Governor Alex Otti of Abia on Thursday signed the Abia State of Nigeria Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Bill of 2024 into law. In a speech after assenting to the law in Nvosi, Mr Otti described the new law as part of the efforts made to promote good governance and stewardship in Abia. The … Read more
In a meeting with the KMT’s newly elected legislators on Monday, party chairman Eric Chu Li-luan confirmed that legislator-elect Han Kuo-yu, a former Kaohsiung mayor and ex-presidential candidate, would be the party’s candidate for the legislative speaker role – also known as the legislative presidency – to be decided on February 1. Legislator-elect Johnny Chiang, … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s decision holding that the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was the real Shiv Sena was a murder of democracy, and his party will move the Supreme Court against it. Speaking at a press conference, Thackeray said the apex court … Read more
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has died in Abuja at the age of 65 years. Ahmed Lawal, an aide to the deceased, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday in Kano. He said the former speaker died in the early hours of … Read more
The House of Representatives will pass the 2024 budget on 30 December, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has said. Mr Tajudeen said on Tuesday at the resumption of the plenary that lawmakers will have to return after the Christmas holiday to consider and pass the budget. In Nigeria, 25 and 26 of December are recognised as Christmas … Read more
New Democrat ethics critic Matthew Green is calling for Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer to appear before Parliament’s access to information, privacy and ethics committee to answer questions about why he broke House of Commons rules by filming a partisan video in his Parliament Hill office. Scheer shot the video to endorse a Conservative candidate in an … Read more
