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The National Assembly Service Commission has appointed new clerks for the National Assembly. Mohammed Sani-Omolori after 35 years of service has been replaced by  Ojo Amos Olatunde as Acting Clerk to the National Assembly. Others appointments are Bala Yabani Mohammed as Acting Deputy Clerk, National Assembly; Dauda Ibrahim El-Ladan Acting Clerk, Senate; Patrick Giwa to remain Clerk, House of Representatives pending his retirement in November, 2020; Yusuf Asir Danbatta, Acting Secretary to the NASC. Chairman of the NASC, Ahmed Amshi, in a statement issued on Friday, said the appointments take immediate effect.

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been arrested by the Department of State Services. He was arrested over allegations that he owns four properties and that he was allegedly transferring funds abroad through a third party. He was arrested at the Wuse II office of the DSS on Monday afternoon and is now undergoing interrogation at the DSS Headquarters In Aso Drive. The DSS in a 2016 report revealed that Magu was living in a N40m mansion. “In December 2010, the Police Service Commission (PSC) found Magu guilty of action prejudicial to state security – withholding of EFCC files, sabotage, unauthorised removal of EFCC files and acts unbecoming of a police officer, and awarded him severe reprimand as punishment.  “Magu is currently occupying a residence rented for N40m at N20m per annum. This accommodation was not paid [for] from the commission’s finances, but by one Umar Mohammed, air commodore retired, a questionable busin...