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Just in: Economic sabotage as Port-Harcourt Refinery comes under massive “attack”; proposed take-off threatened

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2024

Port Harcourt Refinery is under a massive attack by a band of youths who invaded the facility and pilfered parts of the strategic oil infrastructure. The development has put the proposed take-off of the refinery, which turn-around maintenance has been virtually completed, in jeopardy. The

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Breaking: LG funds: FG defeats States at S’Court

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2024

The Supreme Court has ruled that States should no longer control local government council funds. The highest court noted in its ruling, read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, that the state administration had been refusing local governments financial autonomy for more than 20 years. According to him, state governors who represent local governments no longer give […]

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Breaking:President Tinubu Removes Taxes, Tariffs on Rice importation, set to import Maize, Wheat

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2024

The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced measures to tackle the skyrocketing food prices nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said  the measures would be implemented over the next 180 days. “A 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for food commodities which includes; suspension of duties, tariffs and taxes

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LGBT Clauses Not In Samoa Agreement Nigeria Signed, Fact-Check By Dipo Awojobi

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2024

Fact-Check has revealed that though the clauses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights in the $150 billion Samoa Agreementwere contained in the initial draft of the Samoa Agreement, but because of protests by some member states, including Nigeria, the European Union (EU) was forced to abolish the clauses in the final document that […]

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Tinubu Gives Governors Seven Days Deadline, Issues Directive On Food Security

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate rollout of the National Construction and Household Support Programme to cover all geo-political zones in the country. President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement he issued on Thursday said the President took the decision to boost agricultural productivity, strengthen the

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How Aso Rock ‘wasted’ N244m on tyres in 24 hours – Investigation

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2024

Nigeria’s seat of power, the State House, spent a whopping N244,654,350 on the purchase and supply of tyres under 24 hours, Daily Trust has reported. Investigation and data on govspend, a portal documenting the Presidential Villa expenditure, according to the Daily Trust, revealed that the State House paid for the supply of an unspecified quantity […]