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Peace Corps: NASS forwards Bill to President Buhari for assent

adminApril 14, 202312 min

Five years after President’s initial decline, National Assembly makes last-minute effort to secure presidential assent for controversial Peace Corps Bill By Sharon Eboesomi READ ALSO: Peace Corps of Nigeria and the quest for a legal framework The National Assembly has forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari the harmonised version of the Bill on Nigerian Peace Corps for assent, following its passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Information authoritatively gathered by OrderPaper Nigeria...

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Oil Theft: Whistleblowers Network lead protest against Reps Ad-hoc committee

adminApril 12, 20234 min

The Rep. Gbillah Committee is investigating crude oil sales from 2014 till date, as well as Whistleblower Information and Recoveries and expenditure of these recoveries Under the aegis of George Uboh Whistleblowers Network, some protesters on Tuesday staged a march at the main gate of the National Assembly against the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee over alleged 48 million barrels of stolen crude oil, which was later sold in China for $2.4 billion. Led by...

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Senator Oloriegbe: ”Medical/Dental License Bill violates Right to Freedom of Movement”

adminApril 10, 20237 min

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health says factors responsible for brain drain in Nigeria are multifaceted, and a mere denial of full practice license to medical practitioners, as contained in the bill, might aggravate the issues rather than resolve them. READ ALSO: MVP Hall of Fame: 20 National Assembly Members make Semi-Final Shortlist The lawmaker representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe, has described the legislative proposal mandating five-year practice in Nigeria for Medical...

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MVP Hall of Fame: At least 20 NASS Members, make Semifinal shortlist

adminApril 8, 20238 min

Foremost Parliamentary Monitoring Organisation, OrderPaper Nigeria announces successful lawmakers in Semifinal of first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame READ ALSO: OrderPaper Nigeria: 22 Moments and Milestones of 2022 OrderPaper Nigeria and its partners have announced no fewer than twenty members of the Ninth National Assembly as Semi-Finalists for the country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame. In a statement released on Friday, 7th April 2023,...

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Motion to probe NCC over poor spread of telecom services fails

adminApril 7, 20234 min

Reps Deputy Speaker rules out motion as lacking details and facts, urges sponsor to re-present the motion on a later date READ ALSO: 10TH NASS: What the early signals indicate in race for Speakership The House of Representatives has declined the adoption of a motion to constitute an Ad-hoc Committee to probe the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over its inability to promote the spread of telecommunication services in the country. This followed...

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Counterpart Funding: Reps mandate NDDC to halt release of N15bn to FG

adminApril 7, 20232 min

Motion sponsor argues that such requests for intervention and humanitarian proposals by the federal government without requisite financial appropriation and approval by the House amount to a breach of the Appropriation Act. READ ALSO: PROFILES: 11 Former Rep Members ‘graduating’ to the 10th Senate The House of Representatives has mandated the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to halt the payment of N15 billion as counterpart funding requested by the federal government, pending the...

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Parliament Spotlight: Abdul Rasheed Kashamu | Member-Elect, Ogun State House of Assembly

adminApril 7, 20234 min

This week’s edition of Parliament Spotlight is focused on the young entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician with a Master of Science degree in International Finance and Investment. READ ALSO: Parliament Spotlight: Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu | Youngest female Member-Elect Abdul Rasheed Kashamu is the son of ex-Senator Buruji Kashamu, who represented Ogun East Senatorial District. Barely three years after his father’s demise, the young philanthropist secures his biggest breakthrough in politics. The twenty-six-year-old member of the...

Old and New Notes: The Endless Naira Scarcity

adminApril 7, 20231 min

Exactly 10 days after the Supreme Court mandated the use of old N1000 and N500 notes as legal tender till December 31, 2023, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, gave in to pressure and formally ordered commercial banks to comply with the court’s verdict. Likewise, he declared that until the end of the year, the old N200, N500, and N1,000 would be accepted as legal tender. The question now is, how have you been coping with...

10th Assembly Loading: Royal Rumble at NASS

adminApril 7, 20231 min

Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, has decried the outcome of the February 25 FCT Senatorial election result, questioning how FCT residents could vote for his opponent, who is about 70 years of age, as against him, who is young and just 53 years. Sense or Nonsense? Tell us in the comment section

10 years to Life in Prison: Lawmaker Found Guilty of Organ-trafficking in London

adminApril 7, 20231 min

Check out 18 facts leading to the conviction of the Enugu West lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a medical “middleman” Dr. Obeta. We also bring you the latest on the jostle for the position of the President of the Senate in the 10 Assembly and the April 15th re-run elections as announced by INEC. Check these out and share your thoughts in the comments section

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