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[Breaking] Insecurity: IGP launches Operation Restore Peace in S’East

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2021

Following the increase spate of Insecurity in the South East Region, the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba on Tuesday launched Operation Restore Peace(ORP) in the region. Speaking while flagging off ORP at Okpara Square in Enugu on Tuesday, the IGP said the launch was part of

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Breaking: Nigeria Receives €4.2m Ibori Loot – Malami

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2021

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has confirmed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has received *GBP 4,214,017.66* of the loot associated with the family members of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. This is made known by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of […]

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Budget deficit: Buhari seeks NASS approval for $6.183billion

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, urged the Senate to approve a new external loan of N2,343,387,942,848.00, about $6.183billion. Buhari in the letter noted that the loan would be used by the Federal Government to finance the 2021 budget deficit. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the President’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate […]

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Kaduna governor, Nadir El-Rufai declares NLC president Ayuba Wabba wanted

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2021

Comrade Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has been declared wanted, according to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State. Wabba was last seen publicly in Kaduna where he led members of NLC on a protest against policies of El-Rufai’s administration. NLC had led members of affiliate unions on a protest that […]

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Breaking: EFCC arrests ex-Kwara governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2021

The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Sources at the anti-graft agency told Channels Television that the former governor is being questioned by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital. He was said […]

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Insecurity: Devolve powers to state, PDP govs tell Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2021

*Charge FG to deescalate tension in Nigeria…as Makinde hosts PDP Govs Forum The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, on Monday, met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to further review the state of the nation, and insisted that in order to surmount the insecurity challenges facing the country, the Federal Government should devolve powers […]