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Reps Ask FG To Declare Public Health Emergency Over Coronavirus

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2020

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to declare a public health emergency in the country, following the outbreak of the coronavirus in China. The lawmakers made the call on Wednesday during plenary at the House chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. They noted

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Senate to debate rising insecurity Wednesday

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2020

The Senate on Tuesday exclusively dedicated Wednesday to debate the worsening security situation across the country. Senate President Ahmad Lawan disclosed this after a closed-door session of the Senate on Tuesday. Lawan said that the Senate also resolved to prioritise the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), Power sector reforms to provide energy to […]

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Court reduces Maina’s bail conditions to N500m

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2020

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday varied the conditions attached to the bail granted former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Okon Abang, before who Maina is being tried on charges of money laundering, granted him conditional bail on November 25, 2015. Among the bail conditions were that Maina endorses a […]

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FG, Salkida know Leah’s whereabouts – Father

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2020

Nathan Sharibu, the father of the teenage Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, who was abducted by Boko Haram, has said the Federal Government and Ahmed Salkida knew his daughter’s whereabouts. Sharibu told The PUNCH that though the latest revelation about his daughter now a mother was painful, he remained unfazed saying, “If that is the will of God. […]

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Breaking: Court grants Shehu Sani N10m bail

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2020

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, granted bail to the former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, in the sum of N10m. The judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, granted him bail shortly after he was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on two counts of bribery and advance fee fraud. The former […]

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Breaking: [Kiru/Bebeji rerun] Yako floors Hon. Abdulmumuni Jibrin

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2020

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Aliyu Datti Yako has declared winner of the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency rerun election in Kano state. Yako, defeated the controversial former chairman on appropriation and proponent of “Budget Padding” Abdulmumuni Jibrin Kofa of the All Progressive Congress, (APC). Yako, who was a former commissioner of