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Jonathan-led ECOWAS mediation team confident Mali will soon return to civilian rule

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2021

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, leader of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediation team has said that he has no doubt that Mali’s post-coup interim administration would hand over power to civilians within the agreed 18-months deadline. Jonathan, who was

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Nigeria has not recovered from civil war – Kukah

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2021

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Rev Matthew Kukah has said Nigeria has not recovered from wounds of the civil war, 51 years after the unfortunate event. He also lamented the leaders have not learnt instructive lessons from the 30-month war. The activist-cleric, who spoke at the second edition of the ‘Never Again Conference” said the […]

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Deaths: Ranks of nation’s leadership depleted – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2021

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has lamented that the nation’s ranks of dedicated and resourceful patriotic leaders have been depleted by the spate of deaths across the country. Obasanjo said that resourceful patriots who served the nation in various capacities including, the late Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu, rtd. had succumed to the cold hands […]

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Criticise us fairly, Buhari tells Nigerian elite

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, asked those who have been criticising his regime, particularly the nation’s elite, to be fair in their criticism. In criticising his regime, Buhari said critics should first consider the state of the country he inherited in May 2015. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, […]

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Breaking: Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict get COVID-19 vaccine— Vatican

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2021

Both Pope Francis and his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, have received the coronavirus vaccine, the Vatican said on Thursday. “I can confirm that as part of the vaccination program of the Vatican City State, as of today, the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has been administered to Pope Francis and to the Pope […]

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Security checklist, as Nigeria marks Armed Forces Remembrance Day – Presidency

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2021

January 15 every year is commemorated as Armed Forces Remembrance Day. As the milestone is marked this year, it also provides ample opportunity to chronicle current landmark achievements by our military in tackling security challenges in the land, towards fulfilling the constitutional requirement of Government guaranteeing the