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Justice Tanko Muhammad seeks Executive, Legislature partnership to restructure judiciary

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2019

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammed has called for collaboration between the three tiers of government to reposition the judiciary. Justice Tanko who spoke at the red Chambers on Wednesday while addressing Senators on his confirmation as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria

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Ministerial list: Buhari drops Dalung, Shittu, Kachikwu, Dambazau, Udoma, Ngige, Ogbeh, as Fashola, Amaechi, Lai Mohammed, Oshiomhole makes the list

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari may submit ministerial list to the Ahmad Lawan-led Senate this week, Freedom Online learned Sunday night. It was also gathered that about 45 per cent of former cabinet members will return to take Buhari’s policies to the ‘Next Level’. Of course, the list is as controversial as it is surprising to some […]

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30 bus passengers kidnapped

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2019

About 30 bus passengers were abducted by Cameroon’s armed separatists on Friday along Fundong-Bamenda highway in the Northwest. The area is one of the two war-torn English-speaking regions of Cameroon. “Three transport buses left Fundong for Bamenda and were stopped at Belo by armed separatists,” Samuel Nkwain, a driver who witnessed the incident, told Xinhua. […]

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Buhari at Jaji, says “we’re winning war against terror”

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Jaji, Kaduna State, said Nigerian Armed Forces and their allies are winning the war against terror. Addressing Graduation Ceremony of Senior Course 41 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) in Jaji, Buhari commended the collaboration with neighbouring countries in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists, noting that

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Reps move to appease Shiite over El-Zak Zaky’s continued detention

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2019

By: Ene Ikpa The House of Representatives has rqesolved to as a matter of urgency engage the Shitte Islamic sect with the aim of addressing their grievances The resolution is coming against the backdrop of the the invasion of the National Assembly by hundreds of aggrieved members of the sect protesting against the detention of […]

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172 million People in ECOWAS sub region lack access to electricity

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2019

 By Punarimam Fehintola More than 172 million people in West Africa do not have access to electricity. The figure represents 58% of the 330 million people who lack electricity in the region. The Executive Director, ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, ECREEE,  Mr. Mahamah Kappiah gave the indication in a presentation during an […]