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The House of Representatives speaker has made a u-turn after torrential attacks by Nigerians over his obnoxious counter subversion bill The speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Tajudeen Abbas, has made a u-turn after receiving severe backlash from Nigerians for sponsoring a bill that seeks to curb civil liberties and criminalise dissent.  The controversial bill also seeks to criminalise gathering of a wide range of groups, including associations, organisations, militias, cults, bandits, and other...

Rep. Chike Okafor in this exclusive interview with OrderPaper, explains legislative efforts to address the food crisis in Nigeria In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Nigeria ranked 109th out of 125 countries. With a score of 28.3, Nigeria has a level of hunger that is declared  ‘serious’. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the national average cost of a healthy diet was N1,241 in June 2024. This is 19.2% higher than the amount...

The House of Representatives has announced new committee members to investigate economic sabotage within the petroleum sector The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, has appointed Rep. Julius Ihonvbere (APC Edo), the majority leader of the House, and six other members to the joint Senate/House committee tasked with investigating alleged economic sabotage within Nigeria’s petroleum industry. The appointment was announced in a statement released on Friday by the House’s Spokesperson, Rep. Akin...

The House of Representatives is in the news again over non-fulfillment of their 50% salary donation to ameliorate the biting economic hardship endured by constituents. The House of Representatives has failed to implement its promise to donate 50% of their salary as part of their contributions to cushion the economic hardship suffered by constituents. Recall that members in the green chamber passed a resolution on July 18, 2024, to donate 50% of their salaries for...

The unending confusion in the House of Representatives over the NNPCL probe on endemic corruption in oil sector  has continued to spark reaction from lawmakers alleged to have sponsored an advertorial  against the sack of NNPCL boss   Another member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Clement Jimbo (APC, Akwa Ibom), has disowned newspaper publications that kicked against the removal of the chief executive of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari. Rep. Jimbo...

Confusion continues to rip through the house over dissolution of NNPCL probe committee as a $1.7 million allegation raises fresh furore The controversy surrounding the dissolution of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating endemic corruption in Nigeria’s oil sector is far from over as lawmakers including the speaker, Tanjudeen Abbas, and deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu, are allegedly at log ahead over a $1.7 million bribe allegation. This is also as Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP,...

With lawmakers splitting into various groups and factions over NNPCL and NMDPRA investigation, the House decision to disband the ad-hoc committee may not be unconnected to the controversies surrounding the probe The House of Representatives has announced the dissolution of the current ad-hoc joint downstream and midstream committee. A groups of members of House of Representatives under the aegis of ‘1 Agenda’ had published a support for the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the...

The House of Representatives has a sharp division driven down its ranks over calls for the removal of NNPCL CEO All is not well in the House of Representatives as two groups have emerged over calls for the removal of the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed. A group...

A move by representatives to donate 50% of their salaries in response to the nationwide protest appears to be no more than window dressing Members of the House of Representatives have announced a 50% cut off their salaries for the next 6 months. This decision comes as immediate response to the nationwide hunger protest. It also comes just in the nick of time as inflation and cost of living are on a sharp rise leaving...