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Stop seeking endorsement from religious leaders – Kukah tells politicians

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2020

The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, says politicians should not be seeking the endorsements of religious leaders during elections but rather engage the people they intend to serve and sell their objectives to them to make the decision. He also said the people of

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COVID-19: FG again issues directive to churches, mosques

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2020

Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has urged religious leaders to advise their congregations to wear facemask. Mustapha gave the advice, during Mondays’ PTF media briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Expressing displeasure over Nigerians moving about without facemask, Boss Mustapha said that religious leaders and traditional

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Six months after Abule Ado explosion, new evidence shows NNPC’s claim as incorrect

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2020

Six months after a deadly explosion at Abule-Ado area around Festac town in Amuwo Odofin Local Government area of Lagos State left over 20 persons dead and many others injured, a new report by the BBC Africa Eye says government explanation for the accident was incorrect, icir report.  The Sunday, March 15 explosion according to the […]

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APC congratulates Obaseki, gives reasons for Ize-Iyamu’s defeat

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2020

The All Progressives Congress has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki on his re-election as the Governor of Edo State. This was contained in a statement by the chairman of the APC national caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni, on Monday. The statement was released a few hours after Buni and the chairman of the party’s governorship election […]

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How Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram are recruiting Nigerians in North – President Akufo-Addo

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2020

The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram are taking advantage of poverty in North-East Nigeria, to recruit new members. Akufo-Addo stated this on Monday, while on a working visit to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission in Abuja. According to him, the insurgents were also making inroads […]

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Buhari meets with Buni, Ganduje 24 hours after Obaseki’s victory in Edo State

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with the Caretaker Committee members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni and Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Ganduje was Chairman of the APC Campaign Committee for the just concluded Edo governorship election, which saw Governor Godwin Obaseki re-elected for a