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9 new federal institutions get Senate approval

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2018 0

The establishment of nine new federal universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education got the nod of the Senate yesterday after the upper Chamber passed third reading of bills sponsored by different senators for their establishment. The passage of the nine bills Umeh was sequel to

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Uproar as Senate probes implementation of SIP, SURE-P Programmes

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2018 0

There was uproar in the upper chamber of the National Assembly on Wednesday as senators held divergent views along parties line on Federal Government’s implementation of the Special Intervention Programme (SIP) fund. The Senate consequently resolved to set up a non-partisan ad-hoc Committee to look into avtivities of the SIP as being implemented by President […]

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Anxiety as 3 federal lawmakers die within one month

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2018 0

As Buhari, Saraki Dogara, others mourn There is palpable fear and anxiety in the National Assembly, following the death of Senator Bukar Mustapha, the federal lawmaker representing Katsina North at the Upper Chamber. Until his sudden death, the late senator represented President Muhammadu Buhari’s senatorial district at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.

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