TOP STORIES

We’ve recovered stolen trillions of naira, Buhari boasts

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said since its inception in 2015, his administration has succeeded in recovering trillions of naira stolen by those he described as people without conscience. He also admitted that anti-corruption war is not easy to fight because it affects different

TOP STORIES

Nigeria’s economy better under me- Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari says the nation’s economy is steadily improving. He urged Nigerians to remain optimistic as the future of the country is bright. A statement Tuesday evening by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said Buhari spoke Monday night at a State dinner held in his honour by the Government of Jigawa State. Buhari, according the […]

TOP STORIES

Buhari reveals why Babangida removed him as president

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday recalled his ouster as Nigeria’s Military Head of State. Buhari’s short stint back then ended in August 1985, following a palace coup led by his Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Babangida. He was eventually put in prison for three years. Speaking at the commissioning of new office complex for the […]

TOP STORIES

I will not disappoint Nigerians- Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday said his administration would not disappoint Nigerians, saying everything possible was being done to ameliorate their hardship. Buhari stated this during an All Progressives Congress(APC) rally in Dutse as part of activities of his two day working visit to Jigawa. He said that he was aware of hardship faced by […]

TOP STORIES

2018 budget: Reps raise appropriation to N9.120 trillion

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The House of Representatives has jacked up the 2018 budget from the N8.612 trillion figure presented by President Muhammadu Buhari last November to N9,120,334,988,225. According to the document laid at the House on Tuesday, N530,421,368,624 was proposed for statutory transfer; N2,869,600,351,825 for development fund for capital expenditure; N3,516,477,902,077 for recurrent

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Finally, senate receives 2018 budget report

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The report on the 2018 budget has been laid before the senate after a few delays. The report was laid on Tuesday by Danjuma Goje, chairman of the senate appropriation committee. The national assembly had promised to pass the N8.6 trillion budget on April 24 but it failed to do so. Thereafter, on May 3, […]