LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly yesterday denied alleged impeachment plot against the Speaker, Rt.Hon. Abraham Ngobere, declaring absolute confidence in his leadership. According to the Assembly members, the alleged claim that the Speaker, Abraham Ngobere absconded with the Mace to avoid being impeached is a figment of imagination of…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye, has raised the alarm over a plot by the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma and stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, to import a fake mace to violently take over the Edo State House of…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-TheSenate is the highest and most respected lawmaking body anywhere in the world. Interestingly, Nigeria is not an exception. Though it has become a retirement home for tired former governors who can barely walk without support and former ministers who are battling to scare off corruption probes, it is notwithstanding a part…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspended Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim was reported to haveabsconded the mace Twenty one out of the twenty seven (27) lawmakers representing the Imo State House of Assembly on Wednesday came together to a final decision to suspend the Speaker, Acho Ihim. According to reports reaching us, the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mace of the Gombe State House Assembly has been stolen during a session to remove the Minority Leader. The Minority Leader, Mohammed Usman Haruna, was reported to have held a press conference on May 5 condemning the ward congress of the All Progressives Congress in the state. This angered members of…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The invasion of the Senate Chamber on Wednesday by hired thugs, who also forcibly took away the Mace, has been strongly condemned by former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. “I received the news of this abominable act with utmost shock. Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate yesterday declared that its mace that was carted away by suspected political thugs on Wednesday during plenary had been recovered.The mace was brought back about 11:45 a.m. by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of operations, Habila Joshak. He was accompanied by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters demanding the sack of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, and other members of the Senate stormed the National Assembly on Wednesday. After the placard bearing group had access into the National Assembly, they stormed the Senate where they took the mace away….