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Order Police to apologise to Nigerians over Ekiti incident, Reps tell Buhari

Daily Dispatch July 12, 2018

The House of Representatives has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to mandate the Police and other security agencies to apologise to Nigerians over alleged brutality on Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose. This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion under Matters of Urgent Public Importance

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Obasanjo rejects negotiation of Nigeria’s unity for personal interest

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2018

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that, the unity of Nigeria cannot be negotiated for personal or individual interest.   He also called on Nigerian media practitioners to make objectivity their watchword and shun reports that could trigger crisis in the country.   Obasanjo stated this at the weekend while playing host to Editorial Board […]

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SERAP tells Buhari: Probe Governors stealing security votes

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari must  without delay investigate widespread allegations of mismanagement and corruption in the spending of security votes by Nigeria’s  state governors in Nigeria since the return of democracy in 1999, a rights group advised on Sunday. “If there is relevant and sufficient admissible evidence, for former governors to face prosecution and serving

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Days of Boko Haram attacks on communities in Borno state are over – Shettima

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2018

Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima has said that the days of Boko Haram attacks on communities in the state are over. The governor stated this while speaking in Monguno at the closing of events of the Army Day Celebration. According to the governor, “We have cut the rubicon of insurgency in the Northeast. Thank God we […]

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Ekweremadu congratulates Ugwuanyi, Saraki on S\Court victories

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2018

The Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated Enugu State Governor, Mr Ifeanyi Uwuanyi, on his victory at the Supreme Court on Friday. Ugwuanyi was having a legal battle with Sen. Ayogu Eze over election primaries of the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP ) for the 2015 governorship poll in Enugu State. […]

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Dogara congratulate Saraki over Supreme Court Judgement, Implore Journalists To Stop Promoting Fake Reports

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2018

  Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated the President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on his victory at the Supreme Court. In a statement issued on Friday, Speaker Dogara said he received the news of the apex court’s verdict with joy. The judgment of the Supreme Court today […]