/ May 16, 2026
/ May 16, 2026

Appeal court sacks Nasarawa speaker

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, a member of the All Progressives Congress in the state.

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