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OVH Energy Probe: Reps fume over absence of Kyari, Ahmed

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 12, 20233 min

Chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the acquisition of OVH Energy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said both representatives were not in a position to act on behalf of their principals at the hearing. The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the acquisition of OVH Energy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had its proceedings stalled following the failure of the company’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari,...

House of Representatives

TRIBUNAL WATCH: Prof. Jerry Gana’s son; Joshua Audu loses Rep seat

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 12, 20232 min

The three-member tribunal chaired by Justice Sylvester Godspower, agreed with Usman’s submissions, proceeded to invalidate votes in the 26 polling units of the federal constituency, and ordered that a supplementary election be conducted within 90 days to determine the actual winner. The Niger State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Minna, has sacked the son of the former Information Minister, Prof. Jerry Gana from the 10th House of Representatives. Rep. Joshua Audu Gana flew the...

Citizens Speak Open House

OrderPaper to Undergraduates: “Prioritise legislative accountability to get future you desire”

Op-ed EditorSeptember 11, 20236 min

Taiwo-Sidiq cited the failure of effective oversight and representation by African parliaments as a major contributor to the worrisome wave of coups he described as a viral infection across the continent, while urging Nigeria’s youth to take governance and accountability more seriously Students of Nigerian tertiary institutions have been charged to prioritise the demand for accountability from their legislators as an important step in engendering good governance, sustainable development and creating...

House of Representatives

TRIBUNAL WATCH: NNPP Rep, Yusuf Datti loses seat to APC’s Kwankwaso

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 10, 20231 min

The Tribunal based its decision on the NNPP candidate, Datti’s refusal to resign from his job at Bayero University (BUK), Kano, thirty days before the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency election in February 2023. The National/State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kano has sacked Rep. Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the representative for Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. In a verdict, which returned...

House of Representatives

TRIBUNAL WATCH: Rep. Ugochinyere unseated, disqualified from supplementary election

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 10, 20232 min

The tribunal directed that the PDP and its candidate, Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, be excluded from the supplementary election it ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct within ninety (90) days. The Imo State National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Mararaba, Nassarawa State, has sacked Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere as the member representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives. Ugochinyere was elected...

Senate

TRIBUNAL WATCH: Ex-Benue Governor stages return, as Senator Udende loses seat

Ojochenemi Onje-JamesSeptember 8, 20232 min

A member of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in a minority judgment, however, posited that the former Benue Governor and candidate of the PDP, Gabriel Suswam, did not prove the allegation of over-voting. The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benue State has sacked the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Emmanuel Udende, as the lawmaker representing Benue North-East Senatorial District. The tribunal thus returned Senator Gabriel Suswam of...

House of Representatives

TRIBUNAL WATCH: “I won’t contest ruling against my election” – Bayelsa Rep

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 8, 20233 min

Rep. Agbedi expressed optimism over the outcome of the forthcoming supplementary election, assuring his supporters that he was going to harvest the contentious 26,000 votes. The lawmaker representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency, Fredrick Yeitiemone Agbedi, has accepted the judgment of the National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, nullifying his election to the House of Representatives. The National Assembly Elections Tribunal sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state, had on Thursday, September 7, nullified the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal...

State Assemblies

Lagos State Assembly confirms 15 more nominees, rejects 3

Ojochenemi Onje-JamesSeptember 7, 20231 min

Egube was commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Sanwo-olu’s first term and one of the 17 nominees earlier rejected by the Assembly. The Lagos State House of Assembly has confirmed 15 out of the 18 commissioner-nominees presented for screening by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The nominees were screened and subsequently confirmed during Thursday’s plenary. Recall that the Mudashiru Obasa-led House on August 23, declined to confirm 17 of the 39 nominees forwarded...

Featured Open House

“Take advantage of Nigeria’s huge energy market” – Onuigbo charges foreign investors

Op-ed EditorSeptember 7, 20233 min

Onuigbo, outlining that over 40% of Nigeria’s estimated 223 million population does not have access to electricity, pointed out that with the country possessing abundant raw materials to generate renewable energy, all that is needed is the technology to service the ready market. Representative of the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and former House of Representatives Member, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has called on foreign...

House of Representatives

Crude Oil Theft: Nigeria lost $46 billion in 11 years – Abbas

Gaddafi IbrahimSeptember 7, 20234 min

The Speaker said despite enormous resources that have already been committed to curbing the issue of crude oil theft, the menace has continued unabated. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Kaduna), has said that Nigeria has lost about $46 billion (N16.25 trillion) to crude oil theft between 2009 to 2020. The Speaker spoke while inaugurating the ad hoc committee saddled with the responsibility of investigating crude oil theft and loss...

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