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…