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OrderPaperToday – Who flies the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the impending governorship election in Ekiti State? At least four members of the National Assembly, past and present, have presented themselves for the position. These include Senators Opeyemi Bamidele and Adedayo Adeyeye; and Messrs. Femi Bamisile and Bamidele Faparusi, who are present and former members of the House of Representatives respectively. While Sen. Bamidele is an incumbent member of the Senate, Adedayo served...

By Bamikole Omishore Social media is an integral part of governance and leaders worldwide have accepted the need to maintain a social presence in one or more of the media platform to engage the electorate and further increase the conversations about governance. Few weeks ago, Head of Public Policy for Facebook in Africa reached out to Senate President, Senator ABubakar Bukola Saraki A New Media Savvy individual to offer to help train Nigerian Senators and...

OrderPaperToday – Senator Ben Bruce has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) on how to implement its campaign promise to pay N5000 to unemployed graduates in the country. In a series of tweets from his Twitter handle this evening, Bruce disagreed with his APC colleagues in the senate who have been advancing excuses as to why the N5000 stipend payment cannot be implemented by the Muhammadu Buhari now. Recall that the senate had witnessed a...

By Alex Okoro OrderPaperToday – The House of Representatives has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to rebuild police stations destroyed by the menace of boko haram in the North-east part of the country.   The House also urged the Inspector General of Police to design modalities for partnering with well-meaning investors to renovate existing barracks and build new ones where required. –Sponsored Content — The resolution of the House followed a motion titled “Urgent...

OrderPaperToday – Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives  Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Gaza Jonathan has claimed that the rift between Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila has been laid to rest as both men have resolved to sheath their swords. Mr. Jonathan said at a briefing with the House Press Corp on Tuesday.   According to him, Gbajabiamila met with Speaker Dogara in a closed door shortly after the All...

OrderPaperToday– Temporary reprieve has come the way of Senate President Bukola Saraki as the Supreme Court today ordered a stay of proceedings in his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on allegations of false asset declaration. The Federal Government instituted a case of false assets declaration against Senator Saraki but the senate president has mounted a challenge on the competence and jurisdiction of the tribunal to try him. The challenge was dismissed...

By Alex Okoro OrderPaperToday – The House of Representatives has demanded a more accountable and transparent response from oil multi-national companies with respect to spills resulting from their operations in the Niger delta. The House also lamented the recent multiple oil spills in Bayelsa state and urged the Nigerian Agip Oil Company to contain the spill in order to avoid fire outbreak and commence remediation efforts towards achieving an acceptable clean up. The House resolved specifically...

OrderPaperToday – The Senate ad-hoc committee on power, currently investigating privatisation in the power sector, accused officials of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) of compromise in monitoring firms which bought the assets. The committee came down hard on the agency which supervised the process and pointedly accused some of its staff of receiving gratification from companies they are meant to monitor. Specifically, the committee noted with regret that information at its disposal, indicated that some...

OrderPaperToday – Former Minister of Power under the Goodluck Jonathan administration, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has refuted claims in some quarters that the unbundling of the power sector is a failure despite some shortcomings in generation and distribution. Prof. Nnaji stated this while fielding questions at a public hearing organized by the Senate Committee probing the power sector on Wednesday in the National Assembly. He noted that mismanagement has played a major role in the sector’s full actualization...

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