Lawmakers got ₦50m each to defect – Oshiomhole

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The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said on Monday that some members of the state House of Assembly, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress, were given N50m each to sell their mandates.

The governor, who said this while addressing different groups of youths on peaceful protest to the State House in Benin, however, said his administration was unperturbed by “the defected lawmakers’ action.

Lawmakers, workers, Pick race over National Assembly bomb scare

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There was a bomb scare this afternoon at the National Assembly, which had lawmakers, Assembly staff, and bank workers in the premises all closing abruptly and hurriedly leaving the premises.

The bomb scare which happened at about 2pm today in accordance with reports, started when security operatives attached with the National Assembly acted on complains by some legislative aides and workers about some suspicious movement by some people with questionable character in the premises. The security men immediately drafted men of the Police and Nigeria Civil Defence Corp to the entrance of the complex. This action fueled fears of a possible attack. Continue...

Federal High Court in Abuja orders 37 PDP-APC decamped lawmakers vacate house of reps

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A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from effecting any leadership change in the House of Representatives.

Delivering judgment, Justice Adeniyi Ademola lambasted the decampee lawmakers. He said they no longer had any business, morally and legally, to stay in the House of Representatives.

PDP Crisis deepens: 37 PDP Lawmakers Defect To APC

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37 members of the House of Representatives who were formerly under the umbrella of the Peoples’ Democratic Party have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC)

The lawmakers said that they are joining the APC due to “division and factionalisation” within the ruling party. Decampees also said that their defection to the APC is in obedience to section 68, subsection 1G of the constitution.

PDP Crisis Update :Rebel lawmakers may try to impeach Jonathan

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The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party may reach a critical point next week as federal legislators belonging to a faction of the ruling party may have concluded plans to initiate a move to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.

We gathered that the lawmakers loyal to a faction of the party led by a former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, were said to be planning to get more lawmakers into their fold before the National Assembly resumes from its recess.

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Nigerian Lawmakers Are Highest Paid worldwide: See Report - The Economist

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The jumbo salary being paid Nigerian legislators, which ranked the highest in the world, according to a new study, has attracted sharp criticisms from across the country, including from economists and lawyers.

“This democracy is satanic. We have to review this democracy. The cost of maintaining the lawmakers is outrageous. What they are taking is too much,” said Nigerian professor

This is even as the minimum wage in Nigeria is among the very least in the world. The standard of living for the average Nigerian is getting worse, but all those holding political positions are living large...


A report by The Economist revealed that Nigerian federal legislators with a basic salary of $189,500 (N30.6m) per annum were the highest paid lawmakers in the world.

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Fracas In Ogun Assembly as Lawmakers Break Into Pandemonium

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There was pandemonium in the hallow chamber of the Ogun State House of Assembly yesterday following attempts by the Speaker, Hon. Suraj Ishola Adekunbi, to suspend four members for allegedly infringing on the House rules.

The uproar witnessed on the floor of the House, which resulted in the breaking of the mace, was as a result of the crisis rocking the Assembly over the composition of members of the tenders’ board.

At the plenary yesterday, the Speaker, recalled an alleged unruly behaviour of four lawmakers during the previous sitting.

Adekunbi noted that four members- Hon. Job Akintan (Egbado North II); Hon. Remmy Hazzan (Odogbolu); Hon. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo (Ifo II); and Hon. John Obafemi (Remo North); all walked out on all other members without taking a bow at the previous sitting.

VIDEO: Punish Corrupt Lawmakers

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A lawyer, Benson Enikuomehin has asked the leadership of the National Assembly to find a way of sanctioning corrupt lawmakers.

Mr Enikuomehin, who was speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, said: "Just like a doctor would cut off cancerous part of the body to prevent the disease from spreading, so also persons who bring the hallow chambers to disrupt should not be taken with gloved hands."