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Council of State passes vote of confidence in President Tinubu

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2024

The Council of State, comprising former Presidents, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, serving and retired Chief Justices of Nigeria, and State Governors, passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. This decision came during a

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My primary focus is retooling the nation’s economy rather than working on drafting a new Constitution – Tinubu tells visiting Patriots

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2024

President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja received The Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerians, and emphasized that retooling the economy for sustainable growth and development is a major priority of his administration. The President also assured the group that their request for the convening of a national constituent assembly with the mandate to draft […]

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Obasanjo liken Nigeria to “a nation that takes two step forward, one step aside and four steps backward”

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2024

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted on Friday that the country will not progress towards achieving its goals unless leaders and citizens embrace what he termed “moral rearmament.” He also warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder that could explode if the nation fails to take courageous and decisive steps to address its […]

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Wale Edun gives reasons why Tinubu removed fuel subsidy…says govt. spends $600m on fuel importation monthly

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2024

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has revealed that Nigeria spends a staggering $600 million on fuel importation every month. According to him, the high import bill is due to neighboring countries, including those in Central Africa, benefiting from the country’s fuel imports.  In an interview on AIT’s Moneyline […]

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Breaking: I understand your pains, “the country is about to enter a new dawn” -Tinubu pleads

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with his administration, assuring that the country is about to enter a new dawn. Tinubu made this appeal on Wednesday, acknowledging the hardship Nigerians are going through as a result of fuel subsidy removal. He also admitted that an avoidable lag between subsidy removal and […]

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House of Reps bows to oil cabals, dissolve committee investigating importation of adulterated Petroleum products

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2024

The House of Representatives has resolved to dissolve the current ad-hoc Joint Downstream and Midstream Committee investigating the importation of adulterated petroleum products, the non-availability of crude oil for domestic refineries, and other critical energy security issues. At the committee’s inauguration penultimate Monday, the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu,