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Buhari signs Petroleum Industry Bill into law in State House

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2021

According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari is working from home in line with the five days’ quarantine as required by the presidential steering committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on August 13.Adesina said the president assented to the bill on

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Breaking: Ataga family hires Ozekhome, accuses Lagos CP, others of complicity

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2021

The family of Super TV CEO, Michael Usifo Ataga, who was brutally murdered on June 15, 2021 in a serviced apartment in upscale Lekki, Lagos, has briefed fiery Constitutional Lawyer and renowned Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), to protect and defend its interests “to ensure that justice is duly served in the matter, […]

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Students of Agriculture College, teachers, others in Zamfara kidnapped

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2021

Gunmen have abducted some students and teachers at the College of Agriculture and Animal Health in Bakura, Zamfara state. Aliyu Bakura, deputy registrar of the college, confirmed the development to BBC Hausa. “Last Sunday night around 10pm they entered and opened fire and took away 15 students and a teacher and his wife and two […]

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Breaking: Ondo Federal Lawmaker, ‘Expensive’ is dead

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2021

The lawmaker representing Akure South and Akure North federal constituency in Ondo State, Adedayo Omolafe also known as Expensive is dead. Omolafe was elected to the House of Representatives in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was a former Chairman of Akure South Local Government Area of the State during […]

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Jigawa bridge collapse kills 21

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2021

At least 21 persons were reported killed on Sunday as a bridge collapsed in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Residents said the bridge collapsed following heavy flooding. The chairperson of Jigawa Civil Society Forum, Musbahu Basirka, told PREMIUM TIMES that the victims were travelling in a Hummer commuter bus from Kano to Adamawa […]

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Video: Massive surrender at Mafa as Nigerian Military receives 1,500 ISWAP-Boko Haram members

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2021

The Nigerian Military has so far received about 1,500 Commanders and members of ISWAP-Boko Haram in a massive surrender orchestrated by a special intelligence-driven operation by the Nigerian Army. A video clip obtained by PRNigeria showed a mass of the repentant terrorists, their family members comprising women and children, filing out (in a straight line) […]