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LIFE This Week: The 2025 budget and the Badenoch bit

Sharon EboesomiDecember 17, 20249 min

OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) predicts that lawmakers will focus on the 2025 budget following the president’s presentation. Reactions to Kemi Badenoch’s controversial remarks on Nigeria may also occur. The National Assembly is set for a significant week, with several high-profile matters on the agenda. President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 Appropriations Bill, his second budget proposal since taking office, to a joint session of the legislature. The legislative review of the fiscal...

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LIFE This Week: Budget presentation, currency scarcity, and abductions

Newsroom MattersDecember 10, 202410 min

Hopes for 2025 budget presentation, biting currency scarcity and mass abductions are key issues OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Unit predict will engage lawmakers this week This week’s edition of OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) offers a snippet at key legislative activities set to shape Nigeria’s governance and economy as lawmakers return to their chambers. From expected communication on budget presentation to urgent debates on insecurity, currency scarcity and continuesd engagement on the controversial tax bills,...

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LIFE This Week: Tax bills, budget benchmarks, and boat mishaps

Newsroom MattersDecember 3, 20246 min

OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Unit can reasonably forecast that the national assembly will continue debates on the controversial tax bills, the 2025 budget benchmarks contained in the MTEF and the unfortunate boat mishap in Niger state. As the National Assembly gears up for a new plenary week, expectations are that it will engage in conversations to address matters of importance to the country. Lawmakers are expected to tackle pressing topics which may include the tax bills,...

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15 years imprisonment for illegal organ harvesting as Reps advance bill

Leah TwakiNovember 27, 20245 min

A person found guilty of engaging in organ trafficking faces a minimum sentence of 15 years imprisonment A bill aimed at prohibiting and penalizing organ trafficking in Nigeria has advanced in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Rep. Fuad Kayode Laguda (APC, Lagos), the proposed legislation passed its second reading on Tuesday, marking a significant step toward addressing a long-standing issue in Nigeria and globally. Key Provisions of the Bill The bill seeks to amend...

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LIFE This Week: 2025 budget, Simon Ekpa and social investment reform

NewsroomNovember 26, 20245 min

As lawmakers return to plenary this week, OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Unit forecasts that discussions around the 2025 budget, the arrest of IPOB leader Simon Ekpa in Finland, and President Tinubu’s bill on social investment will be key issues for consideration. As lawmakers return to plenary at the National Assembly this week, the nation looks to them to address pressing issues of governance, economic reforms, and societal welfare. With a packed legislative agenda, the coming days...

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LIFE Last Week: Over 80 percent of OrderPaper’s predictions came through

Joy EruraneOctober 14, 20245 min

Last week, OrderPaper accurately made predictions on critical issues that made their way into discussions within the National Assembly for plenary week October 8 – October 10, 2024. With an impressive accuracy rate of 83 perent, OrderPaper‘s Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) article has again proved to be a valuable resource for both public and private decision-making, as many of the issues we highlighted were indeed addressed in the National Assembly’s discussions and committee...

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Meet members of the 10th National Assembly from Oyo State

Leah TwakiSeptember 19, 202412 min

Oyo State, in the south-west region of Nigeria, has a total of seventeen members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and fourteen representatives in the House Oyo State, South-west Nigeria, consists of 33 Local Government Areas and has Ibadan as the capital and the most populous city in the country. Oyo State is bound to the north by Kwara State, to the east by Osun State, partly across the River Osun, to the...

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Meet 9 members of the 10th National Assembly from Ebonyi State

Leah TwakiSeptember 13, 20247 min

Ebonyi State in the south-east Nigeria, has a total of nine members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and six representatives in the House Ebonyi, a state in the south-eastern part of Nigeria, was formed from parts of Abia and Enugu state in 1996 with Abakaliki as the capital. Nicknamed, ‘salt of the nation,’ it was named for the Abonyi (Aboine) River, a large part of which is in the southern part. Ebonyi State...

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Report Card: Surge, slow progression and recycling of bills define 10th NASS

NewsroomSeptember 4, 20247 min

Apart from recycling of old bills, the rush to sponsor bills by members of the 10th national assembly is not matched by a resolve to see the proposals through the legislative journey as OrderPaper report card reveals The first year of the 10th National Assembly has witnessed a surge but slow pace of progression of sponsored bills, a significant number of which were proposals recycled from the preceding 9th assembly. These were highlights of...

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Meet 18 members of the 10th National Assembly from Katsina State

Leah TwakiAugust 29, 202412 min

Katsina State, north-west Nigeria, has a total of eighteen members in the National Assembly, comprising of three senators and fifteen representatives in the house Katsina State was created on 23rd September, 1987 from the defunct Kaduna State. The State is situated in the extreme northern part of the country with two emirate councils of Katsina and Daura. It shares borders with Kaduna State in the south, Jigawa to the east, Zamfara and Sokoto States to...

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