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Nigeria’s foreign debt may climb to N107.38trn – CISLAC warn NASS

The foreign debt may rise if requests for loans by the Federal Government are approved by the National Assembly with little or nothing to show as to what the loans were used for. The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and other Civil Society (CSO) groups have called on the National Assembly to address Nigeria’s revenue shortfalls and tackle the current hardship in the country through urgent legislative measures. The group comprising of the CISLAC...

EXPLAINER: All you need to know about the State Police Bill

The State Police Bill has become the most talked about item from the National Assembly this week. In this article, we present everything there is to the bill. OrderPaper, in its Legislative Intelligence Forecast Entry (LIFE) article for the week, had predicted that the issue of state policing would be on the radar at the national assembly. (Read the full article here.) As predicted, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for a second reading...

INSIGHT: NNPC and the Akara Company Story

In discussions surrounding the transitioning of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), misunderstandings persist about its ownership and mode of operations.   One of the major misconceptions is whether or not the NNPC is a commercial or private company. Confused about what these terms mean? There is a story about the Akara for 4 the People Company that can help us understand what is important here. In case...

Social media censorship threatens Freedom of Expression 

There has been several backlash from Nigerians against the calls to regulate social media. Social media censorship has become a recurring trend in today’s globalised world, given the fact that some online platforms have become serious tools for the perpetration of multiple forms of vices, however, it is impossible to outline the importance of access to information on the Internet and social media, as it also provides young people with a range of benefits and...

Live peacefully with your hosts – Deputy Senate President tells Northerners in Southern Nigeria

Senator Jibrin acknowledged the constitutional right of citizens to live anywhere in the country, provided they abide by the law as he emphasized the importance of national unity and development through collaboration among different ethnicities. In a bid to foster unity and peaceful coexistence among Nigeria’s diverse ethnic groups, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin ( APC, Kano North), has urged Northerners residing in the southern part of the country to support and...

OPINION: Judgement without justice

Judgement without justice is an opinion article by Sesugh Akume, a public policy analyst, who wrote from Abuja. Two weeks ago, on Monday 29 January, the Honourable Mr Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court (Court 9) sitting in Abuja held in the matter of Sesugh Akume v Chief Registrar, Supreme Court of Nigeria (FHC/ABJ/CS/1491/2020) that the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court erred when a Freedom of Information (FOI) application I had made...

Open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by Hon Samson R Osagie PhD

Dr Samson Osagie, a Legal Practitioner and Political Economist says Tinubu should ignore IMF and other Bretton Wood Institutions because Nigerians are suffering. Recently, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rising from its Post Financing Assessment (PFA) urged the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to phase out completely all forms of subsidies including electricity subsidy. It praised the President’s economic policies as capable of putting the nation on a path...

Don’t listen to IMF – Osagie advises President Tinubu 

IMF, following its Post Financing Assessment (PFA), has called on the Federal Government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to phase out completely all forms of subsidies including electricity subsidies. Legal practitioner, political economist, and a former Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Dr Samson R. Osagie has urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore the recommendation of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, on subsidies. Hon. Osagie, in an open letter to the President, stated...

“You are all Champions,” Akpabio tells Super Eagles Captain

Akpabio said the Super Eagles made the country proud by reaching the competition final and urged all Nigerians to give the team the support and appreciation they deserve. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has encouraged the Super Eagles to remain optimistic despite their inability to clinch the African Nations Cup in Cote d’Ivoire, reassuring them that they were all winners for taking home the silver medal. Senator Akpabio gave the charge when he along with...

EXPLAINER: The 20 Subsidiaries of NNPC Limited

NNPC, Now NNPCL, Nigeria’s national oil company has undergone some rapid and significant metamorphosis in the last three years. Here’s why and these are the structural changes you need to know.  Despite the numerous motions to diversify Nigeria’s economy, there has not been a very significant movement away from petroleum as the mainstay. And given that the Nigerian state has been putting its mouth where its money is, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has...

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