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Breaking: Osinbajo to sign 2017 Budget Tomorrow

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will sign the 2017 Budget into law on Thursday by 9am at the Presidential Villa. A source told our correspondent in Abuja that the representatives of the Acting President had just concluded a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly where

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Breaking: Nigerian Senate passes bill to jail corrupt Customs officials for 5 years

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Nigerian Customs Service Management Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2017 was passed today, Wednesday, May 31 by the Nigerian Senate. The bill was sponsored by Senator Hope Uzodinma representing Imo West Senatorial District and members of the Peoples Democratic Party. Senate president, Bukola Saraki, congratulated the Senate Committee on Custom and Excise duties for

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Saraki to IDPs: Government will not forget you

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has assured Internally Displaced Persons in some parts of the country that government will continue work to ensure their security, social and economic well-being as well as safe return to their homesteads. Saraki said the government will not forget the displaced persons. He said this when he led a Senate […]

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My relationship with Buhari cordial, says Saraki…. says the senate had only rejected 11 out 196 requests from President

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki said on Tuesday that his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari remained cordial, despite false claims in some social media. He made this known when the National Executive of the Islamic group, Jamaatu Izalatul Bidiah Wa Ikamatus Sunnali (JIBWS) led by its President, Mohammed Jingiri visited him at […]

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How I shelve my presidential ambition to support Buhari in 2015-Saraki

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

Senate president, Bukola Saraki has refuted a story that appeared in top magazine, African Confidential. The article titled ‘Ambitious Men’ suggested that Saraki, was one of those who stood against President Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential nomination in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. The article also mentioned that Saraki has retained London

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FG Asks Landlords To Reduce Rents Charged On Properties

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday in Abuja lamented that while a lot of Nigerians lacked accommodation, many houses in the country were unoccupied. He therefore charged property owners to reduce the rents and the value they attach to properties in view of the current economic hardship in the country. Fashola, who […]