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Breaking: NJC recommends Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as CJN

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2024

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). The NJC also recommended 27 candidates for appointment as judges of state courts and one as Kadi of the Sharia

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Dangote in fresh trouble for increasing $40m fertilizer plant to $150m as FG, contractors kick

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2024

CONTROVERSIAL richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has allegedly swindled the Nigerian Government of the huge sum of NGN5billion, an equivalent of $3,144,654.09 USD by padding the money used in building the fifty kilometers Gas Pipeline connecting the fertilizer company at Ibeju lekki, Lagos Nigeria, to The Gas Pipeline was constructed under Build, Operate […]

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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 National Council of State meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, […]

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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 […]