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Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Most conservative Republicans are very much against the over $60 billion in new Ukraine aid that the GOP and Democratic establishments desperately want. Especially considering the billions America has already spent there. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has a great idea: House members who insist on voting for …

Six members of the Enugu State House of Assembly elected under the Labour Party (LP) have formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is the ruling party in the state.   The letters of defection of the six lawmakers were read during plenary by the Speaker of the …

Eight suspended members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have filed a lawsuit against the State Attorney-General and Commissioner For Justice, Abdulaziz Sani (SAN); the embattled Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Moriki; the Clerk of the State Assembly, Mahmoud Mohammed; the Nigeria Police Force (NPF); the …

The Scripture Union Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government and lawmakers to resist the pressure of legalising lesbianism and bi-sexualism The union’s National Chairman, Wilfred Onu, made this call at a press conference, held at the headquarters of the union at Samonda in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Saturday, …

  Members of Edo Assembly have served an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor of the state, Comrade Philip Shaibu. In the notice delivered this morning, the lawmakers gave the deputy governor seven days to respond to allegations levelled against him.   Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki and Shaibu, both chieftains …

A prolonged power outage at the National Assembly on Tuesday delayed the commencement of plenary at the Senate Chambers as the lawmakers waited for about an hour before power was restored. Commenting, Senator Sunday Karimi (APC-Kogi) described the situation as uncommon.

Footage captured a chaotic scene where members of the Maldives parliament traded kicks and fought with opposition lawmakers near the Speaker’s chair.   The session descended into chaos when the main Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) decided to withhold parliamentary approval for some members of President Mohamed Muizzu’s cabinet ahead …

The interim order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission ((INEC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from taking any action against the 26 Rivers House of Assembly members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been extended by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. …

One year into his first term in Congress, Senator Eric Schmitt, Republican of Missouri, has sought to find his lane while learning how multilayered relationships in Washington can be. Mr. Schmitt, a towering figure at 6-foot-6, is a hard-right conservative and staunch defender of former President Donald J. Trump. He …

Following the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis rocking Rivers State, renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that the President cannot reinstate 27 cross carpeting members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.   The rift between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, split …