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2 years ago1 min

The Supreme Court on Wednesday nullified the gubernatorial primaries that produced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. The apex court, in its ruling, faulted the primaries conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as invalid and inconsistent with the provisions of the electoral act and further affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo,...

by Ojochenemi Onje-James

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Senate to Communications Ministry: “Account for N13.9bn Service Wide Votes in 48 hours”

2 years ago13 min

The Senate, through its Committee on Public Accounts, on Tuesday gave the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy a forty-eight-hour ultimatum to account for the N13.9 billion it collected from Service Wide Votes from 2017 to 2021. The ultimatum given by the Senate to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr William Alo, followed his failure to tender documentary evidence on how the Ministry expended the N13.9 billion during...

by Korinjoh Regina

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These 10 Reps sponsored 22.2% of total House bills | National Assembly Scorecard

2 years ago7 min

Scorecard of the Top 10 House of Reps members by Bills Sponsorship (volume) highlights the parliamentarians with the highest bills tally in three years of the 9th House of Representatives

by The Op-ed Editor

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2023: “Close tertiary institutions temporarily to allow Students vote” – CSO to Buhari

2 years ago14 min

To do otherwise, it stresses will amount to discouraging and disenfranchising the huge number of students who answered the patriotic call register and collect their PVCs

by Elizabeth Atime

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Senator Amosun tops 88 others in South West Bills Chart | National Assembly Scorecard

2 years ago7 min

Third-Year Appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly and Performance scorecards of federal legislators from the South West zone since 2019

by Elizabeth Atime

Editors Pick Featured House of Representatives

Supplementary Act: Reps approve restructuring of N1trn Ways and Means advances

2 years ago3 min

Approval of the requested restructuring of the N1 trillion in Ways and Means advances is for the implementation of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act. Lawmakers to further engage with the executive by the Joint Committee to allow for a thorough and detailed work READ ALSO: Senate pass N819.54bn 2022 Supplementary Budget The House has approved one trillion naira in Ways and Means advances for implementation of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act...

by Elizabeth Atime

EXCLUSIVE: “How the Mental Health Act benefits Nigerians | Senator Oloriegbe sits with OrderPaper

2 years ago6 min

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, (APC, Kwara Central), was among the key actors that saw to the passage and eventual assent of the Mental Health Act. OrderPaper Nigeria sat with the medical doctor-turned-politician in an interview to gain greater insight into the objectives and major provisions of the Act READ ALSO: Parliament Meme: Committee Membership in the Senate President Muhammadu Buhari on January 5, 2023, signed...

by Elizabeth Atime

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Emefiele to Reps: “Of N3.23trn in circulation, N2.7trn was out of the banking system”

2 years ago15 min

CBN Governor, Emefiele says apex bank will continue to redeem old naira notes at its expiration as a legal tender. Promises to obey the law

by Monday Yari Tama

Editors Pick Featured House of Representatives Senate

Parliament Meme: Duties of Chief and Minority Whips in the National Assembly

2 years ago6 min

This edition of Parliament Meme is an exposition on the duties and functions of the Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip, as well as the Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Whip in both chambers of the Nigerian National Assembly

by Elizabeth Atime

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Naira Swap: “10-day extension is not the solution” – Reps to CBN

2 years ago4 min

House Ad-hoc Committee on Naira Re-design and Naira Swap policy say lawmakers would only accept clear compliance with Section 20 sub 3, 4, and 5 of the CBN Act and nothing more

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