Tag: Lawmakers
Jonathan, PDP lawmakers in fresh bid to impeach Al-Makura – APC
Nigeria’s main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the renewed plan by the Nasarawa House of Assembly to…
Nasarawa lawmakers rebuff Jonathan’s peace moves
Tanko Maikatako, Minority Leader, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts to amicably settle the…
Impeachment: Nasarawa Lawmakers Relocate From State Capital
Following fears that they might be attacked by supporters of Governor Umaru Al-Makura who have been protesting moves by the…
Edo assembly members criticise media for addressing them as APC legislators
Members of Edo State House of Assembly elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have criticsed the media,…
Adamawa lawmakers impeach Governor Murtala Nyako
Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state has been impeached. He was impeached after the state House of Assembly deliberated upon…
Russian lawmakers pass new bill restricting Internet
Russia’s parliament passed a bill on Friday requiring Internet companies to store Russians’ personal data inside the country in an…
Gunmen Attack Convoy of Edo Deputy Speaker, Lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly assumed a dangerous dimension Sunday with an alleged attack…
Lawmakers default five years shop fees
The Adamawa Government said on Tuesday that some members of state House of Assembly were among those who defaulted in…
FG Asks Court To Sack Defected Lawmakers
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The federal government through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN,…
Police bar Rivers State lawmakers for the second day
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Police in Rivers State for the second day, barred the lawmakers of the Rivers State House…
Taraba Lawmakers Summon Gov Suntai
To substantiate his claim that he is ready and capable of resuming his official duties as governor, lawmakers in Taraba…
Like Nigeria, Kenyan lawmakers vote for pay rise
Just like their Nigerian counterparts, Kenyan lawmakers have voted themselves a pay rise, overturning cuts ordered by the national salaries…
Lawmakers Should Not Wreck SEC
A new attempt by the House of Representatives to further stifle activities at the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, by…
Lagos Gives Transformers To Lawmakers, MDAs
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has given 140 transformers to members of the state House of Assembly and the government Ministries,…
Lagos Gives Transformers To Lawmakers, MDAs
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has given 140 transformers to members of the state House of Assembly and the government Ministries,…
Lagos Lawmakers Condemn Fuel Scarcity, Hawking
The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), on Tuesday expressed concern at the scarcity of petrol and the rate at…
Ogun Lawmakers Travel To US
The assurance given by lawmakers in Ogun State to pass the state’s budget within three weeks of the presentation may…
Against Redundancy In Lagos LG Administration
P.M.NEWS reviews the efforts of the Lagos State House of Assembly to ensure effective administration in the third tier of…
Unrepentant Time Wasters
It is now common in the Lagos State House of Assembly to hear staff and visitors describe the state lawmakers…
Lagos Assembly Slams FG Over Bad Roads
The deplorable condition of federal roads in Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, has become a cause for concern among members of…
Lawmakers Fault Bill
There was disagreement in the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday over the bill sent by the Governor Babatunde…
Sallah: Lawmakers, Council Seek Nigeria’s Unity, Pray For Gawat’s Return
Muslims in the country have been advised to use the end of the Ramadan period for sober reflection and continue…
Lawmakers To Monitor State Revenue Profile
Lagos assemblymen have adopted as a resolution of the House, the report of the five-day workshop on budget and finance…
Lawmakers May Phase Out Kerosene
The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Energy says it is considering supporting a gradual phasing out of the…
The ‘Integrity’ Of ‘Mr. Integrity’
By Odeyemi Mudashiru Olalekan He was the arrowhead of a few lawmakers who declared their readiness to live by example…
Lawmakers, Others Salute Oshiomhole
Two members of the House of Representatives, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and a local government…
Rep Advocates Pension For Ex-Lawmakers
The member representing Apapa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Babatunde Adewale, has disclosed that he is working on…
Our Lawmakers Must Be Responsible
Constituency funds and the use to which they are put is becoming a serious cause for concern to Nigerians as…
Reps Oppose Sale Of NITEL, MTEL
By Desmond Utomwen/Abuja Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill for the Nigerian…
Reps Move To Save Tambuwal, Lawan Faces Suspension
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is convening for an emergency plenary session tomorrow to consider how to prevent the brewing controversies…