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Akpabio assures of Senate full participation in Edwin Clark’s burial

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2025

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has given an assurance that the Senate will participate fully in the burial of Pa Edwin Clark who died on Monday. Akpabio gave the assurance on Wednesday when a delegation of the Pan Niger Delta Forum(PANDEF) led by its National Chairman, Ambassador

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Senate Summons NSA, DSS, NIA, And DIA Chiefs Over Alleged USAID Sponsorship Of Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2025

The Senate has summoned the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; the Director Generals of the Department of State Services (DSS), National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to appear before it behind closed doors. The invited heads of security agencies are to come for explanations on allegations levelled against the United States

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Senate passes bill for Ijebu State creation for first reading

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2024

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed a bill for the creation of Ijebu State, marking the first reading of the proposal during its plenary session. The bill, which seeks to establish Ijebu as an independent state, was sponsored by Senator Gbenga Daniel, representing Ogun State. Titled the “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Sixth […]

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Senate Approves Tinubu’s $2.2bn Loan Request

Daily Dispatch November 21, 2024

The Senate on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s loan request of $2.2 billion to partially finance the ₦9.7 trillion budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year. The approval followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Aliyu Wamakko, during plenary. Presiding over the session, Deputy Senate President […]

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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 held on Wednesday 21st and Thursday, 3rd March, 2022, the Commission announced

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Ex-Clerk of House of Reps, Senate, Umaru Sani is dead

Daily Dispatch November 21, 2021

Ex -Clerk to the Senate and House of Representatives, Alhaji Umaru Sani, is dead. Sani, according to sources close to the development, died at the National Hospital Saturday night from a brief illness. He will be buried later today (Sunday, November 21, 2021) at the Gudu cemetery in accordance with Muslim rites. While he worked […]