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Gunmen have kidnapped a member representing Onitsha North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka.   Azuka was abducted at about 9:20 pm on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at Ugwunapampa Road, Onitsha while returning home. The spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident said operational plans have been activated for the …

Etanabene Benedict, a member of the Labour Party (LP) caucus in the House of Representatives, has disclosed that several colleagues are contemplating defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Benedict made this revelation during an appearance on Politics Today, a programme aired on Channels Television on Friday, December 6,   This statement follows the defection of four LP lawmakers to …

The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, George Ibezimako Ozodinobi (Labour Party, Anambra) has criticised his colleagues for defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.   Recall that four members of the LP – Chinedu Okere (Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West Constituency), Mathew Donatus (Kaura Federal Constituency of Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Constituency), and Esosa Iyawe (Oredo …

House of Representatives member, Akin Alabi, backed an X user who opined that building houses for rent is a bad investment.    According to Alabi, he had properties in Lagos which he put up for rent but had to sell them as he failed to make his returns from the investment, He said he eventually had to let people live …

A member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Barrister Esson Mairiga, has lost his last child, Oshla.     According to reports, the child d!ed on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.    Mairiga represents Lafia North Constituency on the platform of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP.     The burial is scheduled for Thursday, November 14.      The …

National Assembly member Abdulmumin Jibrin has voiced strong confidence in the approval of President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills, despite opposition from some stakeholders in Northern Nigeria and the National Executive Council’s recommendation to withdraw the proposals. The tax reforms have been met with criticism, with figures like Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South calling the bills “dead on arrival.” …

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigerian Minister of Aviation, has issued a harsh response to UK Minister Kemi Badenoch’s comments about her Nigerian heritage.    Badenoch, the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, reportedly shared her hopes for the UK, saying, “This is my country… I don’t want it to become like the place I ran away from. I want …

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ismail Dabo Haruna, has lamented the kidnap and brutal m8rder of his legislative aide, Nimah Sulaiman, despite ransom payment.   LIB reported that Nimah was kidnapped and killed by suspected ‘one chance’ criminals in Abuja on October 17, 2024.   Moving a motion at plenary on Tuesday, October 22, Haruna, who represents …

Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton used a artificial intelligence (AI) programme to address the House on Thursday. A year ago, the lawmaker was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, which makes it difficult for her to speak. The AI programme allowed Wexton to make a clone of her speaking voice using old recordings of appearances and speeches she made in Congress. Wexton …