Tag: Plateau Assembly
-
Plateau assembly speaker finally swears in APC lawmakers after nearly one year
After one year, the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan, on swore in the five remaining members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC).
-
Why Plateau Assembly reenacted PLASIEC Law – Spokesperson
Plateau House of Assembly Committee Chairman on Information, Mr Matthew Kwarpo, says the assembly repealed the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) Law 2018 and reenacted PLASIEC Law 2024 to conform with the 2022 Electoral Act. The lawmakers repealed and reenacted the law during its Tuesday
-
Plateau Assembly will remain sealed – CP
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr. Batholemew Onyeka, said that the state House of Assembly would remain sealed till security threats within and around the assembly complex were tackled. Onyeka stated this on Tuesday in Jos while addressing newsmen on why it was sealed by security personnel since April 5.
-
Plateau Assembly confirms Lalong’s PLASIEC nominees
Plateau Assembly confirms Lalong’s PLASIEC nominees
-
Plateau assembly crises: Impeached Speaker whisked away in police van
In continuation of the crisis rocking the Plateau State House of Assembly,the Speaker of the Legislature, Abok Ayuba, has now been whisked away from the assembly complex in a police Hilux van. The operation to take Ayuba out of the complex was led by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Edward Egbuka, on Monday…
-
Plateau Assembly gives Lalong 2-week ultimatum to end killings
The Plateau State House of Assembly has given Gov. Simon Lalong two weeks to address the security challenges bedviling the state. Mr Philip Dasun, Chairman, House Committee on Information conveyed the position of the legislators when he briefed newsmen in Jos. Dasun said that the assembly would know the next line of action after the…
-
Fresh killings: Community takes victims’ corpses to Plateau Government House, Assembly
The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba,has called for calm and restraint over Tuesday’s attack on Yelwa Zangam community in the state by gunmen. Abok made the call when members of the Yelwa Zangam community took corpses of their loved ones killed in the attack, to the Assembly. Yelwa Zangam, a community in Jos…
-
BREAKING: Plateau Assembly impeaches Speaker, Majority Leader
The Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Peter Azi, was on Wednesday impeached by 17 out of the 24-member parliament dominated by the All Progressives Congress. He was replaced by Joshua Izang Madaki, a legal practitioner representing Jos East constituency. Also removed was the Majority Leader, Henry Yunkwap, representing Shendam constituency, who was also…