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FG to states: Domesticating NCoA, mandatory for 2021 performance-based grants

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

The Federal Government has urged state governments to rededicate efforts towards domesticating the National Chart of Account, NCoA, to qualify for the 2021 performance-based grants. The grant is under the States’ Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability, SFTAS, Programme for

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Sultan turbans 3 sons of late Dasuki, 17 others

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Sunday, turbaned no fewer than 20 dignitaries, including three sons of the 18th Sultan of Sokoto, late Ibrahim Dasuki, with traditional titles of the caliphate. The turbaning ceremony took place at the Sultan’s palace, in the ancient city of Sokoto and seat of the caliphate. The event […]

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Why bandits attacking Kaduna – El-Rufai

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that the state government has no money to pay bandits amid the renewed attacks by armed groups in the state. He stated that the recent bandits’ attacks on communities in the state were a result of the government’s decision that it would not negotiate with them. “We have […]

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At 69: Buhari advises Oshiomhole to eschew politics of division and acrimony

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday advised a former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to eschew politics of division and acrimony among others as he is getting close to becoming a septuagenarian. Buhari made the call while congratulating Oshiomhole on his 69th birthday. His congratulatory message was contained in a statement

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Obasanjo, Sheikh Gumi urges FG to establish special court to try bandits, kidnappers

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, met on Sunday to discuss and propose possible solutions to the security challenges in Nigeria. The meeting, which held at the residence of the former president in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, was part of efforts to find solutions to the menace of banditry, […]

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Buhari’s legacy in grave danger, says Tunde Bakare

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2021

The presiding Pastor and General Overseer of the Citadel Global Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has stated the legacy of President Muhammadu Buhari is in grave danger of being confined to an unsavoury side of history. Bakare stressed he is being compelled to speak out given the state of the nation, arguing Nigeria is in a […]