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Ex-President Jonathan: Periodic election alone is not democracy

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2019

Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that periodic elections are not the only characteristics of democracy. He said this at the Constitutional Term Limits Summit holding in Niamey, the Niger Republic on Wednesday. Jonathan who spent six years in office pointed out that democracy is

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How FG lost N7 trillion due to non-review of the PSA Act – Senate

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2019

The Senate on Wednesday lamented that the Federal Government lost about US$21 billion (about N7 trillion) over a period of 20 years as a result of the non-review and amendment of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Act. The upper chamber mandated its Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream to investigate the reasons for the failure to […]

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Nigerians mock Gbajabiamila for wearing bulletproof vest under his agbada

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2019

Nigerians took to Twitter to mock the Speaker of House of Representatives for wearing a bulletproof vest under his native wear commonly known as agbada during the heavily-guarded 59th Independence celebration that took place yesterday. Tweets by deyemiayo

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Ex-bank Director to Court: Ask FG to return forfeited N9.08billion Diezani loot to me

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2019

A former bank director, Dauda Lawal, has asked the Court of Appeal in Lagos to order the Federal Government to return to him the N9.08 billion he forfeited to it on February 16, 2017. Mr Lawal told the court that the Federal High Court, Lagos which ordered the forfeiture of the money had no jurisdiction […]

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SERAP writes Buhari, urges him to implement report on financial autonomy for judiciary

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2019

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “urgently publish and fully implement the recommendations of the report on financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary submitted to you in June 2019.” SERAP said: “In the context of a growing attack on the country’s judiciary […]

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Ex-Northern governor desperate for Fowler’s job

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2019

People who say that politicians without political offices are like fish out of water surely know what they are talking about if the case of an immediate past governor of one of the northern states is anything to go by. Since he lost his bid for a second term in the 2019 general elections, he […]