LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly has been accused of setting up a panel that appears destined to exonerate him from raging allegations of graft. In a letter addressed to the lawmakers through the Clerk of the House, foremost anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) …
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A disagreement between elected lawmakers and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has stalled the inauguration of the state’s 7th Assembly. It was learnt that the disagreement centred mainly on who becomes the Speaker of the 24-member House of Assembly. According to informed sources, while over 20 of the elected lawmakers who belong…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Gbajabiamila, APC Lagos, has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly. He was the favoured candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While collation and counting is still on going, Gbajabiamila has surpassed the simple majority of 181 votes of 360 members required to…
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 SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In what is set to go down as a continuation of the gale of defections that has plagued the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara is set to dump the party for the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defection is…