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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

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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

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SGF, Boss Mustapha warns APC against disappointing Nigerians

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2017

The newly-appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday stated that Nigerians expected so much from the current administration led by Muhammadu Buahri. According to him, since they freely gave the administration their mandate, government officials must ensure they did not disappoint Nigerians. Mustapha, who was appointed on Monday as a

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Profile: Boss Mustapha the Progressive at SGF’s office

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

Mr Boss Mustapha, the new man appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as Secretary to the Government of the Federation is a lawyer and politician. He has been for decades a Progressive, since he joined Nigerian politics in the late 1980s. The man who is fondly called “Boss”,  replaced Babachir David Lawal, another Adamawa son who […]

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EFCC begs court not to order Diezani Alison-Madueke’s return to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos not to order the return of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. The anti-graft agency described Diezani’s prayer to be brought back to Nigeria as a ploy to escape justice in the UK, […]