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Mace theft: NASS tightens security

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2018

Security was beefed up at the National Assembly complex on Thursday after Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate by some hoodlums, who made away with the mace. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) observed the deployment of heavily-armed security personnel at the complex, who were conducting serious

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Lazy Nigerian youths comment: Frank begs Buhari to apologise …Declares to contest APC National Chairmanship seat

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2018

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to apologise to Nigerian youths over his comments that the country’s young population are lazy but wanted free things. The APC chieftain believe that the government has not given the youth opportunity to serve, hence […]

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Stakeholders Call For ‘Proof Of Life’ After Saldika’s Claims About Remaining Chibok Girls

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

Nigeria is facing calls to establish how many of the missing Chibok schoolgirls are still alive, after claims that nearly 100 of them may have lost their lives in captivity. Parents of the missing girls and supporters gathered in the small town in remote northeast on Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping […]

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Atiku condemn attack on Senate, warns that is a dangerous precedent

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the invasion of the Senate chamber by hoodlums and the carting away of the mace, the symbol of authority. Reacting to the incident in a statement from his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, Atiku described the attack as “a dangerous precedent” and “an assault on Nigeria’s democracy” […]

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FG not implementing 13% derivation in full, says Dickson

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has claimed that the oil-producing states in the country are not getting the complete 13 per cent derivation of revenue derived from oil production as provided for in the Constitution. The Governor said that in spite of the express provisions of the constitution for the disbursement of 13 per […]

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Man kidnaps septuagenarian, demands N5m ransom

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

A 27-year-old man, Aaron Mubo, on Wednesday appeared in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over the alleged kidnap of a septuagenarian and demand of N5 million ransom for his release. Mubo who is standing trial on a two-count of kidnap and demanding ransom, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Seargent Kehinde Omisakin, had told the […]