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OrderPaperToday – Newly appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Christian Olakpe has declared that he would not entertain pleas from family, relatives and friends over erring motorists apprehended by his men on duty. Olakpe, a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), who appeared before the Lagos State House of Assembly to explain the constant traffic gridlock in the state, told the lawmakers of his firm...

OrderPaperToday – The Clerk to the National Assembly Mr. Olatunde Amos Ojo, has transmitted the authenticated copies of the Electoral Bill 2022 to President Muhammadu Buhari. The bill was sent for presidential assent on 31st January 2022. This was done in accordance with the provisions of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004. Mr. President had withheld assent to...

OrderPaperToday– Nasiru Abduwa Gabasawa is a member representing Gezawa/Gabasawa federal constituency of Kano State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives. He is an erstwhile Chairman and Secretary of Gabasawa local government area. His legislative priorities  borders around Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Appropriation to achieve rapid development in the Country. Mr. Abduwa who is serving his first term as a member of the House, has created room for...

OrderPaperToday -Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District and former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has been charged with N2.9 billion alleged fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was gathered that EFCC filled a 17-count charge against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant on Monday before a federal high court in Abuja. The development coming hours after Okorocha formally declared his interest to run for the office of president in 2023....

OrderPaperToday – Sen. Akinyelure Patrick Ayo (PDP, Ondo North) has scored the highest number of petitions sponsored in the Senate at midterm. He set the pace by singlehandedly sponsoring two hundred and ninety six petitions in the first half of the 9th Senate; more than double of the total petitions by other one hundred and eighth senators. As part of his several petitions, Akinyelure sponsored petition against the Minister of Education over an appeal to follow due...

OrderPaperToday– Tijani Kayode Ismail is a newbie member of parliament who has been described as a greenhorn.  This is because he has held no elective position before his emergence into the lower chambers of the National Assembly. After defeating candidates from other political parties to represent Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun federal constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives, he has a record of zero bill in the first half of the...

OrderPaperToday – At midway into the 9th Senate, record shows that the three senators from Edo state have made a contribution of 5 motions and petitions as part of their legislative duties. Sen. Matthew Aisagbonriodion Urhoghide (PDP) represnting Edo South senatorial district sponsored one motion and petition each. Urhoghide, in his motion, addressed the urgent need to remove the difficulty faced by Nigerians outside the shores of Nigeria in renewing their passports. He appealed to the...

OrderPaperToday – Members of the House of Representatives led by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, as well as the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday stormed the ancient town of Owo in Ondo state, in honour of Rep. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who buried his father in-law, Engr. Benson Akinola Otegbeye over the weekend. While the Speaker led the National Assembly delegation, the minister led a delegation from the ministry, as well as the Niger Delta...

OrderPaperToday– Dawaki Mustapha Bala is the member representing Dawaki-Kudu/Warawa federal constituency of Kano State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives. Prior to becoming a member of the National Assembly’s lower chambers, he worked in accounting businesses and the banking industry. He was also an entrepreneur and worked in the oil and gas industry as well. He was elected into parliament in 2011 and has served in several...

OrderPaperToday – Senators representing the three senatorial districts in Osun State have sponsored two motions and two petitions in two years. Analyses of the motions and petitions at midterm revealed that Sen. Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru (APC, Osun Central) sponsored only one petition, but with no motion to his credit. Basiru, the spokesperson of the Senate, sponsored a petition against Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment over abandonment of Osogbo Steel Rolling Company, Osun State. Also,...