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How Tinubu stabbed me in the back – El-Rufai explodes

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2023

Contrary to insinuations in some quarters, President Bola Tinubu actually promised the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, not just a ministerial slot but the portfolio of the new Federal Ministry of Energy. Following the cast iron assurance by Tinubu, el-Rufai thereafter

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“We struck to starve off imminent threat that would have affected not only Niger but also Nigeria”…Niger junta declares

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2023

General Abdourahmane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, has said the military take over in his country saved Nigeria of an imminent disaster. According to Sheik Bala Lau, Chairman of Jam’atul Izalatu Bida Waikamatu Sunnah, Tchiani said this during a meeting that a Nigerian delegation of clerics had with the junta in Niamey, Niger’s capital, […]

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I warned against ‘Emilokan’ politics, says Tunde Bakare

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2023

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, told his congregation on Sunday that he warned against the “Emilokan” kind of politics. Emilokan, a Yoruba saying, meaning ‘It’s my turn,’ became very popular when it was used by President Bola Tinubu during his 2023 pre-election campaign. Bakare, during a State of […]

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How CBN paid N155b as furniture and housing allowance to staff

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said staff allowances gulped N155.63 billion in 2022. The bank disclosed this in its audited financial statements for 2016-2022 released on Thursday. The regulator said the financial statements of the last seven years — posted on its website — had been approved by its board in accordance with […]

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“Call to overthrow President Tinubu not only unpatriotic, but wicked” – DHQ

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2023

The Defence Headquarters has reacted to a call on the Military to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The call was contained in a report on welfare issues in the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Reacting to the call on Saturday in a statement, the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, said it was not only unpatriotic, […]

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War imminent as ECOWAS orders military action against Niger junta

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2023

The Economic Community of West African States has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday. It also called on the African […]