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Imo chairmen, councillors barricade Assembly

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2019

Elected Council Chairmen and Councillors in Imo State on Monday, stormed the Imo State House of Assembly, barricading the entrance to protest reported plan by the Lawmakers to terminate their tenure. The aggrieved Chairmen and their supporters arrived the Assembly complex in a large crowd of

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Fulanisation of Nigeria: Obasabjo got it wrong – Falana

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2019

Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo view that Boko Haram is about Fulanisation of Nigeria and other West African countries must have been influenced by social media. Rather, he told The Nation in an interview that Boko Haram is out to Islamise West Africa, insisting that Obasanjo got it wrong […]

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Attempt to impose 2015 Standing Order on 9th senate will fail – Senator Adeola

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2019

Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos) says any move to adopt the 2015 Senate Standing Order in election of senate leadership of 9th assembly will be resisted. Adeola, who made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, maintained that proper procedure was not followed in amending the 2015 standing order, which the 8th senate is currently […]

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Absence of ECOWAS lawmakers won’t be tolerated anymore —Speaker

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2019

Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Mr Moustapha Cisse Lo on Saturday said that the consistent absence of some members of parliament would not be tolerated anymore. The speaker said this before making his speech at the close of the First Ordinary Session of the parliament in Abuja. He recalled that during previous sessions and throughout […]

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Speakership aspirant, Hon. Bago, loses mother

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2019

Hajia Aisha Mohammed, mother of House of Representatives Speakership aspirant and Member representing Chanchagi federal constituency of Niger state, Rt. Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago, is dead. According to a statement signed by Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, Spokesman, Hon. Mohammed Bago Campaign Organisation, Hajia Mohammed died on Saturday, June 1, 2019 after a very brief illness.

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Boko Haram: Buhari to host Lake Chad Security Summit

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2019

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will host leaders of Lake Basin Commission in an informal summit on the side lines of Democracy Day and Second Term inauguration celebrations on June 12, 2019, in Abuja. The meeting will focus on bringing up new strategies to end the menace of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region. Speaking […]