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2018 budget passage’ll depend on National Assembly, Executive cooperation – Saraki

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2017

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has states that the quick passage of the 2018 Appropriation Bill would depend on the level of cooperation between the National Assembly and the Executive. Saraki, in his speech at the joint session of the National Assembly where President Muhammadu Buhari

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DSS barres journalists from budget presentation

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2017

The Department of State Services (DSS) has barred some journalists from covering the presentation of 2018 budget. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to lay the budget before a joint session of the national assembly at 2:00pm on Tuesday. However, many national assembly correspondents were restricted from the house of representatives – venue of the presentation. After

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Businesses, staff shut out at national assembly ahead of Buhari’s budget presentation

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2017

Banks and shops operating within the National Assembly Complex did not be open for business on Tuesday because of the budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari. On Thursday, the president wrote a letter to the national assembly, requesting to present the estimates of the budget to by 2pm on Tuesday. According to the 2018-2020 medium term […]

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Ekweremadu advocates Visa free regime among Commonwealth nations

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called for a visa-free regime among the Commonwealth member states. He emphasised that the quest for stronger ties in the Commonwealth should “transcend the realms of lip service, insular, and protective tendencies” for the organisation to remain relevant. Ekweremadu made the recommendation on Monday in a […]

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Speaker condoles with Tinubu, says Jide’s death irreparable loss

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2017

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has condoled with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, over the death of his first son, Jide. In series of Tweets on Wednesday, Dogara described Jide’s death as shocking. He said, “I commiserate with our national leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu […]

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NJC receives 1, 124 corrupt cases- CJN

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2017

Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), says the National Judicial Council (NJC) has so far received 1,124 corruption cases from various jurisdictions. Onnoghen said this on Wednesday at the inauguration of the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO). The CJN said the cases were received from the jurisdictions in compliance with