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Tinubu Swears In Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibok-ete Ibas

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (rtd.) as the Sole Administrator of Rivers State. The administrator was sworn in following a short meeting with the president on Wednesday afternoon. Tinubu announced the appointment of the retired naval chief at a nationwide

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Rivers crisis: President Tinubu, Service Chiefs, IGP, others in closed-door meeting

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2025

President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a closed-door meeting with top security officials, including the Service Chiefs and Inspector-General of Police, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. In attendance are key lawmakers, such as Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and Deputy Speaker

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Breaking: Speakership crisis: Mudasiru Obasa makes a shocking claim

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2025

Embattled former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa has made a shocking claim: his successor, Mojisola Meranda, has resigned. Obasa, who was removed by 36 of the 40-member House, insists he’s still the rightful Speaker. He alleges that Meranda announced her resignation at a meeting with Lagos APC leaders in Marina ¹. Obasa […]

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Court orders final forfeiture of Emefiele’s $4.7m, N830m, property

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2025

A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of $4.7 million, N830 million, and property linked to Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Yellim Bogoro, the presiding judge, granted the final forfeiture application brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a judgement delivered on […]

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S’Court Dismisses Fubara’s Appeal Challenging Amaewhule-Led Assembly 

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2025

A five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji has dismissed the appeal filed by the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, challenging the leadership of the Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji while dismissing the appeal awarded a cost of two million naira against the […]

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Buhari claims: “I didn’t enrich myself as president, I feed from my Kaduna house rent”

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2025

Former President Muhammadu Buhari says he now lives on money he earned from renting out one of his two houses in Kaduna State. Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s president between 2015 and 2023, stressed that he did not corruptly enrich himself as president. The former president said this over the weekend while addressing the All […]