Nigeria did not pause on Thursday, March 19, 2026 by choice. It paused because those in charge did not do their homework Nigeria did not pause on Thursday, March 19, 2026 by choice. It paused because those in charge did not do their homework. The Federal Government, under President Bola Tinubu, announced public holidays to mark the end of Ramadan. It was routine, until it collided with reality. Within hours, the Sultan of Sokoto announced...
Daniel Bwala, Presidential Aide on Policy Communication, appeared on Mehdi Hasan’s Al Jazeera show, armed with nothing but bravado, selective memory, and the audacity of someone who believes talking loudly counts as arguing Recently, Nigerians, and anyone with a sense of embarrassment, were treated to a spectacle of monumental proportions. Daniel Bwala, Presidential Aide on Policy Communication, appeared on Mehdi Hasan’s Al Jazeera show, armed with nothing but bravado, selective memory, and the audacity of...
In this episode of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Tracker, we celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme “Give to Gain” with a powerful lens on its importance to Nigeria’s political and development landscape. At its core, the message is simple but profound: when women are given opportunities, societies gain. When barriers to participation are removed, the benefits extend beyond individual women to communities, institutions, and national development itself. This principle is particularly relevant...
Recent protests in the National Assembly have drawn fresh attention to the state of gender equality and social inclusion within the National Assembly One of such protests is the exclusion of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi) from the Senate committee on North Central Development Commission (NCDC) meeting. The second is the organised protests by women’s groups at the National Assembly demanding passage of the Reserved Seats for Women Bill. Both protests highlight ongoing tensions between...
On this episode of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) tracker, we examine the budget defence session at the National Assembly, focused on the Ministry of Steel Development, which took an unexpected turn that highlighted not just policy tension but deeper questions about inclusion, voice, and respect within Nigeria’s legislative process. During the session, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi), one of only four women in the 10th Senate, found herself in a sharp dispute with...
In this episode of the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Tracker, we will focus on the budget defence sessions at the National Assembly, noting that attention is turning from headline figures to deeper questions of priorities. President Bola Tinubu’s proposed ₦58.47 trillion 2026 budget, presented on 19th December 2025, now enters a phase in which ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) must justify not just what they have been allocated, but also what those allocations...
As the National Assembly resumes its legislative duty for this year, 2026, it is imperative to know what lies at stake for GESI bills this year, as this is the year before the 2027 general elections, when legislative priorities start to compete with campaign calculations, and when difficult reforms are often deferred in favour of safer political ground. In this Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) tracker, we discuss the fate of GESI bills in...
The author submits that the shameful circumstances surrounding the tax laws should stimulate deeper reflections on the state of legislative representation For over a week now, flipping through the pages of Nigerian newspapers, social media, and other media platforms, the dominant issue trending nationwide has been the discovery of significant discrepancies between the gazetted version of the Tax Laws made available to the public and what was actually passed by the Nigerian legislature. Since this...
OrderPaper Nigeria has been invited to join the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) research network as an institutional member OrderPaper Nigeria, the country’s foremost parliamentary monitoring organisation and public policy think tank, has been invited to join the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) research network as an institutional member. The organisation’s Programmes Manager Uko Etuk, who disclosed this via a press release on Monday, said the invitation was conveyed in a formal communication...
The crisis of climate change is getting more real in everyday life and living as the author’s experience while spending Christmas in Bauchi reveals Perhaps it happened years before I was born. However, I have never witnessed the 25th of December with a temperature of above 30°C in the evening; not even close to that. This year, I happened to be in Bauchi, my home state, during the time. It was quite surprising how confused...
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