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Breaking: Private Jet with over 10 VIPs crash-lands in Ibadan

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2024

A private jet having about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An impeccable source said the jet crash-landed on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR,

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Tinubu should explain NNPCL’s $3.3bn loan deal- Atiku

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2024

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to account for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan. On August 16, 2023, the NNPCL secured a $3.3 billion emergency crude repayment loan — a transaction aimed at supporting the naira and stabilising the

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Presidency speaks on alleged plan to relocate Federal Capital to Lagos

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that there is no plan to relocate the Federal Capital to Lagos. The president spoke through his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement sent to Platforms Africa. “We have noticed how mischief-makers, bent on fueling needless ethnic mistrust, have deliberately misinterpreted the decision of […]

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President Tinubu set to replace suspended Betta Edu, AYADE or Amb Abang on the line

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, unwavering in his commitment to combat corruption, has reportedly set his sights on replacing Edu due to her alleged involvement in financial impropriety within her ministry. A credible source within the Presidency emphasized that Tinubu might not wait for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s final report on the ongoing

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US Secretary of State, Blinken meets Tinubu, pledges $45m security fund for Nigeria, others

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2024

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday that the US would grant an additional $45 million to West African countries as part of a campaign to combat instability, bringing total financing under the year-old initiative to roughly $300 million. Blinken met separately with Presidents Bola Tinubu and Alassane Ouattara of the Ivory […]

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EFCC to arraign Obiano over alleged ₦4bn fraud Wednesday

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will arraign the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on Wednesday, January 24, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged money laundering to the tune of N4,008,573,350. It was gathered on Tuesday that the ex-governor will be arraigned on nine count charges. The […]