The lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Ninth National Assembly makes a case for his senatorial zone to produce the next governor in the November 11 Kogi Governorship election, insists he is aspirant to beat
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This week's highlight of activities around the federal parliament spotlights President Buhari's meeting with the House Adhoc Committee on the CBN's Cashless Policy and his assent to ten billsÂ
Following a re-run gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, has emerged winner of the Taraba State Gubernatorial Primaries for the March 11 elections. The primary election held amidst tight security on 10th February was boycotted by five out of the six aspirants who had earlier expressed reservations about the legality of the rescheduled exercise, namely; David Sabo Kente, Danladi Kifasi, Saleh Mamma, Senator Yusuf A Yusuf, and Senator Anthony Manzo....
With the tenure expiration of the Ninth National Assembly just about four months away, we examine the appropriation of N30.173 billion as severance package for the lawmakers and sundry provisions Severance packages refer to pay and benefits given to employees who leave employment at an organisation unwilfully. Typically, such packages are instituted to help protect the newly unemployed and are offered to employees who are laid off or retire. However, they...
Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) urges Reps Committee to articulate better ways of addressing issues of concerns, sets up own Committee to assist the Reps panel to meet its mandate. “…such policies if not well thought out will affect some certain things, because some of our soldiers are deployed in places where they cannot actually access digital means of paying whatever daily subsistence.” – Rear Admiral Abubakar Mustapha, Director ONSA ...
The lawmaker representing Chanchaga Federal Constituency of Niger State in the House of Representatives, Rep. Mohammed Bago, has described the challenges posed by the scarcity of the new currency and fuel scarcity as generic issues. Bago in stating this during a book launch in Abuja opined that those in support of the naira redesign policy are not considerate of the people’s plight. “People who are advising for the redesign of the...
At public hearing of the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, the election management body says there is no plan to postpone the polls, and the 2023 General Election will proceed as planned
The Court held that the failure of the EFCC to comply with the directive of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) that it submits the case file in the matter involving Okorocha and others for review, rendered the criminal proceeding it initiated against them a nullity A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator Rochas Okorocha and six others, over a charge...
In this Third-Year Appraisal of the Ninth National Assembly, we examine the performance of the federal legislators from the North Central geo-political zone since the inauguration of parliament in 2019. The zone has the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and six States comprising Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, and Plateau. It also has 19 Senators and a total of 49 members in the House of Representatives. READ ALSO: North East lawmakers sponsored 281 bills in...
We examine the performance of the federal legislators from the South South geo-political zone comprising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, and Rivers States since the inauguration of parliament in 2019