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Senate faults NNPC over under-remittance of N3.8trn from crude oil sales

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2021

The Senate on Wednesday at plenary faulted the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over alleged under-remittance of N3.8 trillion revenue from domestic crude oil sales to the Federation Account between January and December 2015. It therefore urged the corporation to desist from

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FEC approves N8.6b for construction of vaccine laboratory, others

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2021

The Federal Executive Council has approved N8.6 billion for the construction of vaccine laboratory, test kits for HIV/AIDS and procurement of medical equipment.The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.According to the

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Nigeria’ll deploy robots, artificial intelligence to fight crime, says Senate

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2021

The Senate on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had established a centre where artificial intelligence and robots would be deployed to fight crime and criminality in Nigeria. The Senate stated this during the consideration of a report on ‘the spate of growing insecurity in Nigeria. The report was submitted by […]

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Breaking: Twitter to shut down Fleets, its vanishing-post format

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2021

Social media giant, Twitter, is set to remove Fleets, its 24-hour expiring feature. The San Francisco-based tech platform said it will remove the feature effective August 3, 2021. Twitter’s reason for shutting down the ephemeral tweet format cannot be unconnected to low usage after its launch just eight months ago. “We’re removing Fleets on August […]

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Security threats in Nigeria becoming more violent, says Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2021

Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the National Early Warning and Response Mechanism. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the Vice […]

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Sunday Igboho, Akintoye, others drag Buhari, Malami others to ICC

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2021

The Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba Self-Determination groups have filed a 27-page petition before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Several leaders of Yoruba Self-Determination groups appended their signatures on the petition sighted by The Nation. The Nation