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Obasanjo is only crying foul to distract Nigerians from June 12 declaration- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2018

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says he does not think former President Olusegun Obasanjo believes that he is being investigated by President Muhammadu Buhari. In an exclusive interview with TheCable at Cambridge University, UK, the minister said the former president was just

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2018 Budget: Buhari raises alarm over NASS insertion of LG, States project as constituency project

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has raised alarm over the insertion of Local and State Government projects made by National Assembly postured as constituency projects, saying that the projects may be difficult, if not impossible, to implement with the reduced allocation. The President expressed the shock while signing the 9.12 trillion 2018 budget on Wednesday, explaining that

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Buhari opens up, accuses National Assembly of ‘padding’ 2018 budget

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has accused the National Assembly of tampering with the 2018 budget sent to them by cutting essential projects and inserting non-essential ones. Mr Buhari stated this while signing the 2018 budget into law. “I am concerned about some of the changes that the National Assembly has made to the budget proposals that […]

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Saraki Addresses Russian Parliament  …Seeks Stronger Security, Economic Cooperation

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2018

President of the Senate Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday addressed the Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament known as the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in Moscow. In the address which was historic – being the first head of the Nigerian legislature to perform such a function in Russia – Saraki called for […]

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BREAKING: Former IG Gambo Jimeta is dead

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2018

A former Inspector General of Police, Gambo Jimeta, is dead. A close family friend told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Jimeta, who hails from Adamawa state, died in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja. The death of the former police boss brings to three the number of prominent personalities from the state to die this […]

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BREAKING: Buhari signs 2018 Budget

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the 2018 Appropriation Act. He signed the document a few minutes after midday on Wednesday in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. On his Twitter handle, the president said, “a few minutes past noon today, I signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill into Law.” See his tweet below: A […]