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Aisha Buhari commiserates with families of Lagos building collapse victims

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2019

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commiserated with the families of victims of building collapse in Itafaji, Lagos. Buhari, in a condolence message sent through her Twitter handle on Friday, prayed to God to grant the families the fortitude to bear the loss. ‘‘My thoughts and

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Rivers governorship poll: INEC set-up fact-finding committee

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2019

The fact-finding committee set up by the Independent National Electoral Commission on the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Rivers State is back and will submit its report soon. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who said this on Friday, explained that the Commission would study the report of […]

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Don’t interfere with emergence of 9th senate leadership, Senators warn Buhari, APC

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2019

Many of the senators-elect who received their certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Abuja, cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders not to meddle with the emergence of Senate President and the leadership of the 9th Senate. This is coming barely two and a […]

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I deserve leadership position at 9th National Assembly – Oluremi Tinubu

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2019

Sen. Oluremi Tinubu (APC), Lagos Central, said on Thursday said she deserved to be given leadership position at the 9th National Assembly because of her overwhelming experience at the Senate. She also called for more women to be considered for leadership positions. Tinubu made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

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Alleged N3.5billion fraud: EFCC re-arraigns Saraki’s aide, others

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2019

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Gbenga Makanjuola, the deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Mr. Makanjuola was re-arraigned by the anti-graft agency alongside two others on Wednesday before Justice Maureen Onyetenu of the Federal High Court in Lagos. The other defendants are a cashier in the […]

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12 Confirmed Dead, 43 Rescued,Many Still Missing in Lagos School Building Collapse

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2019

Emergency teams pulled several injured pupils from the rubble, but many worried parents at the scene were unable to find their children, while others went to a local hospital to look for theirs. Mohammed Muftau, a local resident who witnessed the collapse, told the BBC that the building had been cracking for long time and […]