Tag: Edo House of Assembly
Edo Assembly summons Osawaru over explosive Airport clash with husband 2Baba
Speaker Agbebaku, clearly displeased, said the Assembly would no longer tolerate conduct that undermines its reputation.
Edo Assembly to question Obaseki, others over MOWAA, Radisson deal
The work on the Radisson Hotel had since been abandoned after billions of Naira was allegedly spent on it while…
Edo assembly approves death sentence for kidnapping
During the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, the lawmakers amended the existing law 2013, which had provided for life imprisonment…
Suspended Edo LG Chairmen defy Assembly, declare suspension null, void
He added that a reminder of the court’s ruling was served to the Assembly Speaker on 17 December 2024, alongside…
PDP fumes over ‘illegal suspension’ of Edo LG chairmen
The Assembly had on Tuesday suspended the chairmen and vice chairmen for a period of two months, following a petition…
Edo Assembly suspends 18 LG chairs, deputies over insubordination to Gov. Okpebholo
The suspension order was sequel to a petition by the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, over refusal of the chairmen to…
Okpebholo: I’ll probe non inauguration of 14 assembly members in 2019
The delay and refusal by the previous administration to swear in the three judges recommended by the National Judicial Council…
‘You lack power to suspend Edo Security Network,’ Assembly tackles Egbetokun
.Aiguobarueghian stressed that it was only the court of law that could order suspension, ban or void the Edo security…
Edo Assembly kicks as court reinstates Shaibu as deputy governor
Justice Omotoso held that the removal of the Plaintiff, Shaibu from office as Deputy Governor of Edo State and the…
Edo AAC gov. candidate tackles Speaker Agbebaku over suspension of lawmakers
Agbebaku had on Monday slammed an indefinite suspension on the three lawmakers, namely, Donald Okogbe (PDP, Akoko-Edo II), Bright Iyamu…
Breaking: Edo Assembly impeaches Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu
The impeachment was sequel to Justice S.A. Omonua (rtd)-led seven-man panel investigating the impeachment petition against the deputy governor. The…
Philip Shaibu: Impeachment panel announces date to begin sitting
Justice Okungbowa had constituted the panel, headed by retired Justice S. A. Omonua, in compliance with the directive of the…
Shaibu: CRPP knocks Obaseki, Edo Assembly over impeachment proceeding
CRPP in a statement on Tuesday, signed by its Dr. Samson Isibor, noted that despite interventions of well-meaning Nigerians, including…
Impeachment: Edo Assembly directs CJ to set up panel on petition against Shaibu
The Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, had earlier notified the House of the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum granted the embattled Deputy…
Impeachment notice: Shaibu tackles Edo House of Assembly
The Office of the Deputy Governor, Edo State wishes to draw your attention to the inaccuracies and misleading information that…
Oshiomhole’s kinsmen protest impeachment move against Shaibu
The protesters, under the aegis of Peace Movement and PDP Faithful, who converged in in the early hours of Thursday,…
Edo lawmakers grill Controller of Works over deplorable federal roads
The lawmakers expressed displeasure over the abandonment of construction works on federal roads in Edo state, thereby making them impassable…
Blessing Agbebaku elected Speaker of 8th Edo House of Assembly
Agbebaku of the ruling PDP in Edo represents Owan West Constituency, had a stint as a state lawmaker between 2007…
Election: Mrs Obaseki charges Edo residents not to vote out of anger
This is even as she urged the youths who form the bulk of the obedient movement not to be discouraged…
Edo Assembly passes Anti Open Grazing bill
Section 5 (8) of the Edo Anti Open Grazing Bill was also amended to read that the committee shall control…
2023: Edo journalist joins State Assembly race
By Jethro Ibileke As race for the 2023 general election hots up, a media practitioner based in Edo, Joy Olabisi…
Edo: 9 PDP lawmakers want seats of 14 APC members-elect declared vacant
The lawmakers who were elected on the platform of the APC during the 2019 general election, allegedly did not turn…
Edo Assembly confirms Obaseki’s Commissioners nominees
The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday confirmed 11 Commissioners nominee sent to it for screening by Governor Godwin…
APC loses 2 lawmakers to PDP in Edo
Two lawmakers in Edo State House of Assembly dump the All Progressives Congress for Peoples Democratic Party
Obaseki not responsible for my emergence as Edo Speaker – Onobun
By Jethro Ibileke Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Marcus Onobun, has debunked insinuations that the state Governor,…
Obaseki seals the fate of 14 Edo APC lawmakers
Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has said that he has no power to bring back 14 state House of Assembly…
7-man Edo Assembly confirms Obaseki’ s commissioners
Five commissioners, three of whom are for Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission, (EDSOGPADEC), were on Monday…
In Defence of Democracy: Full statement of Tinubu on Edo Assembly
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu weighed in on the Edo House of Assembly crisis,…
Obaseki loses ground in Edo, Justice Minister backs majority lawmakers
Governor Godwin Obaseki's 10-man rubber stamp legislature has effectively expired, with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the…
Majority members of Edo Assembly elect Victor Edoror speaker
The majority members of the Edo State House of Assembly, 14 of whom have been locked out in the cold…