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Bill to create State police passes second reading in Senate

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2020

A bill for an act to establish State Police in Nigeria, to ensure effective community policing has passed its second reading in the Senate. The bill was sponsored by Senator Bashiru Surajudeen Ajibola representing Osun Central Senatorial district. The sponsor is seeking to alter the provisions

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SERAP reports Buhari, Ganduje to UN over Sanusi’s detention

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2020

A complaint has been filed at a UN Working Group against Nigeria’s Federal and Kano state governments over the ‘arbitrary detention’ of the deposed Kano Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi. The urgent complaint, filed by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) was sent to the United Nations Working Group on the Arbitrary Detention. It was addressed to […]

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We need to take diversification of Nigeria’s economy more seriously – Dangote

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2020

Popular business mogul and the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has called for more seriousness in handling diversification of Nigeria’s economy. The tycoon disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing participants at a consultative round table organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in Abuja. Dangote lamented that he has been hearing about

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Governors have power to dethrone anybody- Presidency

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2020

Tolu Ogunlesi, an aide to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has reacted to the dethronement of Muhammed Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano, noting that sitting governors could exercise powers over royal institutions within their jurisdiction. Sanusi was unanimously deposed on Monday by the Kano State Government led by Governor Umar Ganduje, who

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Dethroned Emir Sanusi arrives Nasarawa

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2020

Dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, has arrived Loko, a town in Nasarawa State, to which he was banished, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. A NAN correspondent reports that the dethroned monarch arrived his new abode around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Sabo, the traditional ruler of Loko, who confirmed […]

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NASS Won’t Pass Social Media Bill Without Nigerians’ Input, Says Lawan

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2020

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has given an assurance that the National Assembly would not arrogate to itself the power of exclusively passing the social media bill into law without inputs from Nigerians. Lawan stated this in an address delivered to declare open a Public Hearing on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and […]