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How Obasanjo ‘used diabolical acts to double-cross Bisi Akande’ –

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s diabolical double-cross cost Chief Bisi Akande, the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain his second term aspiration. Buhari said Obasanjo’s diabolical acts ended Akande’s governorship aspiration. The

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Buhari inaugurates made-in-Nigeria vessel, other projects in Lagos

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a locally-built Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) 111 in Lagos State.  The vessel was inaugurated on Thursday and built by NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be built by the Nigerian Navy, according to a statement by a presidential aide, Femi Adesina. He quoted his principal as saying during […]

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Buhari writes senate, seeks passage of 2021 finance bill

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking the consideration and passage of the 2021 Finance bill which is expected to guide the implementation of the 2022 budget. In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and read during plenary on Tuesday, President Buhari said that the bill when […]

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Governors beg WHO for intervention over UK, Canada’s travel ban on Nigerians

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2021

Members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have condemned the travel ban imposed on the country by authorities in Canada and the United Kingdom over the report of confirmed cases of omicron COVID-19 variant. In a statement on Tuesday by NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, they described the action of both countries, […]

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Buhari sacks Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) management

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC). Ofem Uket, spokesman of Goddy Agba, Minister of State for Power, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the president also approved a new interim governing board to oversee the day-to-day operations of the […]

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Omicron variant: Again, AfDB President, Adesina fumes, says ban on African countries is apartheid

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2021

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has condemned travel bans placed on African countries over the latest variant of COVID-19, Omicron. “Now that omicron has been found in many non-African and developed countries, why are travels from those countries not banned? Why single out African countries? Singling out African countries […]