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Nigeriaworld -- Uncivil Minister, Blundering Senate And to show the type of a senate president he appears to be, Senator Adolphus Wabara allowed his legitimate inquiry on the fairness of the process to the accused to be drowned in the rowdy chorus of mob-like and unreflecting senators demanding the punishment of El-Rufai even without a hearing. Reading the contributions of the senators during their deliberation of the motion, it appeared that many were reacting not necessarily to the allegation before them but to the long history of their sour relationship with the FCT minister. The truth is, if the Nigerian senators cannot carry themselves with dignity and respect; if they cannot rise up to their duty as the brain and moderator of our democracy, every Nigerian who values the right of free speech should be at liberty to openly describe them as fools. nigeriaworld.com /columnist/ihenacho/090604.html   (3765 words)

Nigerian senate approves deployment of peacekeepers to Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Nigerian senate approves deployment of peacekeepers to Sudan The Nigerian senate voted Thursday to approve a decision by President Olusegun Obasanjo to make 1,500 troops available for an African Union peacekeeping mission to Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur. Some senators spoke out against the decision, calling on their colleagues to wait until next week to allow the assembly's defence committee to study the plan, but their concerns were overruled in a simple voice vote, AFP saw. www.spacewar.com /2004/040819121116.vrxe28yp.html   (324 words)

September 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Incumbent president George W. Bush and challenger Senator John F. Kerry meet at the University of Miami, Florida in the first of three presidential debates in the run-up to the 2004 U.S. presidential election. The United States Senate, by a vote of 77–17, confirms the nomination of Porter Goss as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Some Democratic senators had charged that Goss is too partisan to deliver unbiased reports to the White House. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/September_2004   (5608 words)

THE NIGERIAN SENATE The Senate (as well as the Chamber of Representatives) may pass a resolution to enable investigations to be undertaken in any matter relating to the domain of the law, the conduct of governmental activities or the application of laws, and the spending or management of funds under the aegis of the National Assembly. The Senate President and the Vice-president are (individually) elected by the senators. The person exercising these functions may be dismissed by the President on the request of 2/3 of the senators, for reasons of incapacity or bad conduct. www.senat.fr /senatsdumonde/english/nigeria.html   (643 words)

afrol News - Bribery allegations shake Nigerian Senate According to the government release, Senator Chukwumerije had emphasised that he had met some Senators at Senator Nzeribe's private residence, "where they were being enticed to collect bribe to support motion on the state of emergency in Anambra state." He is now urging a Senate investigation into this bribery allegation. Senator Chukwumerije stated that the integrity of Senator Nzeribe was at stake, pointing out that some members wanted to drag the image of the Senator to the mud. The issuing of a statement on the bribery allegations in the Nigerian Senate by the federal government is a unique move, which further diminishes the chances of a possible imposition of a state of emergency in Anambra state. www.afrol.com /printable_article/10976   (713 words)

Nigeriaworld -- A Senator prepared a 'Black Eye Peas' meal for the Nigerian Senate The time the Senate normally go for their perks from any source, luckily it was one of their own this time to bring the 'meal' to the table. Nigerians are short tempered when it comes to verbal ideological differences; they result into violence as a means of expressing their thoughts. Senator Mohammed would say that N1.2 million is too much for only one person to spend, without any portion left for him to feed his big turkey for the five-month old baby he is carrying. nigeriaworld.com /columnist/ajayi/101804.html   (2166 words)

Senators And Alliance For Democracy Question the Use Of Force in Bayelsa Senator David Brigidi, sponsor of the motion drew the attention of the Senate to reports that over 500 people had died in Odi on account of the military action, while over 800 women had been evacuated from the community to the Elele Military Cantonment. Senator Brigidi asked the Senate to restrain the President from deploying troops to the oil-producing communities of the Niger Delta, especially Bayelsa, having regard to Section 217 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Senator David Mark threw his weight behind the motion, but advised the Senate to be painstaking in getting into the true picture of the story in Odi community. www.waado.org /Environment/FedGovt_NigerDelta/BayelsaInvasion/LegislaturesReactions/SenatorsAndAD.html   (690 words)

