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Breaking: Senate postpones presentation of 2017 Budget

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Senate, on Thursday, postponed the laying of report on the 2017 Appropriation Bill to Tuesday. The presentation of the Budget was on the Order Paper of the Senate for Thursday. The suspension of the presentation was hinged on the ongoing meeting between the Senate and the House of

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BREAKING: Ex-governor Sule Lamido granted bail on self-recognition

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, has been granted bail on own recognizance by a magistrate court sitting in Dutse, Premium Times reports. Ekpunobi, the prosecutor, had argued that Lamido should not be granted bail as he could jeopardise peace in the state. But the magistrate, Muhammad Lamin, disagreed with the counsel. Lamin also rejected […]

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Thousands of refugee children live ‘in limbo’ – Unicef

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

An estimated 24,600 refugee children are “living in limbo” waiting to join their families in Western Europe, UNICEF said on Thursday in New York. The organisation said that single mothers and children were among the nearly 75,000 refugees and migrants stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Western Balkan Country. According to Afshan Khan, the […]

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BREAKING: Supreme Court Begins Hearing On PDP Leadership Crisis

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The legal battle over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has continued in the nation’s hightest court. The Supreme Court will today hear the objection filed by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, against the appeal filed before the court by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led faction. The Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of […]

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Banki, a city groaning under yoke of Boko Haram homeless

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Nigerian Army calls it “New Banki City”, an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is an overcrowded camp for 32,000 desperate people made homeless by Boko Haram. In this ravaged corner of northeast Nigeria, the Islamists frequently launch attacks on military convoys, unleash suicide bombers and litter the surrounding roads […]

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Ekweremadu: We will not succumb to cheap blackmail- EFCC

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has advised the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to verify reports before making public allegations. The commission said it would not succumb to cheap blackmail. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Wednesday, EFCC debunked the claims by Ekweremadu that it was planning […]