria of its victory over the former chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Bode George, in court, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may just be on its way to prosecuting another set of highly- placed Nigerians, and probably consolidate on its gains in the fight against corruption in the country.
The Road Less Travelled... Once, the venerable oracle at Delphi in old Greece was asked who the wisest man in the world was. The inscrutable, mysterious seer quipped - Socrates; because he knows he knows nothing.
The Northern Union (NU) has said it is working to ensure that President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is re-elected in 2011 for a second term in office.
Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has described the current ego war between the Senate and House of Representatives as an arrogant show of authority which calls to question the integrity and maturity of members of the legislators.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 6, 2010, governorship election in Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has explained why he decided to dabble into the politics of Nigeria in spite of the advice of his friends and other concerned stakeholders, saying he has a desire to correct the many ills bedeviling Anambra State.
The Nasarawa State government has commenced investigations into the accommodation lapses of the state's pilgrims for this year's hajj to Saudi Arabia .
The chairman, Youth Wing, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zing local government area of Taraba State, Mr. Jonah Musa Monki, has given reasons why majority of the people of Taraba North Senatorial district, are kicking against the return of Senator Anthony George Manzo to the upper legislative chamber.
Ahead of the 2010 local government elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday recorded hitch-free chairmanship primaries in the FCT. Delegates lined up in front of each ballot box where the names of their are were fixed and voted in a serene atmosphere.
The chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and Second Republic governor of old Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, has lamented that the poor people of the nation are not likely to see the promised land soon because the country is virtually being run by thieves.
President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua has urged states and local governments and the private sector to drive the annual Abuja cultural carnival which he said has the potential to drive the "economy.
Three books - Who Wanted Third Term?, Abuja Demolition and Real Issues In Christian Marriage - were yesterday presented to the general public. The books, written by Pastor Dr. Dan Ogun a legal luminary and coordinator of Zonal Pastors' Forum of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Abuja, were launched in Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja.
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has openly challenged the government of President Umaru Yar'Adua to confiscate any property attributed to him but not reflected in his forms at the Code of Conduct Bureau, saying he was ready to forfeit them
The minister of state for information and communications, Alhaji Aliyu Ikra Bilbis,has reiterated PDP's determination to snatch Kano and Lagos states from the opposition in the 2011 general elections.
The Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu has thanked the Serbian government for training Nigeria military and civilians while looking forward to signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence by both countries.
And it came to pass, that Nigerian governors gathered in Abuja under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), and decided that taxation is the way forward.
Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) have stepped up their probe of how funds allocated for the just concluded FIFA U-17 World Cup was spent by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) by questioning its Chief Executive Officer, Mainasara Illo.
Former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Code of Conduct Tribunal would not achieve its desired goal by its decision on Friday to declare him wanted.
Former National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and current chieftain of the Action Congress (AC), Chief Audu Ogbeh, has revealed that the former Governor of Anambra State Dr. Chris Ngige would have been killed before December 2004 if he had not written a letter to the then President on Anambra State.
The dispute between the Senate and House of Representatives over the venue for a joint session to receive President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's 2010 budget estimate is yet another of Nigeria's throwbacks to an unsettled rivalry among legislators of the two chambers that began to manifest since after the sudden change of leadership in the Lower Chamber.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday said National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) has not adequately addressed its mission statement of being a catalyst in proffering answers to weaknesses and diversity of the federal administration. He therefore tasked the institution to work more assiduously to meet its goal.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are still making consultations across the country on whether or not the president should contest for a second term in 2011, the party's National Publicity Secretary, Prof Ahmed Rufai Alkali, has said.
Ahead of tomorrow's strategy session by senators elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the impasse created by the 2010 budget presentation, Senate President, Senator David Mark, has blamed leadership of the PDP for the face-off between the Senate and the House of Representatives over the venue of the joint session to receive the budget from President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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