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Obaseki signs N183.7bn budget for 2019 …as Edo Assembly reviews estimate upward by 4.3%

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2018

  Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, signed the N183.7 billion 2019 Appropriation Bill passed by the Edo State House of Assembly into law. The budget estimate, earlier pegged at N175 billion, was reviewed upward to N183,744,326,962.19 by the House of Assembly to provide

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Breaking: Manchester United confirms Solskjaer as caretaker manager

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2018

Manchester United has confirmed its former striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer caretaker manager until the end of the 2018/19 season. He replaces Jose Mourinho who was sacked on Tuesday. Many news sources rightly predicted Solskjaer’s appointment after an inadvertent leak on the club’s website. Solskjaer scored 126 goals in 366 appearances for United between 1996 and […]

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Breaking: Protesting NASS workers disappear as Buhari presents 2019 budget

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2018

The atmosphere at the National Assembly is calm as President Muhammadu Buhari presents the 2019 Appropriation Bill to the legislature today. The President is scheduled to arrive at 11am and lay the budget before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. Men of the Nigeria Police and operatives of the Department of […]

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Breaking: CUPP withdraws call for boycott of Buhari’s budget presentation

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

The Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday withdrew its recent call on federal lawmakers to boycott the Wednesday joint session of the National Assembly during which President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to present the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The coalition’s first national spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement made available to journalists said the

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NASS withdraw N10billion from CBN – PASAN alleges

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2018

The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria said it has uncovered the withdrawal of over N10 billion from the Account of the National Assembly with the Central Bank of Nigeria. The workers said on Monday that a memo from the CBN to the Management of the National Assembly showed that the amount was available while their […]

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201 FRSC mobile courts to begin sitting Monday, Corps Marshal reveals

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2018

The 201 mobile courts set up by the Federal Road Safety Commission nationwide to prosecute traffic offenders  during the yuletide season, will begin sitting on Monday, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal of the FRSC, who was on a nationwide tour, disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan during his visit to Oyo State, in an effort […]