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Nigeria wins re-election into UN Human Rights Council

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

Nigeria has won a re-election into the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for the 2018 to 2020 term at an election held on Monday at the UN Headquarters in New York. The Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Amb. Samson Itegboje, told the News Agency of Nigeria

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Paris Club refund scam: Court orders ‘consultant’ to forfeit N1.4bn

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a total of N1.442,384,857.84bn found in the bank accounts of three firms, which allegedly impersonated the consultants engaged by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to analyse the Paris/London Club Loans refunds due to the states. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which obtained […]

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El-Rufai presents N216bn budget

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday presented the 2018 budget estimate of N216.55bn to the state House of Assembly. Christened ‘Budget of consolidation,’ el-Rufai said it was structured to complete ongoing and other projects the government would be undertaking. He said in keeping with the tradition of the government, the budget  maintained  a […]

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SHOCKER! Kachikwu submitted letter to Buhari only AFTER media leak

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2017

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, submitted his controversial memo to the office of President Muhammadu Buhari only after it was leaked to the media, TheCable can report. Whereas the letter — dated August 30, 2017 — leaked on Tuesday, October 3, 2007, he submitted it only on Thursday, October 5. Buhari was […]

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Rising agitations indication that Nigeria’s federation not functioning properly – Dogara

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2017

Agitations from various parts of the country are indications that the federation of Nigeria is not functioning as it ought to, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said. This, he added, is why the House of Representatives has begun processes to interface with Nigerians across the country through its Special Adhoc […]

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IPOB are ‘bastards’ if they can’t cause another civil war – Junaid Mohammed

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2017

Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed has described the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as “bastards” if they can’t cause another civil war, in their struggle to actualize Biafra. He said this while noting that people of the South-East and the group should have learnt their lessons from the last civil war and try to prevent […]