Protesters marched outside parliament in Abuja this week
Nigeria's House of Representatives has elected a new speaker, Dimeji Bankole, after the resignation earlier this week of the former speaker, Patricia Etteh.
Mrs Etteh and her deputy resigned over a corruption scandal, involving $5m for home renovations and cars.
Her initial refusal to step aside held up parliamentary business, including a debate on Nigeria's federal budget.
The affair has been an embarrassment for President Umaru Yar'Adua, who promised zero tolerance on corruption.
Members of the house defied an order by the governing People's Democratic Party (PDP) that the new speaker should come from the same state as Mrs Etteh, who was from Osun State.
Mr Bankole comes from Ogun State.
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