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Senate passes police trust fund bill, three others

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2019

The Senate has passed the Nigerian Police Trust Fund bill. The lawmakers passed the bill during plenary on Tuesday, as well as three others. They are National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) Bill, Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Bill, as well as Animal Disease Control

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Police confirm 21 killed, three injured in Kajuru attack

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2019

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed 21 people killed by armed bandits in Banono and Anguwan Aku communities in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna, Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the death figure in a statement on Tuesday. He added that three other persons were injured during the attack which occurred on Monday in Kajuru Local […]

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Senate Presidency: I am not relying on the support of PDP

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2019

Senator Mohammed Ali-Ndume has said that he is not relying on the support of his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, as he seeks to become president of the ninth Senate. With only 61 days to the election of a new president for the 9th Senate, one key contestant, Senator Mohammed Ali-Ndume, denied on Monday […]

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EFCC vs. Onnoghen: Counsel tasks NJC on integrity of judiciary, judicial officers

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2019

Counsel to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged National Judicial Council (NJC) to create a precedent that would have lasting impacts on the integrity of the judiciary and judicial officers in Nigeria. This was the Petitioner’s final address to the NJC on Justice Onnoghen in the National Judicial Council Holden at Abuja between […]

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2019 elections: Why we lost some of our states, by APC

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2019

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu has said that the party lost election in some key states controlled by it because the party and government controlled by it gave every Nigerian the opportunity to contest election freely without interference in the electoral process. The APC lost the governorship […]

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Why I stopped attending Oil and Gas conferences – Kachi

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2019

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed why he stopped attending Oil and Gas conferences abroad, describing the huge attendance of Nigerian population at international conferences as a waste and not beneficial to the sector. According to Kachikwu, though, with his 25 years in Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco, he had […]