Tag: Lawmaker
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Police begin manhunt for suspects who burnt lawmaker, traditional ruler’s houses
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr. Mohammed Barde, says a manhunt for the arsonists who burnt down the residences of Mr. Jerry Alagboso and Chief Ezekiel Nwokedi has begun. Alagboso is a former House of Representatives while Nwokedi is an
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Police confirm murder of Enugu lawmaker, arrest one suspect
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Mr Nelson Sylvester, the Councilor representing Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) Legislative Council, Enugu State, on Sunday. In a statement issued in Enugu on Monday, Mr Daniel Ndukwe, the Police
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Lawmakers intensify lobbying to get super C’ttees as NASS reconvenes tomorrow
After the Sallah break lawmakers will be back to the National Assembly to continue their lobbying efforts towards getting super committees. This is a common practice in the legislative parlance worldwide and in the Nigerian legislature, heads of caucuses and zonal coordinators play vital roles. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reliably gathered that most of the lawmakers who…
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Dokubo’s statement on Nigerian Military unpatriotic, unfair – Lawmaker
Rep. Philip Agbese (APC-Benue) has said that the recent statement by former Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo on the Nigerian Military was unpatriotic and unfair. Agbese, the lawmaker representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo
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I never knew Tinubu was intelligent – LP lawmaker
A House of Representatives member-elect on the platform of the Labour Party, (LP) Godwin Amobi Ogar has expressed his surprise at the intelligence of President Bola Tinubu, after his encounter with the Nigeria president.
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Just In: 34-year-old lawmaker-elect who floored Yobe Speaker arrested
Lawan Musa Majakura, a 34-year-old lawmaker-elect, has explained how the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, got him arrested after criticising him for alleged poor representation. Majakura defeated the speaker in the house of assembly elections with 182 votes to represent Nguru II constituency of Nguru Local Government Area. The…
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Automatic promotion to workers not captured in 2023 budget – Lawmaker
A lawmaker in Abia, Chief Obinna Ichita, has said that the 2023 Appropriation Act passed by the state House of Assembly did not capture the State Government’s automatic promotion to Local Government workers. Ichita, representing Aba South State Constituency, made the disclosure
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Money Laundering: Police arraigns lawmaker, Chinyere Igwe in Port Harcourt
Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives for Port Harcourt City Local Government Constituency II, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Rivers state over money laundering allegations. The lawmaker was alleged to have been in posession of $498, 100 on February 24, 2023, during a police stop-and-search operation.
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We are not on a ”witch hunting” mission, Lawmaker tells INTERPOL chief
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged illegal sales of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude in China in 2015 says it is not on a ”witch hunting” mission. Rep. Mark Gbillah, Chairman of ad hoc committee,
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Reps member’s aide kidnapped in Cross River
Mr Kenneth Abang, a legislative aide to a House of Representatives member, representing Boki-Ikom Federal Constituency in Cross River has been kidnapped Abang, who is an aide to Rep. Chris Agibe was abducted in Betem community