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Bills recycling, slow progression characterised 10th national assembly — Report
Nigeria’s foremost parliamentary monitoring organisation and public policy think-tank, OrderPaper, says slow progression and recycling of bills has defined the first year of the 10th National Assembly. Mr Oke Epia, Executive Director, OrderPaper, said this in a statement in Abuja while releasing its performance report card. Ekpia said that the first year of the 10th National Assembly had witnessed a…
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Can 10th National Assembly lay petroleum industry challenges to rest?
Nigeria is a leading producer of crude in Africa and a major crude exporter in the world. Oil receipts are the major source of revenue source for the country, contributing more than 80 per cent of the country’s income. Available records from the Statista showed that Nigeria’s crude oil reserves stood at 36.9 billion barrels and valued at roughly 74…
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Features
The Price We Pay When Legislators Die
We met last on April 21. I went to Asaba from Lagos to promote my new book, Writing for Media and Monetising It, at Delta State University, which, according to JAMB statistics, is one of the country’s highest subscribers to Mass Communications in 2021. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah was on the flight to Asaba that morning. I didn’t see him until…
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Emmanuel Macron announces dissolution of National Assembly
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, following defeat of his party in 2024 European Parliament (EP) elections, according to local media report. “I have decided to give you back the choice of your parliamentary future through the vote. I am therefore dissolving the National Assembly,” Macron said in a short speech. “This is a…
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Politics
Senate rejects Bill to extend years of service for NASS workers to 65
The Senate has rejected the controversial bill seeking to extend the service year for employees of National Assembly by additional five years. During Thursday’s plenary session, the Senate rejected the bill that had passed the House of Representatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there were missed reactions amongst lawmakers in the Senate after the Senate Leader, Sen.…
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Politics
Senate to complete 1999 constitution amendment in 2 years
The Senate Committee has committed to finishing the 1999 Constitution review process within the next 24 months. Sen. Barau Jibrin, the committee’s chairman, made this statement during the committee’s first meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. “It is important to note that the Committee is not constituted to rewrite the 1999 Constitution but to process proposed amendments to it, and we…
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Election
LP flays imposition of candidates for Assembly election
Labour Party members in Badagry, on Monday, decried the imposition of candidates on the party for the March 18, House of Assembly election. Addressing newsmen in Badagry, Mr Mark Akande, the Chairman of LP in Badagry, said that some chieftains had imposed candidates for the legislative seats in the assembly on the party. He said that the names of candidates…
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Politics
National Assembly caucus orders Nigerians to ignore Twitter ban
The joint minority caucus of the National Assembly on Wednesday have instructed users of suspended microblogging platform, Twitter to ignore the decision of the Federal Government and continue using the medium. QuickNews Africa had reported last Friday that FG suspended the operation of Twitter in Nigeria for allegedly allowing contents that are capable of threatening the corporate existence of Nigerians.…
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News
National Assembly Staff protest failure to regularize their appointments
A group under the aegis of Concerned Staff of National Assembly, whose appointments have not been regularized by the National Assembly Commission, NASC, since 2018, has issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Commission to absorb them into the system. The group in a peaceful protest at the National Assembly said it has almost 75% of the required documentation and yet…
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News
National Assembly may declare emergency rule in 2023 – Umahi
Ebonyi state Governor Dave Umahi has subsumed that the National Assembly may declare emergency rule in the South-East region if 2023 general elections would not hold. Umahi stated this, while condemning the recent burning of some offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the South-East, at a media event organized by the Presidential Media Team. He blamed such…
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Nigeria
Senate President refutes media report on alleged N-Power job slots
The Office of the Senate President, has denied media reports that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, had allocated N-Power recruitment slots to the Senate President and other lawmakers. Mr Ola Awoniyi, Special Adviser (Media), to President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made the denial in a statement, in Abuja on Saturday. “The attention of the Office of…
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NEWS
IMC paid N33billion, before NASS embargo – NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has again debunked allegations of missing funds, saying only N33 billion has been paid to its vendors since the inception of the expanded Interim Management Committee (IMC). Speaking during a press briefing at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday, the NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Mr Charles Obi Odili, explained that the N33…
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News
You are trying to stone-wall NDDC Forensic Audit, Pondei Accuses Lawmakers
The National Assembly’s committees responsible for overseeing the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been accused of trying to stone-wall the forensic audit ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The accusation was made by the commission’s acting managing director, Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei, at a press conference at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt Tuesday. Pondei said that the…
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NEWS
National Assembly receives amended 2020 Budget
The Committees on Appropriation, Finance and National Planning of both chambers of the National Assembly said they have received the budget estimates for the amended budget for 2020. The committees said they met on Thursday with a delegation led by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. Senator representing Kano North and Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation,…
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Law
Court Hears Melaye’s Suit Against Infectious Disease Bill
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday has fixed June 1 ti hear the suit brought before it against the National Assembly by Sen. Dino Melaye over the consideration of the Infectious Diseases Bill 2020, sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixes the matter date to enable the applicant serve…
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Law
Bill to prohibit casualisation of workers passes 2nd reading
A Bill for an Act to amend the Labour Act to criminalise casualisation of workers after six months of engagement by employers in Nigeria on Tuesday passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill which seeks to prohibit engagement of casual workers beyond six months and outsourcing employment in core areas of operation was sponsored by Rep. Olawale…
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NEWS
APC NEC to ratify zoning of N’Assembly posts this week
The National Executive Committee of the All Peoples Congress will meet this week to ratify the zoning of key posts in the National Assembly.The National Working Committee of the party , which rose from a meeting in the early hours of Saturday, had zoned key offices like the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. But findings…
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