Politics

SENATOR ADEOLA’S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILLS PASSED BY SENATE

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

Two major bills sponsored by Senator Solomon Adeola (APC Lagos West) were among the constitutional amendment bill passed by the 8th Senate through electronic voting. Senator Adeola has sponsored 12 constitutional amendment bills that passed first reading and was referred to the Senate

NEWS

How Boko Haram ‘killed nine soldiers’ before abducting oil experts

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The Boko Haram insurgents who laid an ambush for oil workers in Borno state on Tuesday killed nine soldiers. A senior military officer, who disclosed this to TheCable, said the military is trying to keep the information away from the public. The ambush happened at Magumeri in Gubio local government area of the state. The source said […]

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Senate approves independent candidates for election

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The Senate on Wednesday approved independent candidature for the country’s electoral process. The approval on Wednesday was part of the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. Before now, only political parties could sponsor candidates for elections in yhe country. Details later…..

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Senate rejects devolution of power

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The Senate on Wednesday rejected the proposal for Devolution of Power in the ongoing consideration of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.The amendment had sought to move certain items to the concurrent legislative list to give more powers to the States.However, during the electronic voting on the amendment of the Constitution, 46 senators voted in […]

HEALTH

Lagos state government announces cholera outbreak

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, on Tuesday confirmed that two deaths had been recorded from the 27 cases line-listed in acute diarrhoea disease in some local government areas. Idris, alongside his counterpart from the Ministry of Information, Mr Steve Ayorinde, made this known at a joint news conference in Lagos. He […]

LEAD STORY 2

#NotTooYoungToRun: Youths march on NASS, push for removal of political age limits

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country’s parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria’s 1999 constitution stipulates that the president has to be at least 40, while senators and state governors have to be aged 35 or above. But with an increasingly young demographic […]