Tag: Lawmakers
Manny Pacquiao’s message to Nigerian lawmakers
Manny Pacquiao is most reputed as one of the best pound for pound boxer of all times but he is…
Ikodoru Kidnapping: Lawmakers admit inadequate policing of Lagos
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday admitted inadequate policing of Lagos State following the…
Lawmakers back Ambode over Oshodi demolition
Some lawmakers on Friday defended the demolition of Owonifari Market within the notorious loop of Oshodi by the State Government,…
Buhari: I will see if I can stop lawmakers from buying N48b cars
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will persuade lawmakers not to buy cars worth over N48 billion because of the parlous…
Appeal Court affirms sack of 16 Rivers PDP lawmakers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sixteen members of the Rivers House of Assembly out of 32 on the platform of the Peoples…
Lawmakers, others laud Ambode over security equipment
Kazeem Ugbodaga A cross-section of Lagosians on Sunday commended the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode for equipping the Lagos…
Kogi APC lawmakers insist on Audu’s son as guber candidate
Lawmakers on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi, on Friday threatened to impeach any candidate chosen…
Lawmakers condemn soldiers’ attack on LASTMA
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday decided to write a letter of protest to…
Lagos to spend N352.9m on cars for 20 lawmakers
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State Government is to spend N352, 973, 986 on 20 cars for lawmakers of the state…
Lagos lawmakers embark on town hall meetings
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are to embark on a simultaneous town hall meetings in…
Rivers: Election tribunal sacks Speaker, 20 PDP State House Of Assembly lawmakers
The elections petition tribunal sitting in Abuja have nullified the election of the Speaker, Owaji Ibani from Andoni constituency and…
Judge sues Speaker, legislators in Osun
A High Court Judge in Osun, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, has filed a motion in an Osogbo High Court, challenging the…
Nigerians criticise senators, lawmakers for rejecting pay cut
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have criticised the rejection of a pay cut by members of the…
APC is superior to personal ambition, Buhari tells lawmakers
President Muhammadu Buhari has told members of the All Progressives Congress, especially the lawmakers elected on the platform of the…
Lawmakers summon state officials over Lagos boat tragedy
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday summoned officials of the state Waterways Authority, LSWA, following a…
Anger Over N9b Wardrobe Allowance For Senators, Reps
Eromosele Ebhomel Angry Nigerians are currently mobilsing for massive protests against the alleged over-bloated cost of running the Nigerian National…
Work in the interest of Nigerians, Dogara urges lawmakers
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has urged members of the 8th Assembly to work in…
Fayose to inaugurate new Ekiti lawmakers Friday
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose will on Friday, 5 June, 2015 proclaim the Fifth Assembly of Ekiti state. A…
Lagos Lawmakers-Elect Begin Induction
Eromosele Ebhomele As part of preparations for the commencement of the eighth session of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
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Lagos Lawmakers Who May Replace Speaker Ikuforij
Eromosele Ebhomele With barely two months to the end of the seventh session of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
Nigerians yet to understand a legislator’s job – Lawmaker
Eromosele Ebhomele A member of the Lagos State House of Assemblyn Olumuyiwa Jimoh, on Wednesday lamented that many Nigerians still…
PDP chieftain arraigned for destroying Edo lawmakers residence
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Odion Olaye has been arrainged before an Oredo Magistrate Court over…
Mixed reactions trail Ogun lawmakers defection to SDP, PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria have been reacting to the decision of some lawmakers in the state…
Lagos Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Traffic Robbery Attacks
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Western Nigeria, have raised an alarm over robbery attacks in…
Jonathan, PDP, Police responsible for attack on Edo lawmakers – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the apparently-orchestrated attack on Edo legislative quarters on Saturday, saying the attack…
In Pictures: PDP thugs run riot, destroy cars, homes of lawmakers
Edo state continues to descend into political violence as thugs believed to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party stormed…
PDP thugs destroy cars, homes of APC lawmakers
Thugs believed to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stormed into the Legislators quarters in Benin, Edo state…
$9.3: Uproar as Reps probe $50,000 bribe to lawmakers
The House of Representatives on Wednesday directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to probe the 50,000 dollars bribe allegedly…
We need bold senators in Nigeria – Ex-lawmaker
Senator Satty Gogwim on Tuesday said that the Senate needed bold and outspoken legislators to properly address the teething problems…
Two Ogun lawmakers defects to PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two lawmakers who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state, southwest,…