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Lagos: Breakdown of ex-governors’ pension as signed by Tinubu

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

The revelation that Nigerian governors live the best lives in and out of office is no news; what is interesting is the disparity and differences in individual entitlements. Despite poverty, youth unemployment, neglect of babies and the aged, infrastructure deficit, underdevelopment of rural

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APC Caretaker Committee Chairman denies plans to elongate tenure

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

The Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mai Mala Buni, has denied the claim that the committee plans to elongate its tenure. Buni, who is also the Yobe State Governor, described the report as false shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja. He visited […]

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Acting INEC Chairman, others meet over postponed bye-elections

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

The Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ahmed Muazu on Tuesday met with chairmen of a political party over the 15 bye-elections postponed across the country. The meeting holds one day after Professor Mahmood Yakubu handed over to Muazu, the mantle of leadership of the electoral body. Yakubu stepped down on Monday, pending […]

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Breaking: Strange Disease Kills Over 17 Persons In Benue Community

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

A strange disease has killed about 17 persons in Okpeilo-Otukpa, a community in Ogbadibo Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. It was gathered that even though report of deaths over the disease started filtering into Makurdi, the state capital on Monday, most of the deaths were recorded over the weekend. There were unconfirmed reports […]

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Breaking: Sanwo-Olu to abolish pensions for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will soon present an executive bill to the State House of Assembly abolishing payment of pensions and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this on Monday while presenting the 2021 budget estimates to the State House of Assembly for approval. The governor said the move was […]

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How Information Minister spent N42million on both local and international trip

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

The Senate drilled the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for some hours for spending N19 million on international travel and N23 million on local travel before the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and subsequent lockdown. The Senator Danladi Sankara, All Progressives Congress, APC, Jigawa North West led Senate Committee on Information and National