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Lagos Helicopter Crash: AIB Recovers Blackbox, Begins Investigation

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2020

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has recovered the BlackBox of the helicopter that crashed into a residential building in Lagos State on Friday.  Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are moving the wreckage from the scene of the incident as an investigation

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AfDB: Ex-ECOWAS Speaker hails Adesina’s re-election

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2020

Former Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has congratulated President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on his re-election. Reacting to the development, the former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate described Adesina’s reelection as “a landmark victory, not only for

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Breaking: Kogi election: Yahaya Bello, Musa Wada to know Aug. 31

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2020

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed Aug. 31 to deliver judgment in the appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Musa Wada and his party. Wada and PDP are challenging the re-election  of Gov. Yahaya Bello of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Nov.16, 2019 governorship election. The […]

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IGP confirms re-arrest of suspected Ibadan serial killer…warns Oyo command against complacency

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2020

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has confirmed the re-arrest of suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, who escaped from custody days ago. “Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Police Command, have re-arrested the notorious murder suspect, Sunday Shodipe who escaped from lawful custody on 11th August, 2020,” police spokesman Frank Mba said

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This 23-year-old Nigerian is creating a digital collection of African stories for children in different languages

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2020

When Dominic Onyekachi set out to read his 6-year-old niece a story, he did not anticipate that the simple task would lead him to create a digital collection of African stories. After going through her mini library, he found that many of her books were foreign and had very little African representation. Onyekachi told CNN […]

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Senate Grills DPR Over N44.5bn Remittance Out Of N2.4trn Generated

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2020

The upper chamber of the National Assembly on Friday grilled officials of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) over the meagre remittance of N44.5billion into the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2019 out of N2.4 trillion generated. This is even as alleged illnesses stalled the appearance of heads of many of the other revenue generating agencies before […]