Tag: Speaker
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Fayose commissions building, names it after impeached Speaker
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has inaugurated the Speaker’s Residence. The newly inaugurated Speaker’s Residence was named after the immediate ex-Speaker and called “The Rt. Hon Kola Oluwawole’s Residence.” Recall that Oluwawole was impeached on Thursday by 14 of the 26 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Fayose, at the inauguration, told Oluwawole…
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BREAKING: Ekiti lawmakers impeach speaker, deputy, others
The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole, has been impeached. The Deputy Speaker, Sina Animasaun was also impeached. Both Oluwawole and Animasaun are members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Oluwawole, a staunch loyalist of Governor Ayo Fayose, was removed at about 11.00 am behind closed doors. The lawmakers elected the…
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PDP senators ‘keeping vigil at National Assembly over Saraki, Ekweremadu’
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators are taking turns to sleep over at the National Assembly Complex to prevent a removal of Senate President Bukola Saraki by their All Progressives Congress (APC) colleagues, a senator said yesterday. Senator Philip Gyunka (PDP Nasarawa North) spoke in Lafia, the state capital, yesterday when he presented his letter of…
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Just in: Kaduna lawmakers elect new Deputy Speaker
Members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly have elected a new Deputy Speaker. This was sequel to the defection of the erstwhile Deputy Speaker, John Audu-Kwaturu (Kachia constituency), from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. The Speaker, Aminu Abdullahi Shaghali, had dismissed the reasons adduced by John Audu-Kwaturu and…
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Ortom yet to be served impeachment notice- Benue Speaker
The new Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon Titus Ugba, has said that the Executive Governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ortom, is yet to be served an impeachment notice, adding that the eight lawmakers cannot give impeachment notice and thereafter seek for signatures for impeachment. Ugba stated this while speaking with…
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Ganduje reacts to Kano Assembly Speaker’s impeachment
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said on Monday that he had no knowledge of what happened at the state’s assembly. Ganduje who described the episode as an internal democracy said that, such development is good for any progressive democracy. The Governor made the assertion at the Kano State Government House when the new speaker,…
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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…
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A NEW TWIST IN THE TALE: Oyo Assembly chooses Minority Leader as new Speaker
The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday chose a former Minority Leader of the House, Joshua Ojo, 67, as the new Speaker, to replace the late Michael Adeyemo, who died on April 27, 2018. The choice of Ojo, who is representing Orire State Constituency, was unanimous after an earlier political power play that threatened…
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Police seal Kano Assembly over plots to impeach Speaker
Officers from the Kano State Police Command on Monday sealed state assembly complex over attempts by the lawmakers to impeach the Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Yusuf. It was gathered that as at Sunday night, 21 lawmakers had duly signed in support of the speaker’s impeachment. “We have already impeached the principal officers by having 21 lawmakers…
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[PHOTOS] Late Oyo Speaker, Michael Adeyemo laid to rest
The remains of the late Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo, was on Thursday interred at his hometown in Lanlate, Ibarapa East area of Oyo State, amidst tears and eulogies. Adeyemo, who represented the Ibarapa East State Constituency in the state House of Assembly, was sworn in as Speaker of the…