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Senate Directs Foreign Affairs Minister To Submit Green Tree Agreement For Ratification

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Senate on Thursday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately submit the Green Tree Agreement entered into between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Cameroonian Republic on June 12, 2006 for ratification. The Senate also called on the executive arm of government to come

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Political leaders, traditional leaders must address challenges facing the North – NGF

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Political leaders and traditional rulers in the 19 Northern States have been charged to rise up and address the challenges affecting the region. The Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, gave the charge on Thursday ‎while declaring open the meeting of the 19 Northern Governors with the Council of Emirs and Chiefs […]

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Italian Police Nab 7 For Turning Nigerians Into Prostitutes

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Italian police said on Thursday that seven people who lured Nigerian women to Italy “with voodoo rituals” and then forced them into prostitution have been arrested in Nuoro, Sardinia. In a statement police said the traffickers allegedly performed voodoo rituals on the women to make them swear to repay the cost of the trip to […]

Breaking! NASS To Override Presidential Veto On Constitution Amendment

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The House of Representatives has voted in the constitution amendment exercise to empower the National Assembly to override the presidential veto for the amended constitution to become law. Voting on the clause which is number 24 on the list, 271 lawmakers voted yes in favour of the provision, 20 voted against while none abstained. If […]

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Nigeria’s current revenue sharing unconstitutional – Senate

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Senate on Wednesday disclosed that the current revenue allocation in the country is unconstitutional. This disclosure was‎ made in a motion sponsored by Senator Adamu Ailero, who observed that that the present Revenue Allocation Formula has been in operation before the commencement of this democratic dispensation in 1999. Ailero ‎said the constitution did not […]

Reps Differ With Senate On FCT Ministerial Nominee

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The House of Representatives has in the ongoing constitution amendment exercise disagreed with the Senate on a provision that anybody Nigerian who has spent a certain number of years in the Federal Capital Territory can be appointed a minister of the territory in the federal cabinet. ‎Recall that the Senate had on Wednesday passed the […]