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Why uploading of 2023 presidential election results failed – INEC

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shed light on the technical glitch that prevented the upload of presidential election results on the INEC Result Viewing (IREV) portal during the 2023 general elections. According to INEC, the issue was caused by an unanticipated system

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Alleged FBN Fraud: Oba Otudeko reportedly leaves Nigeria amid EFCC investigation

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2025

Less than 24 hours after boasting that he would defend his integrity in court, multi-billionaire business investor and former chairman of the First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), Oba Otudeko, has fled from Nigeria. His departure was a sequel to media reports of his imminent arrangement in connection with N12.3 billion fraud in First Bank of […]

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Fed up with outages, Dangote, NNPCL, 248 firms ditch discos generate independent power

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2025

As the country battles incessant blackouts, about 250 manufacturers and academic institutions have abandoned their respective power distribution companies to generate their own electricity. The organisations, many of whom are bulk electricity users, shunned the national grid to generate reliable electricity for themselves. This is coming amid the high cost of electricity,

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FG announced what $53m Diezani loot repatriated from US will be used for.

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2025

Close to $53m (£43m) in alleged illicit funds recovered from Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke among others will be used to fund public services, the country’s justice ministry says. The money is being sent back to Nigeria from the US, whose authorities allege that Alison-Madueke enriched herself, and others, while leading Nigeria’s

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Court orders all Nigerian banks to blacklist Nduka Obaigbena from financial transactions over $718 million FBN debt

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2025

The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has ordered all banks operating in Nigeria to blacklist media executive Nduka Obaigbena and members of his family over alleged debt to First Bank of Nigeria. The December 30, 2024 Mareva order also sought to prevent Mr Obaigbena from moving any assets linked to him from the […]

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Police issue 4 safety advice as FCT Bomb Squad confirms IED explosion, 2 killed – Photos

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2025

The FCT Police Command has confirmed what it deecribed as a tragic incident involving a suspected bomb explosion that occurred on January 6, 2025, at approximately 11:00 AM at the Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School, located in Kuchibuyi Village, Byazhin area of the FCT. SP Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, Abuja, confirmed […]