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Northern elders, groups blast Southern governors; reject power shift to south, deadline for implementation of anti-open grazing laws, others

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2021

The Northern Elders Forum and other interest groups on Tuesday slammed the 17 southern governors for demanding power shift to the South in 2023. The southern governors met in Lagos on Monday and reinforced resolutions reached at their May 11 meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital. They

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COVID-19 pushes 124 million people back to poverty, hunger – UN report

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2021

The United Nations (UN) says COVID-19 has magnified the challenges of making the world meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as between 119 to 124 million people have been pushed back into poverty and chronic hunger. SDGs Report 2021, launched on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, showed the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic […]

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Breaking: FIRS makes historic tax haul, rakes in N650 billion in June

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2021

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has raked in over N650 billion in June 2021, the highest revenue realized in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started and the assumption of office of the current management. According to a statement by Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, PhD. Director, Communications and Liaison Department, Executive Chairman, Mr Muhammad Nami, […]

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North-East govs meet in Jalingo, identify challenges, way forward

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2021

Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State on Tuesday played host to the Governors of the six states of the North-East sub-region. The governors arrived Jalingo, the Taraba state capital, under the aegis of the North East East Governors forum. Our correspondent reports that the meeting took place at the Exco Chambers of the government […]

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You’ve saved Nigeria from disintegration – Buhari commends Army

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, commended the Nigerian Army for saving the country from disintegration and demonstrating a high level of professionalism in its operations. The President however charged the Army to evolve new methods of winning the support and confidence of Nigerians. According to Buhari who spoke at the occasion of the Nigerian Army Day […]

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Breaking:Again, bandits attack Katsina community, kill 19, burn houses

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2021

No fewer than 19 people have been reportedly killed at Tsauwa village, Batsari Local Government Area, Katsina State. Residents said the bandits stormed the village around 11.30 p.m on Monday and operated till the early hours of Tuesday. It was learnt that on arrival at the village, the bandits started shooting indiscriminately, resulting in the […]