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Buhari flags off first oil exploration in North-East

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2022

……says it has attracted over $3m foreign investment President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday flagged off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project in the North-East, the first of its kind in the zone. Buhari said the oil exploration at the Kolmani River located between Gombe and

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Breaking: Court orders INEC to resume voter registration

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2022

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR). Inyang Ekwo, presiding judge, said the exercise ought to last until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Details later ……

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We’ll print 187million ballot papers for presidential poll – INEC

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will print a total of 187million ballot papers. This was made known by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Friday. The Commission had said that preliminary registered voters in Nigeria now stand at 93.5 million, noting that 9,518,188 new […]

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Grass cutter: Babachir Lwal discharged and acquitted

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2022

A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and five others from the N544 million contract fraud offences brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court on Friday held that the anti-graft agency failed to establish a prima […]

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Breaking: Buhari sacks DG NYSC six months after appointment

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2022

Less than six months after assuming office as the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal of Brigadier General Muhammad Kukah Fadah from office. According to PRNigeria, the DG has been ordered to hand over to the most senior civil servant in the scheme. But reasons […]

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Buhari approves N134bn for Military Veterans

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said N134.7 billion has been approved for the payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) to all veterans. The President also announced the donation of N10 million to the Nigerian Legion,  on behalf of the Federal Government, at the launch of the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal […]