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Group asks court to order INEC to allow temporary voters' cards }x}9
Reps hold secret budget defence for agencies Philip Nyam Abuja
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ome committees of the House of Representatives have adopted secret budget de-
fence for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the 2015 Appropriation Bill, unlike in the past when it is done in the open. The House is currently on recess to reconvene
on February 17 but some committees are having meetings. The budget defence is part of the legislators' oversight function where the MDAs present their level of budget implemen-
tation last year and the justification for the proposed budget for the new year. But for inexplicable reasons, for the past two weeks, the media has been shut out of the budget defence held with MDAs.
Some of the committees prefer to brief the press after the sessions. Only yesterday, the House Committee on Power led by Hon. Patrick Ikhariale (PDP, Edo) conCONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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Boko Haram plots to bomb rallies, says FG
lSect to use itinerant shoemakers to attack crowded places lChad drives insurgents out of Nigerian town }5
Quick Read L-R: President Goodluck Jonathan; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy gubernatorial candidate in Taraba State, Mr. Haruna Manu; PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu and Vice-President Namadi Sambo at a presidential rally in Jalingo...yesterday.
L-R: Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari; his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, at a presidential rally in Ibadan...yesterday.
APC, PDP bicker over alleged $100m war chest to stop Buhari
lSanusi to Nigerians: Don't vote for bad leaders
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Editorial
The resurgence of bird flu }19 FG renews bid to set up national }7 airline Travel Advisory
Your guide to local and international flights }4