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Doguwa launches fiscal policy brief document by FRC, OrderPaper

Leah TwakiDecember 3, 20255 min

Chairman House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Rep. Doguwa has unveiled a new policy brief a joint research publication of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) and OrderPaper Nigeria during a legislative-stateholder engagement The Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Rep. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, on Monday unveiled a new policy brief titled “Governance of Nigeria’s Petroleum Sector: Fiscal Imperatives and the 10th Assembly”, a joint research publication of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission...

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Reps probe power sector spending, summon water resources minister, others

Leah TwakiDecember 2, 20254 min

Minister of Water Resources, heads of key water management agencies, and signatories to the 2005 concession agreement for the 40MW Dadin-Kowa hydropower project have been summoned to appear before House Committee December 4 The Minister of Water Resources, heads of key water management agencies, and signatories to the 2005 concession agreement for the 40MW Dadin-Kowa hydropower project have been summoned by the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating Nigeria’s power sector reforms and expenditure...

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Nigeria recruiting boko haram terrorists into military, police – Rep

Leah TwakiNovember 27, 20256 min

Former deputy speaker, Idris Wase, has raised an alarm boko haram terrorists are being recruited into the military and police A former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ahmed Idris Wase, has revealed that suspected boko haram members and other criminals were once discovered on official recruitment lists for the Nigerian Army and Police. Wase, who represents Wase federal constituency of Plateau state and leads the North-central caucus of the 10th House, made...

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Insecurity: Rep Doguwa calls for “legislative emergency”

Leah TwakiNovember 27, 20254 min

Rep. Doguwa commented on the country’s security situation saying, “we can even declare legislative emergency. Close the House, shut it up” A member of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, on Tuesday urged the National Assembly to declare a “legislative emergency” in response to the country’s worsening security situation, saying Nigeria is “running in blood and tears.” Doguwa, a former Majority Leader of the House, made the call during the special plenary session convened to...

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Insecurity: House of Reps convene session on security

Leah TwakiNovember 27, 20254 min

The House of Representatives convened a special plenary session on Tuesday devoted entirely to Nigeria’s escalating national security crisis The House of Representatives on Tuesday convened a special plenary session devoted entirely to Nigeria’s escalating national security concerns. The sitting also featured the admission of a visiting parliamentary delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis, led by its Speaker, Lanein Blanchette, alongside officials from the United States Embassy. Throughout the session, chairmen of key security-related committees,...

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NASS to meet 36 governors as constitution review nears voting

Leah TwakiNovember 27, 20254 min

The joint committees on constitution review in the Senate and House of Representatives have set Wednesday to brief the 36 state governors on the outcome of the joint session The National Assembly said that it will brief 36 State governors on the outcome of the joint session of the Senate and the House on the Constitution review process on Wednesday The Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, made the disclosure while delivering his opening...

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Southeast Reps canvass presidential pardon for Nnamdi Kanu

Leah TwakiNovember 25, 20254 min

The southeast caucus of the House of Representative has appealed to President Tinubu to exercise his constitutional powers to grant a political and humanitarian pardon to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu 42 members of the southeast caucus of the House of Representative have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to exercise his constitutional powers to grant a political and humanitarian pardon to the jailed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. They said...

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Reps spokesman affirms commitment to open parliament

Leah TwakiNovember 23, 20254 min

House of Representatives spokesperson, Akin Rotimi, Jr. has affirmed that open parliament directly aligns with one of the central priorities of the the 10th House The spokesman of the House of Representatives, Rep. Akintunde Rotimi Jr, has reiterated the commitment of the tenth National Assembly to strengthening transparency, accountability, and public trust through deliberate reforms that promote an open and citizen-centred parliament. Speaking at the national dialogue on “Strengthening Transparency and Trust through Open Parliament”...

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POPULA: Open parliament is not a slogan, says Ubani

Leah TwakiNovember 23, 20256 min

Governance expert and Executive Director of #FixPolitics Africa, Anthony Ubani, charges stakeholders on strengthening, transparency and trust through open parliament during the POPULA 2.0 national dialogue At a time when Nigeria faces one of its deepest crises of public trust, governance expert and Executive Director of #FixPolitics Africa, Anthony Ubani, has declared that “open parliament is not a slogan” but a national imperative for rebuilding confidence in democratic institutions. Ubani made the statement in Abuja...

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Towards gender layered policing in Nigeria | GESI Tracker

Jokpa Mudia ErusiafeNovember 22, 20256 min

This edition of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Tracker spotlights one of the most significant gender-reform debates currently before the National Assembly: the push to increase women’s representation in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and to institutionalize gender-responsive policing across the country. At a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the Nigeria Police Act, the Chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs, Rep. Makki Abubakar Yalleman (APC, Jigawa), stressed that women are...

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