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ex-President Jonathan says security challenges will be resolved

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2019

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday assured Nigerians that the country would get above its insecurity issues in no distant time. Jonathan gave the assurance at the public presentation of the book ”Not by Might, Nor by Power” and the launch of the Nicholas Okoh Foundation in Abuja. He

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INEC provides Atiku, PDP with requested documents

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) cartons of documents as requested by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. The documents contained in about 45 cartons, brought to the court’s sitting venue on Thursday, were received by

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Court adjourns ruling on El-Zakzaky’s bail application for medical treatment abroad

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2019

The Kaduna State High Court, has again, adjourned its ruling on the application filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, for permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. The presiding judge, Justice Darius Khobo adjourned sitting on the matter to July 29, 2019, to rule on the application. […]

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Absence of minister will not affect 2020 budget – Lawan

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2019

The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has said that the absence of ministers will not affect the 2020 budget. He said budgets were usually prepared by civil servants and not ministers per se. Lawan spoke with State House Correspondents in Abuja after he held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The Speaker of the […]

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Reps ask IGP to shut down Edo Assembly

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2019

The House of Representatives has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, to shut down the Edo State House of Assembly The request followed the adoption of a report of the House ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the crisis rocking the state assembly. Details later……

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TUC to Buhari: Include more women in your cabinet

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2019

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) wants President Muhammadu Buhari to consider the implementation of the 35 percent affirmative action of women representation in his appointment of Ministers, Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s) of MDAs, and other Principal Officers in the formation of his Cabinet Chairperson of the Women Commission of the Congress, Comrade Hafsatu