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Easter: Saraki calls for sacrifices in national interest

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2019

By Ayo Oke …felicitates with christians President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on all Nigerians to imbibe the value of sacrificing in the interest of the country as demonstrated by Jesus Christ whose selfless service to humanity is being commemorated across the

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N30,000 minimum wage implementation begins today —Presidency

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2019

Implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari takes effect from Thursday, April 18, a presidential aide, Mr. Ita Enang, has announced. Enang, who is Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, told State House correspondents on Thursday in Abuja that the Minimum Wage Repel […]

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Made public asset declaration of Presidents, Govs since 1999 – SERAP tells CCB Chairman

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2019

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent a Freedom of Information request to Dr. Muhammed Isah, Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, urging him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently provide information on specific details of asset declarations submitted to the CCB by successive presidents and state governors since the […]

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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 journalists on the premises of the […]

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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 […]