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Senate, House of Reps get new Clerks as NASC approves appointments, redeployment of top management officers

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2022

The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Thursday approved the appointments and redeployment of some top management officers in the National Assembly bureaucracy. In a statement, the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Engr Ahmed Kadi Amshi said that rising from its 549th meeting

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Ukraine: FG postpones evacuation flight from Poland to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2022

An Air Peace charter flight scheduled to evacuate Nigerians fleeing Ukraine from Poland on Thursday has been postponed. According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Bolaji Akinremi, the flight was postponed due to a delay in preparing passengers for the check-in process. The flight has now been scheduled for Friday morning. About 2,000 Nigerians […]

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Fuel subsidy: Senate President urges Buhari to transmit bill to amend PIA

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2022

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on  Wednesday urged  President Muhammadu Buhari to  transmit a bill to the National Assembly to amend the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Lawan made the call in his remarks before referring  the President’s request for the amendment of the 2022 Appropriation Act to the Committee on Appropriation after the bill scaled second

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Constitutional Review: Over 50 women groups storm NASS, block main entrance , over rejection of bills seeking to protect women interest

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2022

…….Refuse Principal Officers’ Overtures……..As House Deputy Whip Expresses sadness over failed Bills The last may not have been heard about the ongoing constitutional amendment at the National Assembly as over 50 women groups on Wednesday stormed and blocked the entrance of the Complex in protest against the rejection of bills seeking to promote the interest […]

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ASUU Strike: Ngige briefs Buhari, says N92b paid by FG

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2022

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the progress report over the on-going negotiation between Federal Government (FG) and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), saying that the Federal Government has so far paid over N92b to Federal Universities The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]

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Breaking: 83 Senators vote for financial autonomy for judiciary, state assemblies

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2022

Eight- three Senators on Tuesday voted in favour of financial autonomy for state judiciary and state Houses of Assembly. The vote followed the debate on the amendment to the 1999 Constitution, ongoing as at press time on Tuesday. The passage of the bill will make state judiciary and state Houses of Assembly to have financial […]