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Saraki on 2018 budget: I wonder if technocrats want to embarrass FG

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2017

Senate President Bukola Saraki says he “sometimes wonders” if technocrats want to embarrass the federal government. He said this in reaction to the assumptions the N8.6 trillion 2018 budget proposal is predicated on. Citing an example, the senate president wondered why the budget would be

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Maina’s request to meet Buhari is an insult to Nigeria, says Sagay

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2017

Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), says Abdulrasheed Maina’s request to meet President Muhammadu Buhari is an insult to the country. Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, has expressed his desire to meet with the president and said he could fetch the government N3 trillion. Reacting

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Aisha Buhari: You’re suffering from memory loss- APC chieftain tells Omokri

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2017

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia State, Engr. Nwabueze Onwuneme, has attacked a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, over an article credited to him in a national daily, where he tried to draw similarities between the wife of ousted Zimbabwe President, Grace Mugabe and Mrs. […]

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Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2017

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The FEC meeting which commenced at exactly 10:55 a.m. had in attendance Ministers of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Science and Technology, Mr Ogonnaya Onu. Others were Ministers of Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Inelema;

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African leaders must shun divisive politics – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has charged African Leaders to refrains from politics that divide the Continent. Speaking at the swearing in of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, Osinbajo said that politics of division would cause more problems for Africa than it can solve. This is contained in a statement issued by Laolu Akande, […]

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2,000 people killed by herdsmen in Benue – Group

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2017

Over 2000 men, women and children have been allegedly killed with 40 major and deadly attacks reportedly carried out by herdsmen in 14 of the 23 local government areas of Benue State between 2013 and 2016. The three principal Socio-cultural groups in the state, Mdzough U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi Ny’Igede made the […]