U.S. Embassy, Nigeria: Transcript: Clinton Speech to Nigerian National Assembly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Nigerians have shown us that democracy is a necessity, especially when times are hard. Nigerians are electing their leaders, acting to cut corruption and investigate past abuses, shedding light on human rights violations, turning a fearless press into a free press. Nigerians have dreamed this road in music and art and literature and political struggle, and in your contributions to prosperity and progress, among the immigrants to my country and so many others. usembassy.state.gov /nigeria/wwwhcf50.html   (4084 words)

Nigerian senate delegation commiserates with Nasarawa State Speaking earlier, Deputy Senate President and leader of the delegation stated that the senate had carefully followed the unfortunate crisis that befell the state and came to a conclusion that Governor Adamu was a man of peace. Senator Mantu took particular notice of the radio and television broadcast by Governor Adamu and stated that the broadcast was a pride to all peace loving Nigerians. Senator Mantu called on all Nigerians to learn to live together in peace in-order to enjoy the dividends of democracy and for governments to be able to concentrate on developmental programmes. www.nasarawastate.org /news/senate_delegaion.htm   (343 words)

[Corporations] yet another slam for Shell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The latest bombshell was delivered by the Nigerian senate after it reviewed a compensation demand from the Ijaw tribe in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Last night, however, there was confusion about the impact of the Senate resolution when Nigeria's presidential adviser on petroleum, Edmund Dakouro, suggested the $1.5bn fine might be "illegitimate" and unenforceable. "Senate rulings have the force of public opinion, and are a very powerful statement, but the senate doesn't have the executive force to carry it out," Mr Dakouro told Dow Jones Newswires. www.corporations.org /pipermail/corporations_corporations.org/2004-August/000399.html   (563 words)

Shell hit by $1.5bn oil pollution claim from Nigerian Senate | EnergyBulletin.net | Energy and Peak Oil News The resolution passed by the Senate, against the company's Nigerian joint venture, Shell Petroleum Development Corp, was to compensate the Ijaw tribe in the southern Bayelsa state. According to the Senate, the money is to cover health problems, economic hardship and avoidable deaths as a direct or indirect result of oil spillages from facilities owned in the Niger delta by SPDC, which is operated and part-owned by Shell. According to yesterday's Senate resolution, Shell is expected to pay $1bn now and the balance of $500m in equal instalments over the next five years. www.energybulletin.net /1739.html   (635 words)

Politics : A night of tributes for Chuba Okadigbo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The rites of passage of a former President of the Nigerian Senate, The Rt. In a way, the composite nature of the Nigerian elite that have indicated their willingness to attend the night of special honour for Dr. Okadigbo, reflects the departed politician’s character as a pragmatic politician who remained eminently visible in the Nigerian political landscape for nearly three decades. After the 1979 elections, the NPN as the mainstream party of the North, went into an official accord with the Nigerian People’s Party (NPP), the mainstream party of the Igbos, and Okadigbo was seen boldly in the middle of the schemes that resulted in that accord. news.biafranigeriaworld.com /archive/2003/nov/25/0018.html   (1854 words)

Bob Minton and the Nigerian debt buy-back THE Senate has approved the usage of debt buy back to reduce Nigeria's huge external debt just as it dismissed insinuations that all debt buy back deals entered into by the past governments on behalf of the country were fraudulent. The Senate position is contained in the report of its committee on local and foreign debts on debt buy back transactions in Nigeria from 1983 to date with emphasis on the Ajaokuta debt buy back made available to Sunday Vanguard at the weekend. The senate committee, in its report, concurred that the debt buy back deals undertaken by Greenland Holdings were beneficial to the country. www.lermanet.com /cisar/nigeria.htm   (2743 words)

