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Breaking: Corona virus: Reps to suspend plenary for two weeks

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2020

The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to suspend plenary for two weeks over the dreaded corona virus now rearing its ugly heads in some States of the Federation. The period is to allow the Management of the National Assembly to put in place facilities that would assist in screening

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Zamfara: APC to wait till March 17 as Upreme Court adjourns application to review its judgment

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2020

Supreme Court adjourned until March 17 hearing in an application by all candidates of the All Progressives Congress seeking to review its judgment that sacked them in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections. NAN reports that the fresh application was brought by a faction of the APC led by a former Governor of the […]

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SERAP asks Lawan to drop bill to give ‘repentant terrorists’ foreign education

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2020

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, urging him to use his leadership position to “ensure that the bill that would allow ‘repentant Boko Haram terrorists’ opportunities to access public funds to enjoy foreign education is immediately dropped. SERAP also asked the Senate President […]

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Defence counsel’s absence stalls hearing on Buhari’s libel suit against Atiku

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2020

Hearing in a libel suit filed against former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, was on Tuesday stalled following the inability of the defence counsel to appear in court.Accordingly, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory headed by Justice Binta Mohammed which had fixed hearing on the […]

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Aisha Buhari calls for harmony, re-examining of security structure

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2020

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Monday called for synergy among all security agencies, to re-strategize and re-examine the security structure with a view to stem the rising cases of terrorism in Nigeria. Mrs Buhari made the call at an international conference on state and security held at the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna. […]

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Breaking: Miyetti Allah backs Amotekun

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2020

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria(MACBAN) in Oyo State, on Monday said it supports the setting up of Oyo State Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun. The former chairman of the association in the state, Alhaji Yakubu Bello made the disclosure at a public hearing organised by the Oyo State House of Assembly on […]