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Just in: CJN demands court records of all conflicting orders

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2021

The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad has demanded the records of proceedings in all the suits on which conflicting exparte orders were given. Spokesperson of the National Judicial Council, Soji Oye confirmed to Channels Television

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Just in: INEC redeploys 5 RECs, 4 directors

Daily Dispatch September 5, 2021

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed five state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). INEC disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Festus Okoye, its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. Okoye said that those affected included Mr Olusegun Agbaje, who was redeployed from Osun to Ogun

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Identifying grazing routes is key to ending farm/herder clashes – Kebbi Governor

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2021

Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu on Thursday argued that mapping out grazing routes will help to identify the scale of the herder-farmer crisis. President Muhammadu Buhari recently ordered a committee to review 368 grazing sites across 25 states in the country to determine the levels of encroachment. Critics have faulted the President’s directive, noting that […]

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NDDC got N6trn in eight years, maintains 362 bank accounts without proper reconciliation -FG

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2021

The Federal Government on Thursday said it was concerned that over 13,777 projects being handled by the Niger Delta Development Commission have their execution “substantially compromised.” It also said that the commission has about 362 bank accounts that lack proper reconciliation. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said this

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FG to make provision for subsidy in 2022, says Kyari

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2021

The Federal Government will make provision for subsidy in 2022, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said. NNPC Group Managing Director, Mr Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Wednesday at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Finance on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP). Although no provision was

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CJN summons heads of courts over conflicting orders

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2021

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, (NJC), Justice Tanko Muhammad has summoned the Chief Judges of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo State to an emergency meeting. This is part of efforts to stem the recent wave of embarrassing and conflicting exparte orders emanating from judges […]