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BREAKING: Senate gives 14 days ultimatum to FG’s agencies to submit budgets

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Senate has asked Federal Government to present the budgets of corporations, agencies and parastatals to the legislature in two weeks. The lawmakers issued the ultimatum at the plenary on Wednesday. Also, the Senate barred the affected corporations and parastatals from capital expenditure

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Again Osinbajo fails to swear in new Ministers

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday failed to swear in the two Ministers Stephen Ocheni (Kogi) and Suleiman Hassan (Gombe) on Wednesday. Osinbajo is currently presiding over today’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting inside the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Ocheni and Hassan were screened and confirmed by the Senate two

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Wealth of 5 richest Nigerians can end extreme poverty in Nigeria – Oxfam

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Inequality report released by Oxfam International on Wednesday, revealed that the combined wealth of five richest Nigerians, put at $29.9 billion, could end extreme poverty in the country. The report, entitled ‘Inequality in Nigeria, Exploring the Drivers’ and obtained in Abuja, exposed the large and growing gap between the rich and poor in Nigeria. […]

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1,268 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in 5 months — NEMA

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said 1,268 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya from December 15, 2016 to May 16, 2017. Mustapha Maihaja, the Director General, NEMA, made the disclosure while receiving a fresh batch of 258 Nigerians who arrived on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the returnees arrived the […]

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Borno shelves closure of IDP camps

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday said continuing attacks by Boko Haram insurgents in areas around Sambisa forest have stalled the proposed closure of camps and return of internally displaced persons, IDPs, to their liberated communities by the end of this month. The governor had last year declared that the end of May […]

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Goodluck Jonathan’s six years as president was a waste – Governor Dickson

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has said the six years Goodluck Jonathan spent as Nigeria’s president, was a wasted opportunity for the Ijaws. Dickson alleged that this was because some Ministers and other presidential aides from Bayelsa were after selfish interests. The Governor said this while speaking at the Ijaw House, Yenagoa, where Ijaw leaders […]