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FG replies Saraki for saying Buhari presented “hopeless budget”

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2018

The Federal Government has replied Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who on Thursday, described the 2019 Appropriation Bill, as hopeless, asking Nigerians not to expect much from it. On Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, told State House Correspondents after

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EFCC intercepts N1bn at Enugu airport, arrests two

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Enugu has intercepted $2.8m (N1.02bn) from two people suspected to be money launderers at Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The suspects, namely Ighoh Augustine and Ezekwe Emmanuel, allegedly working for a firm, Bankers Warehouse, were nabbed based on intelligence report. The EFCC said upon their arrests, they were

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2019: Afenifere to endorse Buhari, Osinbajo January 29 in Ibadan

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere on Thursday declared that it will on Tuesday 29th January 2019 formally endorse the candidature of President Muhammadu Buhari as its preferred presidential candidate ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group made this known shortly after its meeting held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat in Ibadan, the Oyo […]

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Breaking: Senate confirms Owasanoye as ICPC chairman

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye as Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. Also confirmed were eight others as members of the ICPC board. They are Grace Chinda from Delta State Okolo Titus (Enugu State), Obiora Igwedebia (Anambra State), Olubukola Balogun (Lagos State) and Justice Adamu

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Atiku Abubakar: Latest unemployment report catastrophic

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2018

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described the unemployment report released on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as not just terrible, but catastrophic. Atiku in a statement Wednesday by his media aide, Paul Ibe, said that the latest report showed that under the All Progressives Congress […]

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Ogun 2019: Appeal Court nullifies order recognising candidates’ list of Kashamu faction

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

The Court of Appeal in Ibadan on Tuesday set aside a court order which directed INEC to recognise the list of candidates submitted for the 2019 general elections by a faction of Ogun PDP loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Shittu Abubakar of the Federal High Court Abeokuta had, on […]