Tag: Lawmakers
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Sacked 16 Plateau lawmakers move to resume legislative duties
The 16 members of the Plateau House of Assembly, sacked by the Court of Appeal last year November, have resolved to resume legislative duties on Tuesday.
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Court stops INEC from conducting fresh election into 26 defected Rivers lawmakers’ seats
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from conducting fresh election to fill the seats of the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Fubara signs Rivers N800bn 2024 budget into law approved by 4 lawmakers
Gov.Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers on Thursday signed the state N800 billion 2024 budget into law, barely 24 hours after it was presented to a four-man State House of Assembly for approval.
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Ehie declares 27 seats of Rivers Lawmakers vacant over decamping to APC
Following the political crisis rocking the state, Edison Ehie, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has declared the seats of 27 lawmakers vacant over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Rivers Crisis: Group urges lawmakers to desist from playing dirty politics
A group known as South-South Youths Initiatives has advised the 27 Rivers lawmakers who defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) not to engage in dirty politics in the state. The group advised that the lawmakers should not allow politics define their responsibilities to the people of the state.
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Court orders Rivers Assembly lawmakers to suspend sittings
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday ordered the two factions in the Rivers House of Assembly to suspend further sitting and maintain status quo, pending the dispensation of the matter. A factional speaker of the assembly, Edison Ehie in Suit
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Impeachment: I want my offences made public – Fubara challenges Rivers lawmakers
Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers, on Monday, challenged the state House of Assembly to make public the offences that warrant impeachment proceedings against him. Fubara issued the challenge in a statement issued
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Just In: Hoodlums set ablaze Anambra Federal lawmaker’s residence
Hoodlums have set ablaze the House of the former deputy speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly and the current member representing the Ihiala federal constituency in the House of Representatives. The House consisting of a fully furnished duplex, with a bungalow in the same compound, was completely razed down, while properties in the…
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Your actions point to insensitivity to plight of Nigerians, Obasanjo blasts lawmakers
Former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has knocked Nigerian lawmakers for being insensitive to the plights of the masses, TheNewsGuru.com reports. Obasanjo made this remark on Monday during
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Lawmakers to meet Tinubu at the presidential villa over NASS leadership
Another round of meeting has been scheduled between president Bola Tinubu and lawmakers-elect over principal office positions at the 10th NASS. Recall that the ruling party has been battling to settle dispute among returning and freshly elected lawmakers over zoning arrangements for principal positions at the 10th NASS.