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FG Approves N480.4bn for Southwest Development Commission -Gbenga Daniel

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2025

The Federal Government has approved a staggering N480.4 billion for the Southwest Development Commission (SWDC). Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Senator representing Ogun East and former Governor of Ogun State, made the disclosure in Lagos recently at a public function. The Commission, which was born

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May Day: Akpabio hails Nigerian workers’ resilience

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2025

…Assures on labour-friendly legislations As workers commemorate May Day today, President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has commended Nigerian workers for their productivity, diligence, commitment to duty and resilience even in the face of socio-economic challenges. Akpabio in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh

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Breaking: NJC places three judges on one-year suspension

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2025

The National Judicial Council has placed three judges on one-year suspension. The three serving Judicial Officers including a Justice of the Court of Appeal will serve their suspension without pay It also directed the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma to reverse the appointment of the acting chief judge of the state. Details later…. News […]

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Former Senate President loses husband

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2025

Major General Paul Ufuoma Omu (rtd), a former member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council, the highest lawmaking body during military rule who was married to Senator Omu, who also ascended to the highest lawmaking pedestal at the advent of democratic rule has died at 84.Gen Paul Omu’s death was confirmed in a statement released […]

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UN women, stakeholders strategise on getting special seats bill passed to increase number of women holding political positions

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2025

Key stakeholders, including United Nations(UN) Women and Women Political Participation Partners Working Group are fine-tunning plans and drumming support for the passage of Special Seats Bill currently before the National Assembly. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the Strategy Convening on Special Seats Bill – Opportunities and Challenges: Options for State and

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UNODC, NAPTIP, Immigration, MDAs, Collaborate to Change Nigeria’s Migration Landscape

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2025

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI); the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and other stakeholders are collaborating to change the landscape of Migration in Nigeria. The stakeholders met in Abuja on