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I have never told a lie before – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2017

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that he has never told a lie before. He made this disclosure yesterday during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos. The Minister also challenged those branding him a liar to present concrete facts disputing whatever he had

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I am no where close to Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa- Speaker Dogara

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2017

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said that Nigeria’s first and only Prime Minister, the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa has remained a political colossus in Nigeria’s history, 50 years after his death. The Speaker said this after he was conferred with the award of the “Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa for […]

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2018: Buhari bans recruitment by MDAs

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday banned fresh recruitment by all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, except by presidential approval. He said this was to manage a rising personnel expenditure that was expected to increase to 12 per cent in 2018. He disclosed that overhead cost would also rise by N26bn in 2018 or 12 […]

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CBN Governor Emefiele illegally operates secret companies in tax havens

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2017

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had stakes in at least three companies in offshore tax havens, and, by his own admission, illegally remained connected to at least one of them until July 2017, while also holding on to his top CBN job, an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES and the International […]

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Blow by blow account of President Buhari’s budget presentation

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday afternoon presented the 2018 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly. The session is moderated by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. It gives us great delight to see you (Buhari) in person, Saraki says in his opening remarks after the […]

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Breaking: Buhari proposes N8.6trn budget for 2018

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed N8.6trn for the 2018 financial year. Buhari made this known at the Joint Session of the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja, during the presentation of the 2018 Budget Proposal. The President assured that the 2018 budget would be a consolidation of the earlier ones, noting that 2018 is expected […]