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How USAID funded Boko Haram – Scott Perry, US lawmaker

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2025

A United States lawmaker, Scott Perry, has accused the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, of funding terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda. Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania, made these claims on Thursday during the first hearing of the

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Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere leader, passes at 96

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2025

A luminous epoch in sociopolitical and cultural crusading has come to a terminus, in a celebratory fashion, with the passing of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a prominent leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation. THE CONCLAVE reports that the transition of Adebanjo is not death in the real sense, but a vista to a celebration of […]

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LEAKED AUDIO]: I’m Happy Yar’Adua died – el-Rufai

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2025

A leaked audio recording has surfaced online, in which former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, stated that he was happy about the death of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. In the audio, which was obtained by DAILY NIGERIAN, el-Rufai alleged that Yar’Adua had planned to have him injected and infected with a combination of HIV […]

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Nigeria to have 67 states

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2025

Bearing any changes, Nigeria may have 67 states. In view of this, the House of Representatives has received proposals to create 31 new states in Nigeria, spanning the six geo-political zones of the country. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who is also the Chairman of the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, presented […]

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Ex-presidents gives conflicting evidences in $2.3bn arbitration over Mambilla power project

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2025

Former Nigerian Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari reportedly gave conflicting accounts in their evidence-in-chief before the International Chamber of Commerce [ICC], an Arbitration Tribunal with its juridical seat in Paris, France. The Arbitration is in respect of the $6 billion Mambilla Power Project awarded to Sunrise Power. The dispute centres on the

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“I believe he has more information on Bola Ige’s death,”- Akande

Daily Dispatch February 3, 2025

Former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, has raised fresh concerns about the unresolved assassination of former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, asserting that former Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja, may have vital information regarding the murder. In an explosive interview with the ace broadcaster, Edmund Obilo, […]