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Ways and Means: Bamidele lauds FG over N4.83trn refund

Sharon EboesomiApril 11, 20244 min

Bamidele also commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for settling $7 billion valid foreign exchange backlogs. Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central) has lauded the Federal Government for restoring stability to the economic and fiscal spaces of the country. This is as he disclosed that the Federal Government has paid back the sum of ₦4.83 trillion out of ₦30 trillion Ways and Means it had loaned from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The...

Offsides and Softsides Senate

Tinubu hosts Senators as they break Ramadan fast

Sharon EboesomiMarch 23, 20243 min

Following the dinner, Senator Jibrin Barau (APC, Kano North) took to his X handle (formerly known as Twitter) to appreciate President Tinubu for hosting the Senators which he described as “historic” President Bola Tinubu has hosted the leadership of the Senate to a dinner to break the Ramadan fast. The dinner was held at the State House on Thursday, 21st March 2024 with the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, his Deputy, Jibrin Barau and other Principal...

House of Representatives Senate

NASS adjourns plenary, to reconvene April 16th

Oluremi AgbejuleMarch 21, 20241 min

Plenary sittings were adjourned till April 16th 2024 to observe the ongoing Ramadan fast, the Easter holidays and the forthcoming Eid celebration. The Senate and House of Representatives have adjourned plenary sittings till April 16th 2024 to observe the ongoing Ramadan fast, the Easter holidays and the forthcoming Eid celebration. The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who presided over Wednesday’s plenary at the Senate, announced the recess. Similarly, the Speaker of the House, Rep Tajudeen...

State Assemblies

Abia assembly stops pension for Uzor Kalu, Ikpeazu, other ex-governors, deputies

Leah TwakiMarch 20, 20242 min

Former Abia state governors like Okezie Ikpeazu, Theodore Orji and Orji Uzor Kalu and their deputies will no longer be entitled to earn their pensions and other entitlements from the State. The Abia State House of Assembly has passed a bill to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies in the state. The bill, entitled: “A bill (H.A.B 11:) for a law to repeal the Abia state governors and deputy governors...

Senate

Insecurity: Senate passes vote of confidence on Service Chiefs after 9-hour session

Sharon EboesomiFebruary 14, 20245 min

The Senate resolved to urge the Federal Government to make citizenship registration compulsory for all Nigerians in order to identify “who is who at whatever time.” The Senate, on Tuesday 13 January, 2024, after a 9-hour interface with Service Chiefs, heads of Security agencies and some Ministers, passed a vote of confidence in them for stepping up the game of checkmating crime and criminality in the country. The Senate also resolved to urge the Federal...

Senate

Breaking: Senate Swears in Mwadkon, Ani, Mustapha

Sharon EboesomiFebruary 13, 20241 min

The swearing-in followed the bye-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to replace the vacant seats in the Senate. The Senate has sworn in Senators Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang (Plateau North, ADP), Okorie Anthony Ani (Ebonyi South, APC), and Musa Mustapha (Yobe East, APC). They were sworn in on Tuesday, 13 February 2024, during plenary to replace Simon Mwadkwon (PDP) David Umahi (APC), and Geidam Ibrahim (APC) respectively. READ ALSO: Bye-Election: Meet the Senator-elects...

Senate

Bye-Election: Meet the Senator-elects and their predecessors

Sharon EboesomiFebruary 11, 202410 min

As political observers await the swearing-in of the elected Senators on the floor of the Red Chambers, OrderPaper, in this piece, OrderPaper profiles these lawmakers before and after joining politics. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, 3rd February 2024 conducted some bye-elections as a result of the resignation or death of elected lawmakers and subsequent vacancies declared by the presiding officers of the National Assembly and the state houses of assemblies. In the...

Elections National Assembly Politics

Bye-elections – Laguda replaces Gbajabiamila

Sharon EboesomiFebruary 4, 20243 min

In the bye-election conducted today, Saturday, 3 February 2024, a total of 74 candidates contested for nine seats in the State and National assemblies. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has conducted and announced the results of nine bye-elections and 35 rerun elections across 26 states of the country. According to INEC, Fuad Laguda, a former chairman of the APC in Surulere Local Government, has emerged as the winner of the bye-election for Surulere Federal...

Senate

UPDATE: Changing face of the 10th Senate 6 months after

Sharon EboesomiJanuary 4, 202415 min

The 9th Senate is all now history and all eyes are now focused on the composition of the 10th Senate and its prospects as Nigerians are beginning to gain interest in the legislature. It’s been almost 7 months since the inauguration of the 10th Senate where Senators elected their leaders of which they elected Godswill Obot Akpabio as Senate President and Barau Jibrin as Deputy Senate President. On July 4th, 2023, Akpabio went further to...

Spotlight

SPOTLIGHT: The Reps committees that matter on MTEF

Beloved JohnOctober 27, 20236 min

The House will pass on the document to its relevant committees on MTEF to review and make recommendations that will form the foundations of the 2024 budget. The House of Representatives is set to receive the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for 2024 – 2026 fiscal year from the federal government. This is in accordance with the stipulations of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007, which mandates the federal government to submit the MTEF four...

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