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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

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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 […]

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Holiday Allowance: Ministerial nominee allegedly gave Akpabio N1 billion to share with the lawmakers – Report

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2023

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, made news headlines on Wednesday after he mistakenly exposed on live television that the lawmakers would be getting a token for their recess. Akpabio disclosed that the token had been sent to the lawmakers to enjoy their holiday, a comment that raised eyebrows at the Senate plenary. Recall that the Red […]

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Okonjo-Iweala denies being threatened after visiting Tinubu

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2023

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has debunked alleged statement claiming that she is being attacked for visiting President Bola Tinubu. The former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance in a post on Twitter on Wednesday evening, described the statement which she said was being circulated on WhatsApp as “wickedly false designed […]

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Live broadcast: Akpabio mistakenly announces ‘enjoyment allowance’ for lawmakers +video

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2023

Senate President Godswill Akpabio bit more than he could chew when he mistakenly disclosed that money had been sent to his colleagues “to enjoy your holiday”. Forgetting that the proceeding was being captured on live camera, the senate president spoke confidently.  “As soon as Senator Umahi takes his oath of office, we shall rearrange the […]