Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
Free-for-all: House members speak
It is unfortunate — Femi Gbaja, House Of Reps, Minority Whip
The motion raised on suspension could have been for a month, two weeks, but it was indefinite and that is unfortunate. What it means is that it will run to the end of the suspension.
Doctored Constitution? Mark, Bankole clash
Few days after the nation was shocked by the rumpus in the the House of Representatives the speaker of the House is involved in another dispute with the Senate President, David Mark . Bankole had alleged that copies of the amended constitution sent to State Houses of Assembly by the Senate was the doctored one, distinct from the harmonised document arrived at by both chambers of the National Assembly.
Bayelsa Dep Gov, Ebebi, sacked
THE Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Mr. Peremobowei Ebebi, was, yesterday, sacked by the assembly, 23 days after it initiated impeachment proceedings against him.
I can’t be bought over – Jega
The Chairman-designate of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, told the Senate that judging from the assurances he received from the Presidency when he was nominated for the appointment, he did not envisage any interference in the discharge of his duties.
Reps in free-for-all
The House of Representatives yesterday literally became a house of commotion when age-long acrimony between a group of 11 lawmakers known as “Progressive-Minded Legislators†and those loyal to Speaker Dimeji Bankole, boiled over.
