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Osinbajo Denies Knowledge Of Controversial NNPC Contracts

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

The letter written by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu in which he accused the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru of gross insubordination may have elicited more confusion within the Presidency as Vice President Yemi

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Buhari asked us to focus on northern Nigeria — W/Bank

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request. Kim and the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who spoke at separate press conferences in Washington DC, United States, also advised Buhari […]

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Senate: President, Vice President Now To Be Sworn In Inside National Assembly

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

The Senate on Thursday concluded a legislation that will see the country’s President and Vice President inaugurated in the premises of the National Assembly. The bill, which was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, if concurred with by the House of Representatives and assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, will enforce the inauguration […]

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House of Representatives recommends upward review of minimum wage

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Labour and Employment to commence the process of negotiating an upward review of the current minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Peter Akpatason […]

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Just in: I approved NNPC contracts, says Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he approved contracts of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) when President Muhammadu Buhari was on medical vacation in the UK. Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, had accused Maikanti Baru, group managing director (GMD) of the NNPC, of awarding contracts worth $25 billion without due process. In a […]

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Breaking: Dasuki to remain in detention till January, 2018

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

The supreme court has adjourned the hearing of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser’s appeal till January 25, 2018. Dasuki had filed a suit asking the apex court to compel the federal government to obey the orders of lower courts, granting him bail. In December 2015, the Department of State Services (DSS) raided the Abuja […]