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Okonjo-Iweala makes first visit to Nigeria as WTO Director-General + photos

Daily Dispatch March 13, 2021

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has made her first visit to Nigeria since she assumed office. She was received upon her arrival in the country on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir

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Breaking: Former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole Joins APC

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2021

Former House of Representatives Speaker and 2019 Ogun Action Democratic Party (ADP) Governorship candidate, Dimeji Bankole has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He met on Friday with APC chairman, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Gov. Mai Mala Buni in Abuja in company of Jigawa Governor Abubakar Bagudu. The meeting, which

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2023: Tinubu Urged to Join Presidential Race

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2021

Members of the Nigeria Youths Movement for Tinubu (NYMT) have urged the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to join race for the 2023 presidential election. The group maintained that the former Lagos state governor, is the best to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari to consolidate on the gains of the APC administration. Director-general […]

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Breaking: ‘Quoted out of context’: NSA denies arms procurements funds missing

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2021

The Office of the National Security Adviser on Friday denied that funds for arms procurement have gone missing under the former Service Chiefs. The BBC’s Hausa Service had earlier reported that the NSA, Major-General Babagana Monguno, hinted at the missing funds during an interview. “No one knows what happened to the money, but by God’s […]

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Money approved for weapons unaccounted for under Buratai – Monguno….says arms allegedly bought cannot be found

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2021

National Security Adviser Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) has stated government is not aware of how monies meant for the purchase of arms were spent under the immediate past Service Chiefs. He also revealed government cannot also trace the arms claimed to have been bought. Monguno, who made the disclosures in an interview with Hausa […]

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Minister apologises over distress caused by fuel price hike misinformation

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2021

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has apologised to Nigerians for the distress and inconvenience caused by ‘unfortunate information about the hike in fuel price. Sylva in a statement on Friday explained that neither he nor President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the increase in the retail price of petrol to N212 per litre. […]