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ICPC, FIRS seek collaboration with EFCC in tackling corruption

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, have called for increased synergy between the agencies and the EFCC in combating corruption. The ICPC resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner in charge of Makurdi, Benue

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‘Ramadan is a time for higher virtues of love, kindness and generosity, says VP Osinbajo.’

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday urged Nigerians to recommit themselves to the unity and peace of the country. He also asked Nigerian Muslims not to see the ongoing Ramadan fast as merely a season of abstinence from food, drink and worldly pleasures. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, […]

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FEC approves N20.1bn contract for Customs equipment

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a total of N20,114,002871 for acquisition of various operational equipment for the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the

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Obaseki: FG denies printing N60billion to support March allocation

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning Zainab Ahmed has debunked claims by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki that the Central Bank of Nigeria printed an additional N50billion to N60billion to make up for state allocations. The Minister said this on Wednesday at a briefing after the 41st virtual Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]

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Why there is increased borrowing since 2015 – DMO, DG

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

The federal government has said the increased level of borrowing since 2015 was due to the collapse in revenues from crude oil. Patience Oniha, Director General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Nigeria made this known on Wednesday. She stated that the level of new borrowing started trending downwards from 2018 up to the first […]

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Seven years after, Zulum says Chibok girls’ll be recovered

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has said the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, a town in the state, as well as other abductees, will be safely recovered. Zulum said this in a statement seven years after the Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists while they were preparing for their exams at a […]