INTERNATIONAL NEWS

G20: Trump and Putin meet face to face for first time

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have met for the first time, shaking hands at the start of a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. They will hold a longer meeting later, and say they want to repair ties damaged by a crises including Russia’s alleged meddling in the

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Hajj Fare: NAHCON Directs States To Extend Payment Deadline

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has directed State Pilgrims Welfare Boards, Agencies and Commissions to extend deadline for the payment of the 2017 Hajj fare by one week. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammad gave the directive at the contract signing ceremony with 2017 approved Hajj air carriers on Friday in […]

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Drafters can reduce executive-legislature rifts – NILS

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

The National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) has said that policy drafters have a critical role to ensure there are less ambiguities in policies. Speaking at the end of a 4-day training for Parliamentary drafters Director General of NILS Prof. Ladi Hamalai said that drafters must equip themselves with the right tools and knowledge for […]

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Customs speaks on N12m paid to Justice Ajumogobia by ex-CG, Dikko

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

Musa Tahir, ex-Deputy Comptroller General, Nigerian Customs Service, on Thursday, spoke on the N12 million allegedly paid into Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia’s bank account by former CG, Abdullahi Dikko. Giving his testimony during cross-examination by Olawale Akoni in the trial before an Ikeja High Court in Lagos State, Tahir said: “I have seen Hon. Justice

Politics

Okunpeople accused APC of responsible for Dino Melaye, Gov. Bello’s rift

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

Indigenes of communities in Kogi West Senatorial District under the aegis of Okun Development Association (ODA), have accused All Progressives Congress (APC) of responsible for the ongoing rift between Senator Dino Melaye and Governor Yahaya Bello. The group made this known in a communiqué issued in Kabba, Kogi State after its National Executive Committee meeting […]

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Nigeria’s problem is the peoples mentality and not it’s structure-Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has restated that those agitating for the breakup of Nigeria are wrong. Obasanjo, who made the remark while condemning those calling for the break up of the country, noting that the problem of the country was not in its structure, but in the ‘mentality’ of its citizens. Speaking in Lagos, […]