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Osinbajo advocates for peace and unity amid insecurity challenges

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

By Oluchi Ihediuche Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has appealed to Nigerian’s to embrace peace and unity as he noted that security challenges being experience in the country were not insurmountable. Osinbajo on Tuesday made the appeal during the revalidation of his membership of the All

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Kankara: Court remands Katsina ex-council boss over students’ abduction

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

More facts emerged on Tuesday that the former caretaker chairman for Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State, Haruna Musa, currently being remanded at a Katsina correctional centre actually has five charges brought against him by the police in connection with the last December abduction of 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. The […]

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NNPC to brief govs audited reports at 25th teleconference meeting

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will be hosting its 25th teleconference meeting and its 2nd this year. According to Asishana Okauru, the Director General of NGF, the meeting, is a single topic agenda where the NNPC would make a presentation on what states should know about NNPC Audited reports. Okauru advised governors to join on Wednesday, […]

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Nigerian Behind Kankara School Children Abduction Surrenders — Report

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

A Nigerian criminal gang leader behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren in northwest Katsina state in December has surrendered to authorities in an amnesty deal, officials said on Tuesday. Auwalun Daudawa led dozens of gunmen who snatched students from their school hostels in the town of Kankara in a crime that sparked global outrage […]

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Buhari justifies construction of rail line linking Niger Republic

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, justified the decision of his regime to construct a rail line linking Nigeria with the Niger Republic despite criticisms that trailed the announcement of the plan. He said connecting Niger Republic through rail would, among other benefits, foster trans-Sahara trade and contribute to the expected gains in the African Continental […]

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FG to begin oil production in Northeast, says Petroleum Minister

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2021

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has revealed plans by the Federal Government to begin oil production in the northeast. Sylva stated this during a recent interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight in Abuja, which aired on Monday. “I have said it a few times that we have found oil in the northeast and we […]