Tag Archives: SPEAKER

A Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria has issued a warrant of arrest for the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Amarachi Iwuanyanwu over his alleged involvement in a N785 million fraud. On Friday, the court directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nigeria Police, Department …

A Nigerian man has been accused of being behind the leak of a sex tape involving Zanele Sifuba, the Speaker of the ANC Free State legislature. It was alleged that the young Nigerian male released Sifuba’s sex tape after she allegedly refused to pay R300 000 which is equivalent to 244,106.78 (GHS) blackmail …

Parliament has convened for the second meeting of the fourth meeting of this year to consider a number of businesses for the day. Among the major discussions, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is expected to deliver his verdict on the fate of the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa …

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was booed a week ago when she mounted the stage at the Global Citizen Festival to deliver some remarks. Social media videos showed the California lawmaker, dressed in all white top and trousers with matching scarf, being booed as she …

In a world where women are the marginalized group in the gender equation, there have been several stories of women beating the odds and writing their names in history by achieving high feats. Ghana’s history is filled with such women whose efforts and work have helped shape the country in …

Traditional Rulers in the Nadowli/Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have appealed to the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Seth Amoama, to consider restoring the military attachment to the Office of the Speaker of Parliament. At a press conference at Kaleo, the traditional rulers from the five paramountcy and …

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has challenged the Speaker’s decision to refer three Members of Parliament to the Privileges Committee for absenteeism. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagin, did so on April 5, 2022. His direction is in line with Article 97 (1) (c) of the 1992 Constitution and Order 17 of the …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has apologized to some members of Parliament whose names were marked absent on March 29, 2022. His apologies come after some 8 members of parliament complained about their names being captured as absent when they were actually present in the House the day the E-Levy bill …

Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has been pronounced dead on Sunday, March 20, 2022. He died in a Seattle hospital at the age of 57 with local media outlets reporting that he died from cancer. He had recently been rushed for medical treatment with news going rival days ago …

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has urged the applicant of the petition to the Supreme Court for a ruling on the voting rights of a Deputy Speaker, Justice Abdulai to go for a review. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, a seven-member panel of the Supreme …