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Senate rejects NIS 2017 budget endorsed by Sacked Senator

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2017

A Senator sacked by the Court of Appeal, Gorge Sekibo, has appended his signature on the report of the Senate Committee on Interior for the 2017 Internally Generated Revenue and Expenditure of the Nigerian Immigration Service. Sekibo was removed from Senate by Court of Appeal, the final arbiter

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North not afraid of restructuring, says Tambuwal

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2017

The Governor of Sokoto State, Mr Aminu Tambuwal, announced in Kaduna on Wednesday that “the north is not afraid of restructuring of Nigeria’’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tambuwal’s statement comes against the backdrop of intense clamour by opinion leaders in Nigeria that the country should be restructured forthwith to make progress. […]

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2019: Makarfi, Ali disagree on PDP zoning

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2017

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali and the caretaker chairman Ahmed Makarfi, have taken different stances on the party’s zoning for 2019 presidency. PDP has zoned its chairmanship slot to the South and the presidential ticket reserved for aspirants from the North. The party leaders, at a consultative meeting […]

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Fani-Kayode blasts Junaid Mohammed for calling IPOB members “bastards”

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2017

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lashed out at Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, who has described the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as “bastards” , if they can’t cause another civil war in their struggle to actualize Biafra. Fani-Kayode, in a tweet on Tuesday, warned Mohammed not to use “this type of languge. He wrote: […]

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Why I will keep pushing for single-tenure Presidency – Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2017

The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has explained why he is maintaining his advocacy for a single-term presidency of five or six years for Nigeria and other African countries. According to him, single tenure Presidency would deepen democracy and good governance in the continent. Ekweremadu spoke while delivering a lecture entitled: ‘Constitutionalism and the

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2019: We’re ready to die says Wike

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2017

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he is ready to lay down his life if it will ensure victory for the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections. Wike said this in the latest issue of ‘The Interview,’ a monthly magazine. The governor said one of the reasons the then President, Goodluck Jonathan, […]