The crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly took a new twist yesterday as 27 lawmakers loyal to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, sat under tight security in the complex. The Rivers Assembly had become factionalised following an unsuccessful move to impeach Governor Siminialayi Fubara, reports The PUNCH. The Amaewhule-led lawmakers are ...
•Senator Neda Imasuen A Labour Party lawmaker in the Senate, Senator Neda Imasuen, has said it is unfair for Nigerians to criticise Labour Party lawmakers for not rejecting the plan by the National Assembly to buy Sport Utility Vehicles allegedly worth N160m for each lawmaker. Imasuen, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges an...
In the past few weeks, the sacking of lawmakers by the Court of Appeal from their respective seats has set many tongues wagging. In separate judgments by the Appeal Court, each of the federal lawmakers got sacked for different reasons, reports The Nation. Elisha Abbo (Adamawa North) was the first to be sacked followed by […]
•House of Reps The House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to hold member of the National Assembly responsible over the purchase of official vehicles for the lawmakers. Members of the National Assembly faced severe criticism over plans to buy an SUV valued at N160m each for the 469 lawmakers. But speaking yesterday on Channels Television,...
•Protesters Protests broke out in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja yesterday as youths decried the allocation of Sport Utility Vehicles for members of the National Assembly. The youths who gathered in their numbers in the Ikeja area of Lagos held placards and chanted ‘Fund education not SUVs, ‘Pay living wage not SUVs, ‘Return [&...
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