This week, in continuation of our series on lawmakers seeking to be governors of their state, attention is on a first-term lawmaker in the 9th National Assembly and Governorship Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Kano State
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Days after the extra-judicial killing of pregnant Lagos lawyer,Bolanle Raheem in Lagos, Rep. Obanikoro sponsors motion at Green Chamber urging an investigation of the incident. Lawmakers insist officers must be barred from consuming substances that can inhibit their sense of reasoning
Across the length and breadth of Nigeria, here are the biggest stories around Nigeria’s legislators and the institution of parliament
Across the length and breadth of Nigeria, here are the biggest stories around Nigeria’s legislators and the institution of parliament
Eight lawmakers from Nasarawa State were elected to both chambers of the federal parliament in 2019. Between them, they have sponsored a cumulative total of 25 bills which can largely be described as a below-average performance
In our previous exposition on ‘Quorum in the House of Representatives,’ we noted that where a quorum appears not constituted in the Chamber, the Speaker’s attention is drawn and he/she shall cause members to be summoned as if for a division. According to the House Rules, this is also applicable if, from the number of members participating in a division (including those members who declined to vote), a quorum appears not constituted. This week’s episode of...
Across the length and breadth of Nigeria, here are the biggest stories around Nigeria’s legislators and the institution of parliament
Barely four years ago, he was in the race to become the country’s number four citizen but lost to the party’s favourite. This time, he would be attempting to rewrite his own electoral history as he goes up against the PDP and its candidate, Muhammad Liman Kantigi. Can Bago bag victory in March? Ahead of the crucial March 11 2023, Governorship elections in ‘The Power State,’ its political class appears to be...
This scorecard appraises bills sponsorship by federal lawmakers from Bayelsa State in the last three years of the Ninth National Assembly (2019 - 2022)
An alleged move by the Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology (ICT) to pass a controversial bill concerning the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has attracted harsh responses from the industry. The controversy began after an invitation for a public hearing and published in a daily on Thursday, December 22, 2022, fixed the hearing on Friday, December 23, 2022, indicating desperation by the Committee to pass the...