Tag: Lawmaker
Aides to Rivers lawmakers protest non-payment of salaries, allowances
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Aides to members of Rivers State House of Assembly, RSHA, in the early hours of this morning…
Moroccan lawmaker dies after being hit by train
A Moroccan lawmaker close to Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane was killed in a train accident Sunday, his party said. The…
Primaries: Aggrieved Lagos lawmaker petitions APC
Eromosele Ebhomele The lawmaker representing Apapa Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, Mufutau Egberongbe, has…
Suspended Edo PDP Lawmaker Attacked By Unknown Hoodlums
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A PDP lawmaker in Benin, Edo State, Hon. Rasak Momoh, was last night attacked by unknown persons at…
Ogun lawmaker’s mother abducted
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Mrs Racheal Hazzan, 65, mother of the lawmaker representing Odogbolu State constituency in the Ogun state House of…
Oritsejaforgate: APC reps walk out as PDP members block $9.3m debate
Controversies over the $9.3 million seized from two Nigerians and an Isreali on arrival in South Africa in a private…
Lawmaker decries massive interest in foreign football
Otunba Abayomi Ogunusi, the Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, has decried the massive interest of Nigerian footbal…
S.African lawmaker who backed cannabis for medical use dies
A South African opposition lawmaker who had called for the legalisation of cannabis for medical use died Saturday after a…
Gwoza Villagers Need Help — Lawmaker
Hundreds of people who escaped a Boko Haram attack need urgent help, a local lawmaker said on Wednesday, as those…
Impeachment: Nasarawa Lawmakers Reject 7-Man Probe Panel
Members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly have rejected the seven-member panel constituted by the state’s Chief Judge, Suleiman…
Bolivia allows child labour from age 10
Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that lays out specific…
Insecurity: Lawmaker urges recruitment of policemen
Lagos State lawmaker, Abdulbaqi Balogun, on Tuesday called for recruitment of more policemen and other security operatives to tackle Nigeria’s…
Kidnapped father of lawmaker regains freedom
Pa Ogbewe Samson, the father of Rep. Osagie Samson, Minority Whip, House of Representatives, who was kidnapped on 18 May,…
Men Wired To Love Breasts, Says Lagos Lawmaker
Eromosele Ebhomele A female lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ramotallahi Akinola-Hassan, has added to the debate concerning…
Murder in Ekiti: Police arrest lawmaker, 3 others
The Nigerian Police in Ekiti State have arrested four persons, including a lawmaker, in connection with the bloody clash in…
Family of kidnapped Nigerian lawmaker prays
The family of Alhaji Jalo Ganga, the Gombe lawmaker who was kidnapped on Sunday in Gombe, has resorted to praying…
Nigerian lawmaker killed by assassins on auto bike
Gunmen riding on motorcycles have killed a prominent politician in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, officials said Sunday amid a…
No Nigerian Can Influence Us -Rep
The representative of Agege Federal Constituency of Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria in the House of Representatives, Dr. Samuel Babatunde Adejare,…
Improve Yourselves, Lagos Lawmaker Urges Youths
The Deputy Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lola Akande, has challenged Nigerian youths to re-dedicate themselves…
Lawmaker Consoles Victims Of Oke-Afa Plank Market Fire
The lawmaker representing Oshodi-Isolo constituency 02 at the National Assembly, Hakeem Abiodun Munir, has expressed sympathy with executives and traders…
Faleke, Others Defend Tinubu
Critics of the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for attending the convention…
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It’s Unfortunate Speakers Are Now Crying For Autonomy
Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Razak Balogun, better known as a no-nonsense lawmaker among his colleagues,…
No Disunity Among ACN Senators -Ashafa
Senator ‘Gbenga B. Ashafa, a lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District, has debunked reports that there was disunity amongst ACN…
Lawmaker Appeals For Information On Missing TV Presenter
By Jamiu Yisa The lawmaker representing Lagos Island Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wahab Alawiye-King, has…
Nigeria Witnessing Genocide —Lagos Lawmaker
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, has described the recent…
Lagos Deputy Governor Commends Lagos Legislator
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has commended a member of the State Assembly, Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet over the…
Traffic Law: Legislator Takes Campaign To Constituency
Just a week after distributing multi-million naira materials to his Alimosho Constituents, Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on…
Dana Air Crash Was Consequence Of FG Failure —Lagos Lawmaker
A lawmaker representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has explained that the recent…
No Plan To Ban Okada In Lagos —Legislator
The Lagos State Government has no plan to ban commercial motorcyclists (Okada) from plying their trade, contrary to insinuations in…
$600,000 Bribe: Falana Calls For Lawan’s Arrest, Trial
Farouk Lawan, the quintessential member of the House of Representatives and often tagged ‘face of a true legislature,’ or ‘Mr.…