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Farmers In Northern Part Of Nigeria Now Pay Bandits N1.7m As Tax, Harvest Fees To Avoid Attacks

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

Farmers in Northern Nigeria now pay bandits at least N1.7m annually as tax and harvest fees before they can have access to their farms and avoid being abducted. “Our people have stopped going to their farmlands for fear of being kidnapped or killed. Kidnapping has become a common phenomenon in

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Breaking: FG owes 3,504 contractors, Fashola tells National Assembly

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said on Thursday that his ministry owed 3,504 contractors handlings its various housing projects, about N69.9bn. Fashola stated this when he appeared before the joint National Assembly Committee on Housing, to defend his ministry’s 2021 budget estimates. He, therefore, said the N76.4bn allocated to the ministry […]

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Silver Jubille Anniversary: Ilorin Grammar School Old Students Association felicitate with Emir of Ilorin

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

The Ilorin Grammar School Old Students Association has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, CFR, on attainment of Silver Jubilee on the throne of his forefathers The National President of the Old Students Association, Mr. Alabi Folorunsho Owolabi in a statement on Thursday […]

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Breaking: Ex-Ghana President, Jerry Rawlings Dies From COVID:19

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

Former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings is reportedly dead. According to reports from Ghana, the former leader died on Thursday morning after Covid-19 complications.

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‘We Have A Serious Deficit Of Electorate Influence’: Ezekwesili Speaks On #FixPolitics Initiative, Improving Governance

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

Former candidate of the 2019 presidential election, Oby Ezekwesili, is yet again advocating for better governance in Nigeria, as she says more attention has to be given to improve the electoral process in the country. According to her, there is currently a serious deficit of electoral influence in the society and the overall functionality of […]

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Damboa attack carried out by repentant Boko Haram member

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has again reiterated that he disagrees with the Federal Government’s move to rehabilitate and reintegrate repentant Boko Haram members. His position which was the same as that of the committee was made known on Wednesday at the closed-door budget defense session with the Nigerian Army. Ndume […]