– Lagos Assembly urges NASS to criminalise acts against Parliamentary independence – wants more recognitions for past Speakers The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday called on governors in Nigeria to avoid seeing state legislatures as appendages of the executive but instead, treat lawmakers as partners in the progress and development of states….
Sixteen members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have been suspended for allegedly threatening to impeach the Speaker of the House, Bilyaminu Moriki. There was tension at the complex of the Zamfara State House of Assembly last Thursday as 18 out of the 24 lawmakers moved to impeach the Speaker. Heavily armed…
The House of Representatives has moved to put an end to sports betting in Nigeria. In order to address the concerns surrounding gambling activities, lawmakers have called upon the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) to adhere to the Lottery Regulatory Commission Act of 2005. Truetells Nigeria understands that this resolution was reached following the introduction of a…
Governor Alex Otti’s administration in Abia State proposed to spend a total sum of N13 billion on the purchase of cars, vans, trucks and buses in 2024, a copy of the state’s 2024 approved budget seen by SaharaReporters has revealed. Otti on December 28, 2023, assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N567.2 billion. The…
Footage captured a chaotic scene where members of the Maldives parliament traded kicks and fought with opposition lawmakers near the Speaker’s chair. The session descended into chaos when the main Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) decided to withhold parliamentary approval for some members of President Mohamed Muizzu’s cabinet ahead of the key vote on…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, a former governor of Edo State, on Tuesday, caused disaffection among members of the upper legislative house after accusing Senators of the 9th National Assembly of looting their offices at the end of their tenure in June 2023. The rowdy session followed a point of order moved by Senator Solomon Adeola…
Shocking details have emerged on how the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) woefully failed to determine the minority leadership of the 10th National Assembly. Truetells Nigeria understands that the PDP failed to assert any control or influence in the choice of the minority leadership in both chambers of the National Assembly. With the…
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) have raised alarm over an alleged attempt by some lawmakers seeking positions in the 10th National Assembly to pay as much as $1 million to individuals to get elected. Truetells Nigeria gathered that this is as the APC…
Ghana’s parliament has shut down for at least three weeks over a surge in cases of COVID-19 among lawmakers and parliamentary staff. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin, announced the legislature will be in recess until March 2 to make way for “disinfection and sanitisation of the premises.” At least…
