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Senate wants FG to immortalise Kutigi

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to immortalise late former Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Idris Kutigi, by naming a national monument after him. Kutigi died on Saturday in a London hospital at the age of 78 years. The senate’s resolution to

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Trade war: Godwin Emefiele calls for policies to protect Nigeria’s economy

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Wednesday said that Nigeria should take a cue from the ongoing global trade way by adopting policies to protect the local economy. Emefiele made this call while delivering the keynote address at the annual CBN seminar for finance correspondents and business editors in Lokoja, Kogi […]

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Reps Pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The lawmakers passed the bill at Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja after they adopted the report by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A member of the chamber from Gombe State, Aishatu Dukku, presented the report […]

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Pensioners threaten to picket PTAD

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2018

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Tuesday in Abuja gave a 21-day ultimatum to government to pay arrears of pensions owed them and also increase the minimum being paid, in line with the impending review of minimum wage. Mr Abel Afolayan, the NUP National President made the demands at a news conference in Abuja. […]

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Buhari’s second term will hasten chances of Igbo presidency – Group

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

Igbo leaders in Lagos APC said on Wednesday that voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in the upcoming presidential elections would hasten the chances of the Igbo, clinching the presidency in the near future. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the group, led by the Lagos APC Spokesman, Joe Igbokwe, made the declaration at an […]

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We have no preferred candidate for 2019 elections –American official

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

The United States of America has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in 2019. A political officer in the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Franz, said this during a visit to Katsina State Government House on Wednesday in Katsina. Franz said that the USA was, however, […]