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Judgment is unconstitutional, to appeal – Onnoghen’s lawyer

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2019

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Okon Efut, who led the former Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen’s defence team at Thursday’s judgment proceedings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, has indicated that the conviction of the former CJN would be appealed at the Court of Appeal. Speaking with

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As oil producers, we should frustrate sale of electric cars in Nigeria —Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2019

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that, as an oil producing country, sale of electric cars in Nigeria should be frustrated. “This will enable us to sell our oil,” Ekweremadu argued. Ekweremadu spoke at the Plenary on Wednesday as the senators debated a bill sponsored by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP Bayelsa East ). The News […]

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Insecurity: Aisha Buhari meets governors wives

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2019

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, is currently in a close-door meeting with wives of state governors and some security experts. The meeting was called in a bid to contributing the women’s quota to addressing the spate of kidnapping, banditry and other manifestations of insecurity in the country. The meeting, at the instance of […]

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No agreement with IMF on removal of fuel subsidy – Minister

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2019

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday refuted media reports that the Federal Government had agreed with the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) advice on the removal of fuel subsidy. The minister stated this when she fielded questions from State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which was chaired […]

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9th NASS Speakership race:  Fees crisis hits APC as Bago Campaign Organization rejects zoning

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2019

……says No retreat, No surrender   A major fresh crisis is now looming in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC  over the zoning of the Speakership of the House of Representatives in the Ninth National Assembly by the All Progressives Congress, APC,  to the South West geo- political zone of the Country as the Campaign organization […]

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APC is jittery over case against Buhari – Atiku camp

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2019

The camp of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) was losing their minds by raising false accusations knowing that President Muhammadu Bhari will lose at the tribunal. This was contained in a statement Tuesday night by Atiku’s Special Assistant on Youth and Support […]