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President Buhari to present 2022 budget to NASS on Thursday

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2022 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday. The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed this on Tuesday in the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. He made the

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Supreme Court reserves judgement on states’ suit challenging Buhari’s Executive Order 10

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2021

The Supreme Court, on Monday, reserved judgment in a suit instituted by the Attorneys-General of the 36 states of the federation, challenging the constitutionality of the Presidential Executive Order 10 issued in 2020 to enforce financial autonomy of state judiciaries and legislatures. A full panel of seven Justices of the Supreme Court reserved the case […]

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Facebook CEO, Zuckerberg loses $6 billion in hours as Facebook plunges; as instant messaging, social media platforms now up and running

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg ’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting 4.9% on Monday, adding to […]

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Stop issuing threats to get 2023 Presidency –Shekarau warns Southern Governors

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2021

Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that the 17 Southern Governors should stop “ganging up” and “issuing threats” all in a bid to get the 2023 Presidential ticket for the zone. Shekarau, who represents Kano Central District in the Senate, stated this on Monday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme. […]

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Pandora Papers: Global investigation exposes secrets of some of Nigeria’s rich and powerful

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2021

A new global investigation exposing the offshore hideaways of some of the world’s most powerful personalities is launching today after two years of discreet work by investigative journalists around the world. The project, known as Pandora Papers, is facilitated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which obtained a trove of 11.9 million

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Expose terrorism financiers as you deal with Igboho, Kanu’s ‘sponsors,’ Ajulo tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2021

A legal practitioner, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, while praising the President Muhammadu Buhari over his Independence Day broadcast, has urged him to name terrorism sponsors in Nigeria. Ajulo further asked the president to deal with the terrorism financiers decisively. The president in his broadcast on Nigeria’s independence at 61 on Friday, said, ​”The recent arrests of […]