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Breaking: Ethics Committee Recommends The Suspension of Ndume for 1year

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges has recommended the suspension of a former Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, for one year. The move was contained in a report submitted to the whole house on Wednesday by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Sam Anyanwu. According to the

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Breaking: Senate Summons Sagay Over Comments

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, Professor Itse Sagay have been summoned by the Senate over comments on its activities. Prof. Sagay had on Tuesday said in a newspaper comment that Senate is full of people with questionable characters. Sagay stated this while responding to the refusal on Tuesday of the Senate to […]

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Magu: We Will Not Fight Senate- Presidency

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Presidency has said it will not engage in any form of political and psychological warfare with the National Assembly over the decision of the upper legislative chamber to suspend consideration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees for Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) The Senate suspended consideration of the REC nominees in protest against Ibrahim Magu’s

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Boko Haram Abducts 10 in Borno

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

Defence Corps in Borno, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, said suspected Boko Haram members had invaded Konduga Local Government Area and abducted four women and six youths. Abdullahi said in Maiduguri on Tuesday that the insurgents had also invaded Mittiri, Akalli and Arribbari villages in the same Konduga local government area. “Our intelligence report had indicated that […]

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Letter demanding release of ex-Adamawa Governor, Ngilari on health grounds was forged – Prisons CG,

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

The Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Ja’afaru Ahmed, has denied knowledge of a letter said to have emanated from his office; which demanded for the release of former governor of Adamawa state, Bala Ngilari, from prison custody on health grounds. Just yesterday, an Adamawa High Court presided by Justice Nathan Musa, ordered […]

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BREAKING: ABU VC Appears Before Senate Over Melaye’s Certificate Scandal

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

Senate Committee on Public Petitions, Ethics and Privileges, on Monday began its of Senator Dino Melaye over certificate scandal. In a well attended Committee hearing, the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University,  Professor Ibrahim Garba was personally present on the invitation of the Committee. As a tradition,  Senator Dino Melaye sitting opposite the Committee was