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I have not defected to APC – Umahi

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2020

Ebonyi Governor Dave Umahi has denied reports making the rounds he has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). A House of Representatives from Ebonyi, Chinedu Ogah had claimed on Saturday the Governor had defected to the APC. Ogah, who is the only APC

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Breaking: #EndSARS: Thugs attack Oyetola’s convoy

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2020

Thugs on Saturday attacked vehicles in the convoy of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, while he was addressing #EndSARS protesters in Osogbo, the state capital. The hoodlums vandalised some of the vehicles in the governor’s convoy as his security aides ferried him to safety after a stampede. The Senior Special Assitant to the governor on […]

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Breaking: Armed thugs attack #ENDSARS protesters in Abuja

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2020

Some hoodlums on Saturday in Abuja attacked and disrupted the peaceful #ENDSARS protest injuring many protesters in the process. The protesters who have gathered under the Kubwa flyover a suburb of Federal Capital Territory ( FCT ) in continuation of their agitation against police brutality and oppression. The youths had early in the morning blocked […]

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Breaking: Many feared dead in tanker explosion at Otedola bridge

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2020

There has been a tanker explosion on the popular Otedola Bridge in Lagos State. A tanker laden with fuel exploded in the early hours of Saturday. The number of casualties could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it has responded to distress […]

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WTO D-G: ‘I feel the wind behind my back’- Okonjo-Iweala

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2020

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala voiced confidence Friday in her quest to lead the crisis-wracked World Trade Organization after all of Africa backed her candidacy, vowing she would champion reform. “I feel the wind behind my back,” she told a virtual press briefing after the 55-member African Union officially supported her over her sole remaining opponent, Yoo […]

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Breaking: Awolowo’s daughter Mrs. Oyediran dies

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2020

Rev Tola Oyediran, the eldest child of late Western Region Premier, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is dead. She passed on around noon on Friday October 16, 2020 at 79 years. She was billed to celebrate her 80th birthday on December 1. Until her death, she was the Chairman, Board of Directors of African Newspapers of Nigeria […]