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Akpabio calls for Saraki’s resignation after clash during Plenary

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

Former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio has called for the resignation of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki shortly after both senators clashed over sitting arrangements on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Wednesday. Senator Akpabio made the call as he addressed

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Breaking: FEC approves implementation of no work, no pay principle during strike

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

The Federal Executive Council has approved the implementation of the no work, no pay principle when workers go on strike in the federal public service. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while briefing State House Correspondents after FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu […]

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Breaking: Senators in rowdy session over Akwa Ibom primaries

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

Senators on Wednesday turned plenary session to rowdy over the primaries conducted by the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State. Senator Bassey Akpan (PDP, Akwa Ibom North-East) had raised a point of order to tell the Senate about ‎how the APC primary allegedly threatened the peace in Akwa Ibom. He also said the PDP […]

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Execution of Hauwa Liman ‘has broken our hearts’ – Red Cross

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2018

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was heartbroken when it got the report of the execution of Hauwa Liman. ICRC’s Regional Director for Africa, Patricia Danzi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, a day after the news of Hauwa’s death broke. “The news of Hauwa’s death has broken our hearts,” […]

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2019: ONSA, security agencies to get N53bn as Senate approves N242.2bn for INEC

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2018

The Senate has approved a sum of N242,245,050,100 billion for the funding of the 2019 general elections. The approved sum is about N200,272,500 million less than the N242,445,322,600 requested by President Muhammadu Buhari. INEC will now get N189 billion in addition to its 45.5 billion in the 2018 appropriation, while the security agencies (ONSA, DSS, […]

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Buhari Calls Hauwa Liman’s Father, Condoles With Family

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday spoke with Mohammed Liman, father of Hauwa Liman who was killed by Boko Haram terrorists. The President commiserated with the family in a telephone call, a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, revealed. He assured Hauwa’s father that the Nigerian government did everything […]