As preparations hot up for the governorship elections in about 29 states of the country, this piece analyses the profiles and chances of the two frontrunners in Kebbi, the Land of Equity. The teacher or the soldier, who has all it takes to get the Kebbi electorate to his side and ride all the way to the Government House The 2023 Kebbi Governorship elections is an interesting scenario to watch out for,...
The lawmaker representing Chanchaga Federal Constituency of Niger State in the House of Representatives, Rep. Mohammed Bago, has described the challenges posed by the scarcity of the new currency and fuel scarcity as generic issues. Bago in stating this during a book launch in Abuja opined that those in support of the naira redesign policy are not considerate of the people’s plight. “People who are advising for the redesign of the...
At public hearing of the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, the election management body says there is no plan to postpone the polls, and the 2023 General Election will proceed as planned
Active Citizens Engaging the Legislature (Leg'ACEs) visit Gwagwalada Market, Abuja, to drum up awareness for 2023 National Assembly election
In this Third-Year Appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly, we examine the performance of the federal legislators from the North Central geo-political zone since the inauguration of parliament in 2019. The zone has the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and six States comprising Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, and Plateau. It also has 19 Senators and a total of 49 members in the House of Representatives. READ ALSO: North East lawmakers sponsored 281 bills in...
We examine the performance of the federal legislators from the South South geo-political zone comprising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers States since the inauguration of parliament in 2019
Justice Centus Nweze, who read the lead judgement, held that Machina ought to have commenced his suit by a writ of summons going by the allegations of fraud levelled against the APC in transmitting Lawan’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
To get to the bills with impact, value, and progression, the volume of such bills must first be determined. Hence, this scorecard of the Top 10 Senators by Bills Sponsorship (Volume) highlights the parliamentarians with the highest bills tally in three years of the 9th Senate. “The bill sponsorship pattern of the Senators in the 9th Assembly against the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Assemblies indicates an increase in the number of...
Nigeria’s North East geo-political zone has six States comprising Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe. In this Third-Year Appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly, we examine the performance of the federal lawmakers from the North East since 2019. The zone has 18 Senators and 48 Members in the House of Representatives representing these six states, respectively. SENATE SCORECARD In the period under review, the performance of the North East...
The zone has a total of 21 Senators and 92 members in the House of Representatives at the National Assembly
