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Buhari to Nigerians: I have done my best for you

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s size and population are contributory factors in many challenges facing the country, but in many areas, his administration is trying. The Nigerian leader also stated that youths are Nigeria’s hope for a better future, and that his government’s priority

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FG opens Second Niger Bridge Thursday midnight

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2022

Warns against over-speeding The Federal Government has ordered the opening of the Second Niger Bridge for use starting from midnight on Thursday. The Minister of Works, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, stated this on Wednesday, while inaugurating the bridge for use for one month during the Yuletide. Fashola, who took a walk round the bridge during […]

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FG approves UBA, Polaris, others to disburse trapped $350m vessels intervention fund

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally approved the disbursement of $350million Cabotage Vessels Finance Fund (CVFF) to local shipowners, after 17 years the Cabotage Vessel Finance Fund was withheld. Speaking on Monday at the flag-off ceremony of the third phase of the Nigerian Seafarers Development Program (NSDP), held at the Naval dockyard in Lagos, the Minister […]

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Nigeria ‘ll completely eliminate use of petrol, diesel generator — Buhari

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Nigerian government is committed to eliminating the use of petrol and diesel generators in the country by 2060. Speaking during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, Buhari said that the decision has necessitated the deployment of renewable energy, particularly solar at an unprecedented scale. The President stressed

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‘Shine your eyes, don’t be used by politicians’, Wike tells The Church

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2022

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has urged the Church in Nigeria to be vigilant and not allow itself to be used by desperate politicians who desire power at all cost in the 2023 general elections. The governor stated this on Sunday at the St. Paul’s Cathedral, Diobu-Port Harcourt during the Rivers Peoples Democratic Party […]

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Audit query: Reps Committee recommend prosecution of NNPC Chief Accounting Officer, heads of 53 MDAs – Report

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2022

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday called for arrest and prosecution of all Chief Accounting Officers of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited; Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and 51 others over flagrant breach of extant financial regulations and the