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Pension for ex-Governors:Saraki faults Abdulrazaq’s declaration, says ours was outlawed in 2018

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2020

Two-term former Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has faulted the announcement by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq that the pension for former Governors of the state will be outlawed. Saraki spoke against the backdrop of the Twitter messages of AbdulRazaq that the Kwara State

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2023 Presidency: Mass Defection Looms In South East PDP

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

Ahead of the 2023 Presidential elections, some prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the southeast geopolitical zone have threatened to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if the presidential ticket was not ceded to the zone. The PDP leaders also vowed not to take vice-presidential position from the […]

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International Groups Write Buhari, Says Magu Not Likely To Get Justice

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

Former Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu is unlikely to get justice at the Presidential Panel set to probe him, Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption group and its international partners have said. In a letter addressed to President Mohammadu Buhari, the Human Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre), Global witness,

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Illegal Arrests: Falana Asks Judges To Conduct Monthly Visits To Police Stations, Detention Centers

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

Human Rights Activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has appealed to judges and chief magistrates to conduct a monthly inspection of all police stations and detention centres across the country. Falana who disclosed this in a letter which was dated November 12, 2020, said visiting Judges and Chief Magistrates are empowered to order […]

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Bakare Condemns Clampdown On Protesters Asks For Reversal Of Frozen Accounts

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

The Serving Overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has condemned the clampdown on #EndSARS protesters noting that the older generation cannot afford to keep ‘sinful’ silence over the incident. Bakare, who disclosed this in an address in his church on Sunday also condemned the freezing on accounts of #EndSARS promoters […]

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Former labour leader condemns govt over new fuel price increase

Daily Dispatch November 14, 2020

Issa Aremu, a former vice president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), has predicted another protest in the country This is following the latest increase in the pump price of petrol by the PPMC, which he described as insensitive and uncalled-for. The labour leader warned that this decision by the government coming at a time […]