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FG orders DisCos to suspend electricity tariff hike + Full order

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2020

The Federal Government has ordered the Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to suspend the recent hike in tariff. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission issued the order on Tuesday night. This followed an agreement reached by the Federal Government and Organised Labour for

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Buhari presents 2021 budget next week

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

Agency Report President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2021 Appropriations Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly next week, The Nation learnt on Tuesday. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this in his opening remarks to welcome Senators back from their eight- week annual vacation in Abuja. Lawan said the Senate will give the […]

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Buhari seeks N’Assembly approval for N148.13bn as reimbursement to five states

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the sum of N148,141,969,161.24 as promissory notes to Bayelsa, Cross River, Ondo, Osun and Rivers State Governments for Federal Road projects executed by the States. The request was contained in a letter dated 13th August, 2020, and read by the Senate President, […]

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Buhari orders extension of Itakpe-Warri railway to link South and North before 2023

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered that the newly commissioned Itakpe-Warri railway be extended to link with Abuja creating a direct line between the north and the south. The President said this should be achieved before the end of his tenure as President in May 2023. He gave the directive while virtually commissioning the 326km […]

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P&ID Case: UK Court Orders Release Of $200m Deposit To Nigeria

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

A commercial court in London has ordered the release of $200 million used as a deposit in the case against Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) to the Nigerian government. The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele who confirmed the development on Tuesday, said the ruling follows the establishment of prima facie fraud before the […]

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BREAKING: Court dismisses El-Zakzaky’s no case submission

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

The no case submission filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat have been dismissed on Tuesday by Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna State High court. El-zakzaky and his wife are standing trial on eight counts charges bordering of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly […]