The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has passed the state map establishment bill, aimed at ensuring proper mapping of the state for developmental purposes. This followed the adoption of the report of the House Joint Committee on Land, Housing, and Boundary Resolution at plenary in Uyo recently Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Udo Kierian Akpan, Read More
A renowned constitutional and human rights lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has joined the league of leading legal luminaries in Nigeria to condemn the recent controversies over the leadership of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Ajulo, in a statement released to Blueprint, Sunday in Abuja, said political players in Ekiti should not allow selfish personal interests that brewed the sad Read More
As leadership tussle continues to tear apart the Ekiti state House of Assembly, its members are currently holding a plenary session amidst tight security. Armed policemen are currently seen surrounding the assembly complex, but both workers and journalists are barred from entering. Details loading…
22 out of the 31 members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Friday passed a vote of no confidence on the principal officers of the House and directed them to voluntary resign from their offices or face impeachment any moment from now. The 22 members led by the Deputy Majority Leader, Baballe Abubakar Dambam representing Dambam/Dagauda/Jalam Constituency while addressing Read More
A bill for violence against persons and prohibition has passed second reading at the Katsina State House of Assembly (KTHA). The bill seeks to domesticate in Katsina the violence against persons (Prohibition) Act enacted in May 2015 by the National Assembly. Sponsor of the bill and Deputy Speaker of the KTHA, Hon Shehu Dalhatu Tafoki, said the bill if passed Read More
Jema’a local government chairman, Comrade Yunana Markus Barde, has presented the 2022 proposed budget estimate of two billion, nine hundred and ninety-four million, seven hundred thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two Naira (N2,994,700,982,00) to the local government legislative council for approval. The chairman, who was accompanied by the vice-chairman, Christie Yori Usman, and other executive members, presented the budget during the Read More
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has presented a budget estimate of N163, 629,910, 040.00 for the 2022 fiscal appropriation to the state House of Assembly for approval. Presenting the budget Thursday at the floor of the state assembly tagged Budget of Sustainable Hope, the governor noted that the sum of N 98,855,243,04.00, representing 60 percent of the total Read More
Enugu State House of Assembly Thursday approved a N15billion loan facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to enable the state improve on her infrastructure base. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had written the House Wednesday, through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Ortuanya, asking the members ‘to approve the loan request he made to enable him secure Read More
Speaker Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Paul Emeziem has described as mischievous, malicious and baseless reports in some sections of the social media that the removal of Rt. Hon. Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu as the Deputy Speaker of the House was financially induced. In a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Collins Osuji and made available to newsmen, Read More
Former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said there are bottlenecks on the clamour for restructuring, adding that many Nigerians have different understanding of what they want. Ndoma-Egba, who was also chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in a telephone chat, Tuesday, called for common grounds if the agitation should see the light of day. He said: “There however Read More
A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau state, Bagos Dachong has described the removal of Speaker of the state House of Assmbly, Abok Ayuba as unconstitutional, urging Nigerians to speak against the development in the interest of democracy. The lawmaker argued that the House of Assembly have 24 members elected and were serving, out which six sat and Read More
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state Monday lost his mother in-law, Hajiya Fatimah Aliyu Usman. Late Fatimah is the mother of Aisha Bala Mohammed, the governor’s first wife. She passed away in the early hours of Monday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, after a protracted illness. A press release by the special adviser to the governor Read More
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, Monday lost his mother in-law Hajiya Fatimah Aliyu Usman. Late Fatimah is the mother of Aisha Bala Mohammed, the governor’s first wife and she passed away in the early hours of Monday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital , Bauchi after a protracted illness. According to a press release by the Special Read More
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, there are noticeable cracks within the Kwara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The cracks, if not mended, may be its albatross at the polls; TOPE SUNDAY writes. Today in Kwara state, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) is still serving as its own opposition as some of its members are divided and Read More
Lagos is working especially in the present democratic dispensation where the current leadership of the state assembly have complemented the executive arm to deliver dividends of democracy. TEMITOPE MUSOWO reports. The popular saying of an average Lagos state lawmaker who believes he lacks executive power or budgetary allocation is that his job is simply to make laws, represent the constituents Read More
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Wednesday presented a total budget estimate of N155,611,390,265.82 (One Hundred and Fifty-Five Billion, Six Hundred and Eleven Million, Three Hundred and Ninety Thousand, Two Hundred and Sixty-Five Naira, Eighty-Two Kobo) to the state house of assembly for the 2022 fiscal year. Presenting the budget the governor said total recurrent expenditure is estimated to be Read More
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state Thursday presented a budget of N196,353,468,5.5k for the year 2022 fiscal year before the House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the budget tagged; ‘Budget of consolidation and prosperity’ to the legislators, members of the state executive council, opinion leaders and notable stakeholders, Governor Ganduje said the 2022 capital expenditure stands at the sum Read More
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) Thursday reacted to the removal of the Speaker of Plateau state House of Assembly, Ayuba Abot, saying impunity of Governor Simon Lalong must be curtailed before they derail the nation’s democracy. CUPP, which linked the removal to the alleged plot by President Muhammadu Buhari to remain in power beyond 2023, added that it Read More
A member representing Akpabuyo State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly and a staunch member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Elizabeth Ironbar, has died. Report says Mrs Ironbar died of protracted illness on Wednesday morning at the Assembly Village, Ekot Inim in Calabar metropolis. Mrs Ironbar was the brain behind the Cross River State Disability Read More
Nasarawa state House of Assembly Monday, passed N 5.98billion 2021 supplementary budget into law. Speaker of the House Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, announced the passage of the bill into law after Hon. Tanko Tunga, the majority leader of the house moved a motion to that effect during the house proceedings in Lafia. “The total size of the supplementary budget stand at N5, Read More
Members of the Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) have been assured that the necessary stakeholders would be engaged for the immediate domestication of the Older Persons (Rights and Privileges) Bill 2020 in Ogun state. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo, gave the assurance while playing host to Read More
Oyo state House of Assembly Wednesday stated that there was no plan to impeach the state deputy governor, Rauf Olaniyan. The lawmakers through the chairman of the House Committee on Information, Communication and Technology, Kazeem Olayanju, condemned the rumoured plan to impeach the deputy governor. He described it “as baseless, misleading and absolutely condemnable.” Olayanju said the fallacious story which Read More
The Witness, a credible Nigerian newspaper in digital and print formats, is set to launch a non-governmental organization, ‘The Witness Newspaper Foundation’, in commemoration of its fourth year anniversary. The event is billed to hold on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, at the prestigious Lagos Continental Hotel (formerly Intercontinental Hotel), Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement on Monday by the managing director of the newspaper, Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has faulted the state government of Engr David Umahi, for implementing Cybercrime Prohibition Law in the state without a public hearing. The group however, demanded immediate release of a Radio presenter, Godfrey Chikwere, arrested and detained over a Facebook post on the order of the state government. In a statement Read More
Conference of Speakers of the 36 States Houses of Assembly have paid a condolence visit to Zamfara State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya, over the death of his father. The forum under the chairmanship of Speaker Bauchi state House of Assembly Abubakar Sulaiman, described the death of the speaker’s father as a great loss not only to Read More
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