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EFCC places Anambra gov, Obiano, on watch list

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2021

Ahead of the March 16, 2022 change of government in Anambra State, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has placed the out-going governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, on  its watch list. In a letter to the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service dated November

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Nigerians to buy petrol at N340 per litre – NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2021

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO) Mele Kyari, petrol will sell for between N320 and N340 per liter from February, next year. Kyayi, who said Nigeria would be out of the subsidy regime in the first quarter of 2022, explained that subsidy would have been eliminated this year, […]

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Subsidy: El-Rufai raises the alarm, says 35 states won’t be able to pay salaries in 2022

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai sounded the alarm on Tuesday that if fuel subsidy was not removed, 35 out of the 36 states of the federation won’t be able to pay salaries of workers in 2022. el-Rufai said governors were ready to support the Federal Government in the elimination of fuel subsidy regime. He spoke […]

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2023 presidency: Tinubu’s seven-point agenda manifesto leaks

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

Amidst a deafening silence from the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his true position on contesting the 2023 presidential elections, a seven-point agenda manifesto confirming the politician’s interest in the presidential poll has surfaced. There has been wild speculations that the two-term former Lagos State governor is

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Buhari suspends new NNPC board inauguration indefinitely

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company. The event which was scheduled to hold on Wednesday has been postponed until further notice. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. Mustapha however, did […]

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Fuel Subsidy Removal: FG to pay 40m Nigerians N5,000 monthly transport fare – Minister

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

In an effort to cushion the effects of the planned removal of fuel subsidy, the Federal Government is set to substitute the subvention with N5000-a-month transportation grant to poor Nigerians. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this on Tuesday, restated that Nigeria would remove fuel subsidy by 2022. Speaking at […]