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Breaking! NASS To Override Presidential Veto On Constitution Amendment

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The House of Representatives has voted in the constitution amendment exercise to empower the National Assembly to override the presidential veto for the amended constitution to become law. Voting on the clause which is number 24 on the list, 271 lawmakers voted yes in favour of the provision,

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Reps Differ With Senate On FCT Ministerial Nominee

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The House of Representatives has in the ongoing constitution amendment exercise disagreed with the Senate on a provision that anybody Nigerian who has spent a certain number of years in the Federal Capital Territory can be appointed a minister of the territory in the federal cabinet. ‎Recall that the Senate had on Wednesday passed the […]

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BREAKING: House of reps opposes senate, approves 35 percent affirmative action for women

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Unlike the senate, the house of representatives has approved 35 percent affirmative action for women in federal and state cabinets. The lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber voted in favour of it while considering some amendments to the 1999 constitution. The senate voted against it on Wednesday. Voting is ongoing at the lower chamber of the […]

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Kwara civil service fires worker for criticizing Saraki on Facebook

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

A civil servant in Kwara state has sacked for criticizing the Senate President Bukola Saraki on Facebook. Biodun Baba was sacked by the state’s civil service commission after he a post he made about the Senate President on Facebook, Sahara reporters reports. Baba, will be arraigned in court today, July 27, before a court in Ilorin. […]

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Yoruba Declares Take-off Of Oduduwa Republic

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

In response to the recent agitation of the Igbo for Biafra Republic, a group known as Yoruba Liberation Command (YOLICOM) has declared the decision of the Yorubas to secede from Nigeria to form Oduduwa Republic with immediate effect. Speaking on Thursday at International Press Centre Ogba Lagos, spokesperson of the group, George Akinola said Nigeria […]

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Boko Haram Ambush: Death toll reportedly rises to over 30

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Death toll from the deadly ambush by Boko Haram in Borno state on Wednesday, July 26, may have risen to 33. The attack came following the implementation of a 40-day “clearance” operation declared by the Chief of Army Staff, Yusuf Buratai, in which he said he wanted Boko Haram leader dead or alive. Not less […]