Tag: Lawmakers
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BREAKING: Oshiomhole meets Buhari, reacts to lawmakers’ defections from APC
The National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said that losing majority of the lawmakers to opposition parties on Tuesday will not in any way affect the party’s victory in the 2019 elections. Recall that 15 senators and 37 members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected from the…
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BREAKING: Imo lawmakers commence impeachment process against Okorocha’s deputy
The Imo State House of Assembly has commenced impeachment process against the deputy governor, Eze Madumere. The Deputy Speaker, Ugonna Ozuruigbo, who moved the motion that the impeachment process be served on the embattled deputy governor, accused him, among other things, of abandoning his duties and office as the state’s number two citizen for a…
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Ebonyi lawmakers’ ultimatum to Anambra government, By Carl Umegboro
By Carl Umegboro The up-to-the-minute squabbles between Anambra state government and Ebonyi House of Assembly is to say the least uncalled for and trivial. The state governor, Chief Willie Obiano renamed the old ‘Abakaliki Street’ in Awka to “Club Street’ purportedly to synchronize the master-plan. Consequently, he designated another street the government considered suitable and…
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Budget Padding: Court mandates Buhari to order prosecution of indicted lawmakers
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgement has ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently instruct security and anti-corruption agencies to forward to him reports of their investigations into allegations of padding and stealing of some N481 billion from the 2016 budget by some principal officers of the National Assembly.” The court…
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Kano Assembly crisis: Lawmakers settle differences, elect new principal officers
The Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday resumed sitting after four days of drama which led to the removal and subsequent appointments of some principal officers. The embattled Speaker Honourable Yusuf Abdullahi Atah, after unanimous decision of the lawmakers, observed the swearing in of the former speaker honorable Kabiru Alhasan Rurum as the new…
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Police blame Senate invasion, mace theft on lawmakers’ conspiracy , faulty security equipment
The Divisional Police Officer in the National Assembly, Sulu-Gambari Abdul, on Wednesday blamed the April 18 invasion of the Senate and removal of the mace by hoodlums on internal conspiracy. Abdul stated this during an investigative hearing into the incident by joint ad hoc committee investigating the incident. According to him, what happened at the…
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Benue killings: Ortom appear before lawmakers, says menace will end soon
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed optimism that the renewed commitment shown by the Federal Government concerning the killings in the State will end the bloodbath in the State. Speaking Thursday when he appeared before the State Lawmakers who summoned him to throw light on measures taking by the State Security Council to…
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Lawmakers join ‘hijab debate’ urge committee to investigate alleged rights violation
The House of Representatives on Tuesday intervened in the raging controversy over the refusal of the Nigerian Law School to call a graduate, Amasa Firdaus, to the Bar. The House directed its Committees on Justice and Judiciary to investigate the matter and make appropriate recommendations to the floor. The resolution followed a motion moved by…
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2019: 27 Imo lawmakers endorse Okorocha’s son-in-law for governor
Legislators of the Imo State Assembly have endorsed Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-inlaw, Chief Uche Nwosu, for the governorship of Imo State ahead the 2019 general election. This was disclosed yesterday by Hon. Henry Uzoma Ezediaro member representing Oguta state constituency in the Assembly and House committee chairman on Petroleum, ISOPADEC and NDDC. Briefing newsmen Saturday…
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Cancelled Dinner: Buhari apologises to lawmakers over ill-treatment at Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised to the leadership of the National Assembly over the cancellation of the planned dinner for the lawmakers in the State House. TheNewsGuru reports that the President was to host the lawmakers to dinner at the new Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, by 8:30p.m. on Thursday. He, however, met…