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Nigeria: Plot to Ambush Tambuwal Backfires
Leadership, 21 November 2014
In what amounts to a state-sponsored mayhem, the Nigeria Police yesterday attempted to stop the speaker of House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal and other lawmakers from entering… Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Take Over NASS, Tear-Gas Lawmakers
Vanguard, 21 November 2014
ABUJA--Heavily armed policemen, yesterday, invaded the National Assembly complex, tear-gassed and tried to prevent members of the House of Representatives, including the Speaker,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Uproar As Police Besiege National Assembly, Chambers Shut
Guardian, 20 November 2014
It was a moment when the sanctity of the National Assembly was violated as lawmakers' defiance of a siege of the parliament by armed mobile police officers and hooded operatives of… Read more »
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Nigeria: National Assembly Blockade - APC Accuses Jonathan of Sabotaging War Against Boko Haram
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of sabotaging his own Administration's war against Boko Haram on the altar of personal vindictiveness… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senior Advocate Condemns Nass Invasion
This Day, 20 November 2014
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mallam Yusuf Olu Ali has condemned the invasion of the National Assembly Complex by the men of the Nigeria Police Force and other security… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why We Blocked Tambuwal From Entering Nass - Police
Vanguard, 20 November 2014
The Nigeria Police Force has said the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, was blocked from entering the National Assembly , Thursday, so as to forestall the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nass Siege - Jonathan Poses Threat to Democracy - Atiku
Vanguard, 20 November 2014
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has slammed the crude methods the Jonathan administration is using to harass and humiliate perceived political enemies. Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Boils Over Police, DSS Invasion
Independent (Lagos), 20 November 2014
There was pandemonium at the National Assembly on Thursday, as security agencies fruitlessly struggled to bar the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and his… Read more »
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Nigeria: Leave Jonathan Out of NASS Crisis, Says PDP
Independent (Lagos), 20 November 2014
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party has urged the All Progressive Congress and others to leave President Goodluck Jonathan out of the problems rocking the House of Representatives,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jonathan, PDP, Defend Police Blockade of National Assembly
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, praised the nation's police force Thursday after an attempt to force the speaker of the House of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Sagay, Others Condemn Police Action At National Assembly
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
A constitutional lawyer, Itse Sagay, has condemned Thursday's action by the police at the National Assembly complex. Read more »
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Nigeria: Why We Blocked Tambuwal From Entering National Assembly - - Police
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
The Nigeria Police Force has defended its decision to block the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, from the National Assembly Thursday, saying the operation… Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Lock Out Tambuwal From National Assembly
Daily Trust, 20 November 2014
Armed soldiers, Policemen and operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) on Thursday morning tried to stop Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from entering the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why Tambuwal Blocked From Entering National Assembly - Police
Independent (Lagos), 20 November 2014
The Nigeria Police Force has defended its decision to block the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, from the National Assembly Thursday, saying the operation… Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Desecrated NASS - CNPP
Vanguard, 20 November 2014
Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Thursday, condemned the violence unleashed by the Nigeria Police Force on members of the House of Representatives at the National… Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Siege - Presidency Backs Police IG , Says He Carried Out His Constitutional Functions
Vanguard, 20 November 2014
ABUJA- THE Presidency Thursday backed the Inspector - General of Police, Suleiman Abba who ordered heavily armed security operatives to block the National Assembly Complex where… Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Crisis - Jonathan Off to UK As Sambo, PDP Principal Officers Meet
Vanguard, 20 November 2014
Vice President, Namadi Sambo met with the Principal officers elected on the Platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the House of Representatives shortly after the speaker… Read more »
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Nigeria: NASS Siege - a Need for Positive Change in 2015 - Nda-Isiah
Vanguard, 20 November 2014
All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant and publisher of the Leadership Newspapers, Chief Sam Nda-Isiah,, said the chaos at the National Assembly on Thursday, which… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ozekhome Urges Tambuwal to Resign Over Blockade Drama
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, on Thursday called on Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker, House of Representatives, to resign for peace to reign in the legislature. Read more »
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Nigeria: BBOG Group Condemns Harassment of Tambuwal By Security Operatives
Leadership, 21 November 2014
The #BringBackOurGirls group yesterday, condemned in totality, the attack and prevention of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal from entering the House… Read more »
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Nigeria: Chaos Shuts Down National Assembly
Premium Times, 20 November 2014
The Senate President, David Mark, has announced an immediate closure of the National Assembly after an attempt to stop the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Police Action at National Assembly Called 'Barbaric'
Daily Trust, 20 November 2014
Senate President and Chairman of the National Assembly, Senator David Mark has condemned the use of teargas on Senators and members of the House of Representatives by the Police… Read more »
Drama at Nigeria's National Assembly
Police fired teargas at the National Assembly as security operatives barred the speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and several of his supporters scaled the fence to get into the house.
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20 November 2014
House of Reps Members Climb Over Gates to enter National Assembly
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Blocked from entering the National Assembly, opposition All Progressives Congress members of Nigeria's House of Reps members climbed through fences to ... see more »
At least 15 opposition All Progressives Congress lawmakers scaled the National Assembly fence to access the building, Premium Times reported in Nigeria. The lockout happened after the speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, was reportedly denied entry.
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