Nigerian senate approves sending 1,500 peacekeepers to Darfur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Senator Daniel Saror, deputy minority leader of the Senate, told IRIN on Wednesday that the upper chamber of the Federal Parliament had approved Obasanjo’s request, based “on the need to arrest the ugly situation in Sudan which we find absolutely unacceptable.” Last week Obasanjo requested the Senate approve the deployment of one company of troops to Darfur, but he made clear at the same time that Nigeria was prepared to ramp up its military commitment if a proposed 2,000-strong AU peacekeeping force for the region came into being. A Nigerian army spokesman said the first company of troops was ready to leave for Darfur at short notice, but it would take longer to mobilise two full battalions of around 770 men each.. www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=42749   (790 words)

Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Nigerian senate president orders Shell to pay compensation or quit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Following the apparent inaction of Shell to the resolution, the Senate had four months ago unanimously passed a resolution, asking Shell to heed the resolution of the House of Representatives. Senator Wabara revealed that he had followed up the Senate resolution with a letter jointly signed by himself and the Speaker of the House of Representatives drawing the attention of Shell to the resolution. Receiving a delegation of Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers in his office, Senator Wabara was adamant on the resolution, saying that the Senate and House went through legal procedure before coming up with the award. www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cna44981.htm   (395 words)

Nigeriaworld -- The bane of Nigerian legislators One thing the Nigerian senate's altercation with El-Rufai had revealed in our view was the fact that the legislature as currently constituted at all levels of the Nigerian democracy was not a place that boasted of people endowed with the skills that originated from the intellectual faculty. First, it was widely reported in the Nigerian media that a male senator physically assaulted her female colleague in the lobby of the Nigerian senate chambers because of money. If Nigerian legislators had been informed in their roles as representatives of the people, if they had been people of integrity, they would have long realized that their primary duty is not to foster a good working relationship with the executive branch but to protect the Nigerian people. nigeriaworld.com /cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ihenacho/101804.html   (3429 words)

Nigerian Senate orders Shell to pay 1.5 billion dollar compensation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The senate adopted Tuesday a motion ordering the payment to members of the Ijaw ethnic group "for the severe health hazards, economic hardship, injurious affection, avoidable deaths and sundry maladies" resulting from oil spills at Shell facilities, the document said. The senate based its directive on recommendations from a legal advisory panel convened in response to an Ijaws petition filed in December 2000. According to the senate document, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, the legal panel reported "uncontradicted evidence" that massive oil spills have occured at Shell facilities in the Bayelsa state. www.terradaily.com /2004/040825204653.hp6h4639.html   (310 words)

THE 54 MILLION NAIRA BRIBERY SCANDAL IN THE NIGERIAN SENATE IS NOT A SMALL MATTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) It is not a small matter that lawmakers mandated by the people to reclaim the image of their country from deep-rooted corruption and steer the fate of the country to sociopolitical and economic development went about demanding a bribe to confirm a political nominee. Since transparency is universally known to be lacking in the Nigerian governance, a true leader in the position of the senate president should have defined a clear and convincing process of investigating such a scandal, and use it also to uncover other irregularities of the senate members. The Senate could not even show one system or mechanism it has setup to deter the members from walking around with their palms wide open looking for who would dump bags of valueless Nigerian Naira in them. www.nigerdeltacongress.com /articles/54_million_naira_bribery_scandal.htm   (2170 words)

USAfricaonline.com DEMOCRACY WATCH Senator Chuba Okadigbo (PDP-Anambra) was removed as the Nigerian Senate President on allegations of fraud. Senator Ike Nwachukwu (PDP-Abia State) co-owned an airline and is still regarded as one of the rich retired generals in Nigeria. Nigeria's Senate President took over a million naira from the coffers of the Senate to attend a meeting of his kinsmen in Kaduna, a one hour trip from his base in Abuja. www.usafricaonline.com /ngrlegisl_elendu.html   (1565 words)

