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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

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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 […]

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Breaking: N432bn probe, El-Rufai drags Kaduna State House of Assembly to High Court

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2024

Former Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sued the Kaduna State House of Assembly over claims that his administration embezzled N432 billion and left the state with significant debt obligations. The former governor, on Wednesday, filed a fundamental rights enforcement case against the Kaduna State House of Assembly at the Federal High Court in Kaduna. El-Rufai, who […]

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Atiku, Tambuwal, El-Rufai other northern elders plotting to unseat Tinubu – Shehu Sani alleges

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2024

A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said the recent visits by some prominent northern politicians to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, were all plots to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is also the Peoples Democratic Party […]

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Irked by court ruling, Governor Abba Yusuf ordered demolition of palace housing Ado Bayero

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2024

The Kano State Government has ordered the police to remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nassarawa mini palace. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had issued a similar directive when Ado Bayero returned to the state two days after his dethronement. Irked by the development, the governor had ordered the police […]