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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the clampdown on its governors by security officers in Benin City, Edo state capital allegedly on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/edodecides2020-pdp-reps-caucus-condemns-siege-on-governors-in-benin/ |

Indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have sought amendment to the 1999 constitution to make the nation’s capital a state.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/constitution-review-indigenes-want-fct-to-be-a-state-demand-more-seats-in-nass/ |

Of the 418 bills introduced in the 9th Senate within its first year (June 2019 to May 2020), a clear majority seeks to establish one new agency or the other.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/analysis-bills-for-creation-of-new-agencies-top-chart-in-1st-year-of-9th-senate/ |

The Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) has commended the World Bank for facilitating ongoing activities geared towards accelerating economic intervention programmes during the COVID-19 period.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/covid-19-governors-commend-world-bank-on-nigerias-economy/ |

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on government at all levels to put measures in place to decriminalize petty offences to serve as one of the strategies to decongest detention/correctional facilities across the country.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/rights-commission-calls-for-decriminalization-of-petty-offences-to-decongest-correctional-centres/ |

The Director-General of the Nigeria Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Mr. Mohammed Ladan, has called on the National Assembly to institute a code of conduct for lawmakers.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/national-assembly-requires-code-of-ethics-for-legislators-institute-boss/ |

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has stated that the removal of traditional rulers from governance created a vacuum in communities which resulted to the wave of insecurity bedeviling the nation.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/removal-of-traditional-rulers-from-governance-caused-insecurity/ |

*Legislators can’t be using foreign cars while Nigerians pay more for electricity*

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has admonished Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to join forces with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over recent hikes in fuel and electricity tariffs.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/legislators-cant-be-using-foreign-cars-while-nigerians-pay-more-for-electricity/|

The Chairman of Julius Berger, Mutiu Sunmonu, and it’s Managing Director, Dr. Lars Richter, have reiterated the commitment of the construction giant to more engineering feats in Nigeria.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/julius-berger-restates-commitment-to-innovation-as-company-marks-50-years-in-nigeria/|

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has canvassed for the strengthening of the country’s local capacities, which he noted is one of the avenues Nigeria can experience exponential growth in the economy.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/lawan-canvasses-strengthening-of-local-capacities-in-oil-and-gas-sector/ |

In a surprise move in search in peace with the National Assembly, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, paid visits to officials and members of the federal legislature on Tuesday.
Read more |https://www.orderpaper.ng/in-surprise-peace-move-akpabio-visits-nass-back-tracks-on-contract-claims/|

A group of CSOs has criticised the House of Representatives for suspending committee hearings and oversight.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/csos-flay-house-of-reps-over-suspension-of-legislative-activities/ |

Anselm Okolo has explained how returning Sokoto state on the path of economic prosperity through agriculture had always been a cardinal ambition of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/tambuwal-sustainable-agricultural-revolution-in-sokoto-state-1/ |

This special report spotlights five bills which cut across various sectors but receive little or no attention from the public.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/report-breast-milk-and-4-other-little-known-bills-in-9th-senate/ |

The Senate on Saturday dismissed a media report suggesting that the red chamber will pass the controversial Social Media bill despite stiff opposition from Nigerians.
Read more |https://www.orderpaper.ng/no-plan-to-pass-social-media-bill-in-secret-says-senate-spokesman/ |

The House of Representatives Committee on Works has threatened to demand the revocation of the Abuja-Kaduna road contract due to lack of capacity in the execution of the project by the Contractors, Julius Berger PLC.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/reps-mull-recommendation-for-revocation-of-abuja-kaduna-road-contract/ |

The Coalition for Whistleblower Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over his verbal assault against Daily Trust journalist, Eyo Charles.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/whistleblower-coalition-condemns-fani-kayode-over-harassment-of-journalist/ |

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has condemned the closure of shops owned by Nigerians in Ghana.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/abaribe-condemns-closure-of-nigerian-businesses-in-ghana/ |

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has appealed to the Federal Government not to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/omo-agege-why-govt-must-retain-amnesty-programme-in-niger-delta/ |

The Senate has said Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) which fail to appear before it to defend proposals in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) risk zero allocation in next year’s budget. Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/mdas-risk-zero-allocation-in-2021-over-senate-snub/ |

The Nigeria Insurance Association (NIA) and other stakeholders in the insurance industry have ignored an invitation by the House of Representatives for undisclosed reasons. Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/nigeria-insurance-association-others-shun-invitation-by-reps-committee/ |

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the House will no longer tolerate the diversion of fund to finance unnecessary trivialities in the country.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/reps-will-not-tolerate-funding-of-unnecessary-trivialities-says-gbajabiamila/ |

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the House will no longer tolerate the diversion of fund to finance unnecessary trivialities in the country.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/reps-will-not-tolerate-funding-of-unnecessary-trivialities-says-gbajabiamila/ |

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has said that they paid out over N28 billion as tax refund to overtaxed Nigerians between 2014 and 2016.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/we-paid-n28bn-as-refunds-to-overtaxed-nigerians-firs/ |

The House of Representatives has said it is not targeting the office of the Vice President in its investigation of the NSIP of the Federal Government.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/osibanjo-exonerated-as-finance-minister-predecessor-shun-reps-probe-of-social-investment-scheme/ |

The Senate has created an Ad-hoc Committee to probe an alleged discrepancy in the 2019 budget of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO).

[b][/b] Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/senate-to-probe-fiiros-n60m-cassava-plant-budget/ |

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to investigative contracts allegedly awarded to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.
Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/nddc-petitions-igp-over-contracts-allegedly-awarded-to-nwaoboshi/ |

The Senate has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the bill seeking amendment to the 30 year old Companies and Allied Matters Act.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/senate-commends-buhari-for-assenting-to-cama-bill/ |

The House of Representatives has invited both the former and current Ministers of Finance, to appear before it to account for the sum of N1.7 trillion spent on NSIPs from 2016 to 2019.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/reps-summon-past-current-finance-minister-to-account-for-n1-7-trillion-social-investment/ |

The PDP caucus in the House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to set up a Special Investigative Panel (SIP) to investigate the NDDC.

Read more | https://www.orderpaper.ng/reps-pdp-caucus-demands-presidential-panel-on-nddc-calls-nass-probe-a-cover-up/ |