TOP STORIES

Govs to FG: We want state police, constitute a 6 man committee to actualise their demand

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

The Nigerian Governors Forum has urged the Federal Government to take action on the creation of state police in the country.  According to Daily Trust, the NGF demanded this at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja late Wednesday night during a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police,

TOP STORIES

Osinbajo, Governors, Ministers in crucial meeting at Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with state governors at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.  It is a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) which is headed by Osinbajo. Sources hinted that the council would take some “crucial economic decisions.” Relevant ministers and heads of agencies are also present at the […]

TOP STORIES

BREAKING: Budget: Osinbajo sends N135.6bn virement proposal to National Assembly

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presented a virement proposal of N135.6bn to the National Assembly. The money is meant to cover projects in the Ministry of Works, Power, Housing and many MDAs. Osinbajo signed the 2017 budget which was transmitted from the National Assembly to the Presidency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja last […]

TOP STORIES

Boko Haram: Amnesty International Accuses Cameroon Of Torturing Suspects

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Cameroonian forces of torturing suspects in their campaign against Islamist group Boko Haram. Amnesty’s report documented 101 cases of arbitrary arrest and torture by Cameroonian troops charged with fighting the insurgents between 2013 and 2017. The human rights watchdog, said that much of the torture happening at a base that […]

TOP STORIES

We recover stolen money everyday-Adeosun

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, says the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration recovers stolen funds on a daily basis. Adeosun, who made this known while speaking on a programme on African Independent Television (AIT), did not however, state how much has been recovered by the Buhari-led administration so far. “It’s a process that we are reconciling and […]

TOP STORIES

FG offered me Biafra without Rivers, Benue — Nnamdi Kanu

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2017

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government offered him Biafra Republic while in prison with only the five South East States as the component parts, but he rejected it. According to Kanu, he rejected it because that did not constitute the complete Biafra, adding […]