By Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja Amidst palpable tension in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), the Council Chairman, Abdullahi Candido, has called for calm even as he rejects his allege suspension by the council legislators. This follows an attempt by members of the legislative arm of the council to suspend him over alleged abuse of office. […]
‘At the federal level, the true enemies of Nigeria are in every arm of government. In the judiciary, they are judges who pervert justice and auction judgements to the highest bidder.’ the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare on Sunday said He went on to say that: ‘in the legislature, they […]
Abakaliki – Dr Paul Okorie, a former Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transportation in Ebonyi, has called on lawmakers in the 36 states houses of assembly to support the National Assembly on the local government area autonomy bill it recently passed. Okorie, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, made the […]
The crisis of misgovernance in the country has been accentuated by the official impunity of members of the ruling class. Hence, the executive is justifying disobedience of court orders, while legislators regularly suspend their colleagues and carry out the impeachment of governors outside the ambit of the Constitution. Even though it has been decided by […]
The Bayelsa House of Assembly has approved a N3 billion loan request from the State government to purchase cars for legislators and other political office holders. The Speaker of the House, Mr Kombowei Benson, who confirmed this to newsmen on Thursday in Yenagoa, said that the decision was taken at a closed door session of […]