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Tinubu signs new Electricity Act

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2023

…Empowers State To Generate, Distributes Electricity President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2023 Electricity Act. Tinuy signed the new Act to replace the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act of 2005 into a law on Friday at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The newly enacted law will de-monopolise

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Why we visited Tinubu- “PDP G-5”

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2023

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Group of Five (G-5) (comprising both former and incumbent governors) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, who led the group to see the President, said, their visit was about getting Tinubu to join them on the route […]

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Breaking: 25% in FCT case dismissed, lawyer fined N20m

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2023

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the suit filed by residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) demanding an order to stop the swearing-in of the then President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29, for failing to secure at least 25 percent of votes cast in the FCT. The suit was dismissed this morning, June […]

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Appointment: “I’m not too big to serve my country” – Wike says

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2023

The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he would make consultations with his wife and friends to determine whether or not to take up any appointment offer from President Bola Tinubu. Wike, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, insisted that his wife and friends are the set of people he would […]

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Buhari returns assets declaration form CCB

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2023

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau in line with Chapter 6 of the constitution. This was made known by his ex-Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Saturday. According to Shehu, the CCB on Saturday issued a receipt acknowledging the submission […]

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Subsidy: NLC set for show down with FG

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2023

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the federal government up till Wednesday next week to revert to the old price of N185 for the pump price of petrol in the country. Failure to revert to the old price, it warned, would lead to a strike by the workers. The strike, it was added, would […]