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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

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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 […]

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At least 24 victims rescued from rubble of collapsed building, ten dead

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2019

At least 24 victims, mostly children have been rescued from the rubbles of a three-story building which collapsed in the Ita Faji area of Lagos Island. The children, most of whom are pupils of a primary school located on the top floor of the building, were rescued by officials from emergency rescue agencies and residents of the […]

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Saraki finally swears in Alfa as Kogi East Senator

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2019

Less than three months to the end of the 8th Senate, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday swore in Air Vice Marshal Isaac Mohammed Alfa as the Senator representing Kogi East. Alfa replaced Senator Atai Aidoko Ali who was sacked by the court. The inauguration of Alfa Wednesday marked the end of a lengthy legal […]

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Breaking: INEC apologises to NAF over wrongful accusation of Rivers polls disruption

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission has apologized to the Nigerian Air Force for wrongfully accusing it of using its personnel to invade its premises in Rivers State and disrupt the collation of results in the protracted governorship and House of Assembly polls. Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmood Yakubu addresses the