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Breaking: Senate rejects devolution of power

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The Senate on Wednesday rejected the proposal for Devolution of Power in the ongoing consideration of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.The amendment had sought to move certain items to the concurrent legislative list to give more powers to the States.However, during the electronic voting

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Jonathan Presidency Did Not Solve Ijaw Aspirations, Says IYC

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) said on Tuesday that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s reign as Vice President and President of Nigeria did not solve the aspirations of the Ijaw people in the Nigerian state.   Tari Porri, President of the IYC, Central Zone, said this in his inaugural address after he and other executive committee members of the […]

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Military involvement in politics basterdised Nigeria – APC chieftain

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

Chief Bisi Akande has called for the replacement of the 1999 constitution saying it will not help the country progress but will rather lead to its disintegration. The Punch reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in a statement made in Osogbo on Tuesday, July 25 said the replacement should be temporal till a […]

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Buhari: Yari leads six governors on goodwill visit

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara will be leading a seven-man delegation of Governors’ Forum on a goodwill visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in London. President Buhari had on Sunday in London received a delegation of All Progressives Congress (APC) which comprised national leadership of the party and two of its governors—Nasir El-Rufai and Rochas Okorocha. […]

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INEC now to conduct local government elections-Senate

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

‎The Senate has taken away the power of the State Independent Electoral Commissions to conduct local governments elections. That power has bow been given to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The resolution of the Senate came after a prayer by Senator Dino Melaye during the ongoing consideration of the amendment of the 1999 C‎onstitution. Melaye […]

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Obasanjo, Jonathan, Buhari are colonial masters who rule Nigeria without accountability-Pastor Tunde Bakare

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The senior pastor of Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Tunde Bakare, says President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors are colonial masters, who ruled Nigeria without accountability. The fiery preacher who stated this while speaking to members of his church on Sunday, said many Africans travel abroad and complain they are being mistreated by colonial masters, while […]