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Outgoing UNGA president successfully served at most trying time –Guterres

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2020

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Nigeria’s Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande was the miracle needed by the General Assembly to deliver on its mandate in the face of COVID-19. Muhammad-Bande, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, is the President of the outgoing 74th session of the

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Constitution Review: Committee Won’t Kill Any Bill, Omo-Agege Assures

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (APC-Delta), has assured that the Committee on Constitutional review would not kill any of the constitution alteration bills before it. A statement by Yomi Odunuga, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Sunday indicates that Omo-Agege made the disclosure in a television programme. […]

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VON-DG to Obasanjo: Avoid setting Nigeria on fire

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Mr. Osita Okechukwu, on Sunday, appealed to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to avoid setting Nigeria on fire. This comes amidst controversies generated by Obasanjo’s recent open statement on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The former President had said Nigeria was fast becoming a failed state under Buhari.

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Blasphemy: Falana Drags FG, Kano to African Commission Over Death of Sentence on Kano Singer

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights lawyer Femi Falana has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia over the death sentence on Kano singer Sharif Yahya Sharif. Falana is asking the Commission to exercise its mandates and authority under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and pursuant to the commission’s […]

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SERAP sues Lawan, Gbajabiamila for withholding corruption probes reports

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

Anti-corruption advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has dragged the leadership of the National Assembly to court for failure to release the reports of various corruption probes carried out by the National Assembly since the return to democracy in 1999. SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, said in a statement on Sunday that the suit, […]

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Mailafia: Na’Abba, Utomi, others threaten ‘major mass action’

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2020

The National Consultative Front being piloted by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Umar Na’Abba and former presidential candidate, Pat Utomi, on Friday condemned the third invitation extended by the Department of State Services to a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia. The NCFront threatened “a major mass […]