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Badaru building 27 lodges for corps members in Jigawa

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2018

Jigawa Governor Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar on Tuesday in Dutse laid the foundation for a prototype six-bedroom bungalow to accommodate the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state. Governor Badaru is building 27 of the bungalows, which he called, Corps Members

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Budget Padding: Court mandates Buhari to order prosecution of indicted lawmakers

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2018

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos in a landmark judgement has ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently instruct security and anti-corruption agencies to forward to him reports of their investigations into allegations of padding and stealing of some N481 billion from the 2016 budget by some principal officers of the National Assembly.” The court […]

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Herdsmen attack have switched from ethnic terrorism to full blown persecution of Northern Christians- HURIWA alleges

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2018

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has said that the attack by armed herdsmen targeting the peaceful Catholic Church’s facilities and the shooting of priest and students training for priesthood shows that the attacks have switched from inter-ethnic terrorism to a full blown persecution of Christians of Northern origin. This was as the […]

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Democracy Day: CAN commended military for abiding by the Constitution

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has congratulated the Federal Government and Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day. CAN President, Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, in a statement signed by his spokesman, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, on Monday night also commend the military for abiding by the Constitution. He noted that since May 29, […]

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nPDP threat: Corruption fighting back- Gov. Ganduje

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has described the furore generated by cry of marginalisation by a faction of nPDP as manifestation of corruption fighting back. Dr. Ganduje who spoke in Kano during a parley with representation of media organizations as part of activities marking his 3rd year anniversary said that “it’s certainly not a cry for […]

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Certificate scandal: Group writes Buhari to demand sack of presidential aide

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has written President Muhammadu Buhari, calling for the sack of Okoi Obono-Obla, senior special assistant to the president on prosecution. Obono-Obla is accused of certificate forgery. In a letter dated May 14, 2018, and signed Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA’s national coordinator, the group said the presidential aide