Rivers Assembly Gates Shut As Governor Fubara Attempts To Re–Present 2025 Budget Fubara: Gentlemen of the Press, I am here by myself this morning with few members of my Executive Council to comply with the Supreme Court Judgement. Before my arrival, I had already made several attempts by phone calls to the Speaker and other…
The Rivers House of Assembly has extended the time for the chairperson and commissioners of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to appear before it to 10 March. Martins Wachukwu, the special assistant to the Speaker on Media Affairs, disclosed this in a statement to reporters in Port Harcourt on Friday. Mr Wachukwu said…
•Speaker holds peace parley; to drop lawsuit By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Ebunoluwa Sessou LAGOS—All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, yesterday, said the resignation of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, was not included in the terms of settlement reached in the leadership crisis of the House. This is coming as…
The Ogun State House of Assembly has said it will on Wednesday, 5th March, 2025, hold a stakeholders’ forum on a bill for a law to regulate the activities of scavengers and waste dealers in the State. This according the House, would promote public order, environmental safety, peaceful co-existence and other related matters. A statement…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Siminalayi Fubara 48 hours to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to lawmakers under reinstated Speaker Martin Amaewhule. The directive was issued in a letter to the governor following a resolution passed during the 130th Legislative Day of the Second Session of the Tenth Assembly on Monday,…
Ousted Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa addressing assembly Correspondents at the complex on ThursdayMudashiru Obasa returned to the Lagos Assembly complex on Thursday, the first time since his removal as Speaker last month, and claimed he was still the Speaker Mr Obasa, who filed a suit in court to challenge his removal, also claimed he was never…
The 23 Local Government council chairpersons in Kaduna State have begun presenting their 2025 proposed budgets to the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The budget defence exercise, which started on 21 February ended on Sunday with the Committees on Appropriations and Implementation, Local Governments and Rural Communities presiding over the exercise. The Chairman of the…
Thirteen members of the Benue State House of Assembly have been suspended for opposing the removal of the state Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Ikpambase. The 13 affected members had during plenary on Tuesday, dissociated themselves from the removal of Ikpambase, arguing that the purported removal of the chief judge was unconstitutional and violated the principles…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has threatened legal action against DAAR Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television (AIT), and Channels Television for airing news stories alleging that DSS operatives invaded the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday. In a letter dated February 17, 2025, the DSS, also known as State Security Service…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a stern warning to Daar Communications PLC, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT), threatening legal action over what it described as a “false, defamatory, and malicious” report about its activities at the Lagos State House of Assembly. The controversy stems from a report aired by AIT, alleging…
