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FG Launches Central Database For Recovered Stolen Assets

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2020

The Federal Government has launched a central database for the management of recovered assets. The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami during the launch on Thursday, in Abuja, said all the assets that have been recovered by the Federal Government are now tied to specific projects. The launch

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Non-oil tax revenue increases as reforms take root at FIRS

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2020

Despite the national and global economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has continued to record significant increase in collectable tax revenue from the non-oil sector of the economy. Mr. Abdullahi Ismaila AhmadDirector, Communications and Liaison Department, FIRS in a statement issued on Thursday, said, Executive

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Nigeria has always been divided, Presidency replies Obasanjo, Soyinka

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

The Presidency has debunked allegation the administration of President Muhmmadu Buhari has divided Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had alleged Nigeria has never been as divided as it is under Buhari, an allegation backed by Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka. But Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]

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Breaking: El-Rufai signs bill for castration of child rapists

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

Kaduna Governor Nasir el-Rufai has signed into law the Penal Code 2020, which recommends castration of child rapists. A statement on the official Twitter handle of el-Rufai @GovKaduna, declared any male found to have raped a child will henceforth be castrated while female convicts will undergo “bilateral salpingectomy.” It reads: “Malam Nasir @elrufai has signed […]

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Buhari inherited ‘terribly’ divided Nigeria, Presidency replies Soyinka

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says President Muhammadu Buhari inherited a “terribly” divided country from his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015. He said Nigeria had always been divided and there was nothing special about the comments made by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. […]

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How Nigeria can achieve exponential economic growth – Lawan

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said for Nigeria to experience exponential growth in the economy, efforts must be made to strengthen the country’s local capacities particularly against the backdrop of realities that are fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawan made this known on Wednesday at the virtual opening of the Nigerian Content Summit […]