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The suspension order was announced by the Speaker, Hon. Rasaq Atunwa, after the House had adopted the report of its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Judiciary

Daniel made the statement in an address at a solidarity visit to the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja

The House members had on Wednesday in a letter to the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, announced their decision to defect to APC
Metuh said in the statement: “As lawmakers, the defectors must be aware of provisions of section 68 (1) (g) of the amended 1999 constitution, which states conditions upon which a member of the Legislature will change platforms

The party says that time has come for Nigerians, pushed to the wall by the large-scale impunity and corruption pervading the polity at present, to react so as to save the country from impending perdition

It was gathered that the meeting, which was conveyed at the instance of the APC leaders, was aimed at wooing Abubakar to the party

The letter to that effect was read at plenary, with the lawmakers citing “division and factionalisation” within the ruling party as the main reason for their action

I believe we will finish strong because we have to a large extent restored public confidence in Government. We have created credible institutions of governance

However, INEC expressed the hope that the security situation would improve to enable it to conduct the 2015 general election

Akpodiete was suspended on September 26 over alleged gross misconduct for a period of six months

Akinlabi made the call in Osogbo, Osun State when he collected a form to signify his intention to run for the state’s governorship post on the PDP’s platform

On the status of the 2014 budget, Abaribe said that the Conference Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives met on Tuesday to resolve the matter

However, beyond a terse statement, Jonathan has yet to reply to the issues

The APC also condemned Tuesday’s attack on the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which left the office of the deputy governor damaged

The PDM said the allegations were too weighty to be ignored

Saraki traced the dictatorial tendency and resort to unilateral decisions to undue intervention of the PDP National Executive Committee, led by Tukur, in the internal affairs of state chapters, particularly in Adamawa and Rivers States and the lack of confidence in the ability of the Tukur-led executive to uphold the sanctity of the peoples interest as some of the reasons for dumping the party

Ahmed gave the charge in Ilorin on Monday at the swearing in of three newly appointed commissioners, with an emphasis that such leadership must be devoid of partisanship and be beneficial to the majority of the people

The PPRO said that the police did not escort any legislator to sit in the assembly as it was reported in some national dailies, adding that it had no intention to do that

Kaigama said the country’s leaders should desist from blaming the military for the rot in the country

Ladoja and Kalu also discussed the challenges facing the Peoples Democratic Party and charted a way forward

Eze said that Bipi allegedly boasted to some of his aides and admirers that they have been directed to impeach Amaechi between December 17 and 24, 2013