CNN.com - Nigerian Senate postpones vote on new leader - August 9, 2000 Senate President Chuba Okadigbo was impeached on Tuesday night after a critical parliamentary inquiry into contract awards at the National Assembly. Okadigbo is the second Senate president to be impeached since 15 years of military rule ended in the West African country in May 1999. Senator Evan Enwerem, the first Senate president, was kicked out last November amid questions about his integrity. archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/08/09/nigeria.senate   (712 words)

BBC News | AFRICA | New leader for Nigerian senate Leaders of the ruling party in Nigeria have chosen Pius Anyim, a political newcomer, to replace the Senate President Chuba Okadigbo, after he was accused of corruption. His impeachment followed the resignations of deputy senate president Haruna Abubakar, and the parliamentary majority leader Samaila Mamman who were also accused of corruption. Last week's report called on the Senate leadership to resign and said they should be investigated by the police. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_872000/872987.stm   (472 words)

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | 'Foolish' Nigerian senate strike The senate is often locked in bitter battles with the government. Senator Uche Chukwumerije told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that nothing short of the minister's departure would assuage the anger of the senators. The senator said the incident was most unfortunate as he viewed the minister as a "brilliant young man". news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3615628.stm   (257 words)

Vanguard Online Edition : LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS:- Opinion:Nigerian Prisons: Senate Committee finds a tale of ... The sight of a delegation of the Senate Committee on Internal Affairs scampering away from the living quarters of Prison warders in the Ikoyi Prisons summarizes the pitiable human right condition of Nigerian Prisons. The tour of prison formations between June and October was led by Committee chairman, Senator Abubakar Sodangi assisted by vice-chairman Senator Itak Bob Ekarika. A general revelation from the report of the Committee was the deplorable condition of the Prison infrastructure with most prisons maintaining the same facilities as originally built by the colonial masters. www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/features/fe210122004.html   (1176 words)

Nigerian senate called back after minister slain.htm in Business Recorder on December 27, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) ABUJA: Senators were told on Wednesday to end their holiday nearly a month early and return to Abuja for an emergency meeting on national security after the assassination of the justice minister, state radio reported. Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim asked all members of the upper house to return to the capital on Thursday ahead of Friday's session which was intended to discuss "pending urgent national issues", state radio said. The senate was due to have resumed sitting on January 22 after breaking for recess on December 13. www.paksearch.com /br2001/Dec/27/Nigerian%20senate%20called%20back%20after%20minister%20slain.htm   (210 words)

Nigeria: Nigerian president undeterred by impeachment move - OnlineNigeria.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) The deferment followed the declaration by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Idris Abubakar, that his report which he needed to tender before the session was not ready. The senate last week passed a resolution to begin a debate on the implementation of the 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 budgets to determine the areas that Obasanjo failed to fully implement. On Tuesday, an attempt by lawmakers loyal to the president to have the debate suspended was defeated on the floor of the senate. www.onlinenigeria.com /links/adv.asp?blurb=75   (398 words)

Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Nigerian Senate urged to investigate into NNPC’s missing fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) He said that when the federal government started collecting road tax, N 9 bn collected from the tax cannot be traced and called on the Senate not to allow itself to be used to hack down anybody. "There is the belief, rightly or wrongly, that what the Senate is doing is part of the agenda to hack down the vice president for which reasons it is being said he was removed as chairman of the NCP. By looking into other missing proceeds very dispassionately, the Senate will succeed in convincing the public that malice was not the objective in looking into the alleged missing proceeds from the privatisation exercise," he said. www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cna41857.htm   (311 words)

BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Senate confronts Nigerian president A major confrontation is expected in the Nigerian Senate between supporters and opponents of President Olusegun Obasanjo. Now, in retaliation, the Senate is calling on the government to account for the whereabouts of large, one-off sums that have accrued to the Treasury in recent years. The censure motion against the president has been brought before the Upper House by Senator Idris Abubakar, who says that the outcome of this debate will determine whether impeachment proceedings should be initiated against the president. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_2051000/2051765.stm   (355 words)

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