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Reps decry revenue leakages via remita platform

Elizabeth AtimeNovember 22, 20232 min

The motion sponsor said despite the benefits and reasons for on-boarding the Remita Platform, the rate of revenue leakages is high. The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate revenue leakages through the Remita platform. It also expressed displeasure over the non-compliance by revenue-generating agencies of government of standard operating procedures and other allied service level agreements signed among deposit money banks, office of the AGF, Systemspec, Nigeria Interbank...

Senate

Pipeline vandalism, a national calamity – NNPCL

Sharon EboesomiNovember 22, 20233 min

Kyari said NNPCL had not been able to pump oil through the pipeline from Warri to Benin within the last 22 years due to pipeline vandalism. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has expressed concern over the rate of vandalism that has occurred on more than 5,000 kilometers of oil pipelines across the country. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, who described pipeline vandalism as a national calamity, remarked...

Senate

Senate seeks review of laws of the Federation

Sharon EboesomiNovember 21, 20232 min

The motion sponsor noted that the non-compilation of several federal statutes leads to a dearth of knowledge of many existing laws on the part of citizens. The Senate has mandated its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to immediately interface with the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to initiate the process of revising the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. The directive follows the adoption of a motion on...

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Service chiefs list funding, equipment as challenges to tackling Insecurity

Beloved JohnNovember 21, 20234 min

The Service Chiefs also took turns to outline their efforts to tackle the country’s security situation. Nigeria Service Chiefs have identified inadequate funding, lack of equipment, and poor welfare as challenges to addressing the security situation in the country. This is as the Chief of Army Staff identified the efforts of security operatives in tackling the prevalence of violent extremism, banditry, militancy, and terrorism in the country. The Service Chiefs spoke at the commencement of...

Senate

JUST IN: Uproar in the Senate as Akpabio announces new Principal officers

Sharon EboesomiNovember 21, 20233 min

The Court of Appeal expelled former Principal Officers, Mwadkwon and Nkwocha from the National Assembly. The Senate was thrown into a rowdy session as the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) as the Minority leader and Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) as the Senate Minority Whip. Moro, who is a two-term Senator takes over from Senator Simon Davou Mwadkwon, who before his sack by the Court of Appeal,...

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LIFE SERVICE: Sectoral debate, security, infrastructure take priority in NASS this week

Kauthar KhaleelNovember 21, 20234 min

The House continues its suspended sectoral debate with heads of security agencies as well as those of other sectors. In keeping with its mandate to bridge the gap between citizens and the legislature, OrderPaper’s Legislative Intelligence Forecast (LIFE) Service, by Kauthar Anumba Khaleel, gives an insight into other activities that will take place in the National Assembly during the week. Reps The lawmakers will push for the Investigation into funds disbursed for the alternative school...

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Just In: Reps swear in replacement of sacked Plateau PDP lawmakers

Kauthar KhaleelNovember 21, 20231 min

The Appellate Court nullified PDP members’ elections and directed that their certificates of return be withdrawn and issued to the first runners-up. The Speaker of the House of Representatives has sworn in Ajang Alfred Iliya (Labor Party), Vincent Vennape (All Progressives Congress), and Fom Dalyop of LP as members of the Green Chamber. They replace three of the four Plateau Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers who were recently sacked. Recall that an Appeal Court sitting...

House of Representatives

Judicial Tsunami: What you need to know about sacked Plateau PDP lawmakers

Elizabeth AtimeNovember 20, 20237 min

The Appellate Court held that PDP acted in breach of a subsisting court order when it sponsored the lawmakers as candidates for the National Assembly election on February 25. Over the last couple of weeks, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been hit by judicial judgments, which saw some of its members lose their respective seats to opponents in the National Assembly. No fewer than six of its members in both chambers of the nation’s...

House of Representatives Nuggets & Learning

EXPLAINER: Why Kano, Lagos dominate the lopsided composition of Nigeria’s House of Representatives

Kauthar KhaleelNovember 20, 202325 min

The Nigerian National Assembly is the democratically elected body that makes laws, oversights the government, and represents the interests of Nigerians and the country. It is a bicameral legislature comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House consists of 360 members representing the 360 Federal Constituencies in the country. In this explainer, we break down the membership of the House by geo-political zone. Zones, states and local governments… Nigeria is broadly divided...

Senate

Senate confirms Maida as NCC executive vice chairman

Sharon EboesomiNovember 16, 20231 min

Maida takes over from Umar Garba Danbatta, who held the office from 2015 to 2023. The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Aminu Maida as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The confirmation followed the presentation of a report of the Senate Committee on Communications on the screening of the nominee during Thursday’s plenary. During the screening conducted on Wednesday, the committee chaired by Senator Aliyu Bilbis (PDP, Zamfara Central),...

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