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Breaking: Petrol price may rise as landing cost hits N180 per litre

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

There were indications, Monday, that stakeholders would soon emerge with a new price of petrol as the landing cost of the product rose from N151 to N180 per litre, due mainly to rising price of crude oil in the international market. The rise of crude oil price from $58 to more than $63 per

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Senate President, Lawan congratulates Okonjo-Iweala on her emergence as WTO DG

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, congratulates Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her emergence as the first African and first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization ( WTO). Lawan also congratulates Nigeria on  the latest feat of its great daughter on the international stage. He applauds the quiet but dogged diplomacy of Nigeria and the […]

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WTO job: Buhari congratulates Okonjo-Iweala

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has no doubt that Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will excel in her new position as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Following the confirmation of her appointment on Monday, President Buhari on behalf of the Federal Government and all Nigerians, warmly felicitated with Dr. Okonjo-Iweala on her

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Okonjo-Iweala named WTO boss

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named the director-general of World Trade Organisation.x Okonjo-Iweala is the first African and first woman to lead the organisation. She could have been installed as the boss of WTO late 2020 but the then American president Donald Trump threw its weight behind South Korea Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee. Months after […]

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Omisore defects to APC

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

The former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore on Monday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Omisore had earlier arrived his polling Unit at Ward 6 in Ile-Ife to officially defect to the ruling party and subsequently pick his membership card. Omisore contested 2018 governorship poll on the platform of the Social Democratic […]

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FG Delegation, Service Chiefs Meet Northern Governors And Leaders Over Security Challenges

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2021

A delegation of the Federal Government and the newly appointed service chiefs on Monday met with northern governors. The meeting which was held in Kaduna State had in attendance governors of Kaduna, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto, and Plateau states. The National Security Adviser (NSA) Babagana Monguno, northern traditional rulers, clerics were also part