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Bailout fund: FG approves N800m each to 35 states

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2017

The Federal Government has approved a fresh budget support loan facility for 35 states across the country. Each of the states will get N800m, totalling N28bn to meet their salaries and other obligations. The Minister of Budget and National Planning,  Udoma Udoma, disclosed this to State House

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FG To Reintroduce Tollgates At 38 Points Across Nigeria – Minister

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2017

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, on Thursday stated that tollgates would be reintroduced on the highways across the country at 38 points, adding that a software would be used to monitor movement of vehicles at the tollgates.Fashola made this known during an interactive session with the Senate Committee on the […]

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Senate accuse EFCC of sharing 222 properties seized from Maina

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2017

The Senate ad hoc committee set up to investigate the controversial reinstatement of former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdul-Rasheed Maina, has indicted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Senate, at the plenary on Thursday, further asked the ad hoc committee to probe into the whereabouts of the 222 properties […]

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Die-hard supporters of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan wanted a military coup to prevent Buhari from assuming power-Bolaji Abdullahi

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2017

It has revealed that some of the hardcore supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted a military coup to prevent Muhammadu Buhari from assuming power. After Jonathan had conceded the election to Buhari, it was suggested at one of the crisis meetings that the military should stage a coup — in which case neither Jonathan […]

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Why our government is slow-Buhari

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why his government is still ‘slow’ after almost three years in power. Buhari said his team met a ‘weighty responsibility’ on ground and needed to take time to study the situation before setting out to implement its plans for the country’s recovery. The president made this statement on Wednesday when […]

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I take responsibility for PDP’s loss in 2015-Jonathan

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2017

The immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan has said he should be blamed for the Peoples Democratic Party’s loss in 2015. Jonathan said it was better to take responsibility for the party’s defeat to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last presidential election. The former President said it has become his priority “to ensure that […]