Tag: Speaker
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BREAKING: Ekiti Assembly Speaker, Afuye is dead
The Speaker of the Ekiti House of Assembly, Funminiyi Afuye is dead. Afuye, who represents Ikere constituency 1, died on Wednesday evening at 66 after a brief illness.
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2023 Elections: Speaker, three others decamp to PDP in Sokoto
Alhaji Aminu Achida, the Speaker of Sokoto State House of Assembly and three gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The four decampees were received by the Delta state Governor and PDP’s vice presidential candidate Ifeanyi Okowa at the party secretariat in Sokoto…
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Benue speaker emerges PDP guber candidate
The speaker of Benue House of Assembly, Mr Titus Uba, has picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the state governorship election in 2023. The Returning Officer for the primaries, Mr Bode Ojomu said this when he announced the result of the election on Wednesday in Makurdi.
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BREAKING: Court sends Fmr speaker Dogara packing from HoR
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fired Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant. The former soeako, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. The judge, D.U. Okorowo, on Friday, ruled that Mr Dogara’s defection from…
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Defection: We are not aware of court judgment sacking us – C’River Speaker
The Speaker, Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Eteng Jonah-Williams, has said that he is not aware of any court judgment sacking him or any member of the house. Jonah-Williams discloded this in an interview with NAN in Calabar on Monday.
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Constitution Review: Committee recommends immunity for Senate President, Speaker, others
The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Reviews has recommended immunity clause for Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Reps and heads of judiciary. This is contained in the report of the constitution amendment Bill that was presented before the House by Rep. Ahmed Wase, the Chairman of the Constitution Review Committee…
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I am the frontrunner of Delta State 2023 gubernatorial election- Oborevwori
Oborevwori is a frontrunner in contesting the State governorship election in the 2023 general elections
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Why we suspended 3 lawmakers, declared a seat vacant – Imo Speaker
The Speaker, Imo House of Assembly, Mr Kennedy Ibeh, says three lawmakers suspended on Thursday abandoned state assignments for personal businesses prior to their suspension. “The suspension is to serve as a deterrent for dereliction of duty by members who take the business of the parliament for granted,’’ the speaker stated in Owerri on Friday.…
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