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Banditry attacks: Nigeria lost 240 lives during Ramadan month-Report

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2021

During the just concluded holy month of Ramadan, states in North Western Nigeria witnessed several waves of attack orchestrated by the notorious terror-bandits in several communities. Not minding the holy month of Ramadan, which is characteristically, marked by fasting, praying, peace and

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Atiku to governors: Convene national unity summit and stop wasting your time on FG

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2021

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has advised Nigerian governors to convene a national unity summit “to iron out the thorny issues” affecting the country. He said the governors should stop waiting for the federal government to act, while urging them to work together irrespective of tribe, religion, or political affiliations. Atiku’s counsel is coming in the […]

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Insecurity: Give military modern weapons to fight – IBB advises Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2021

Former Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to equip the military with modern weapons to tackle insecurity. Babangida said the Federal Government should also train the military in the use of modern weapons. He stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa Services. According to Babangida: “Provide them […]

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Anxiety as NNPC, marketers await FG, labour on petrol price

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2021

There was anxiety on Sunday in the petrol market over what would be outcome of the deliberations between the Federal Government and the Organised Labour. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), according to its Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari prefers full cost recovery for the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol where the corporation be […]

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SERAP writes Lawan, Gbajabiamila, seeks probe of missing N4.1bn NASS funds

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2021

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written to the Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to probe a missing 4.1 billion naira budgeted for the National Assembly. The agency asked both government officials to “use their good offices to urgently probe and refer to appropriate anti-corruption

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Workers protest: We’ll wait for you, El-Rufai replies NLC

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2021

Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) are gearing up for a showdown following a directive by the labour union to all its affiliates to join the five-day warning strike. The warning strike, which starts by midnight on Sunday, is in protest against mass disengagement and other alleged anti-labour policies of the […]