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OAU to honour Kagame, Shobanjo, Oramah, Awosika

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2019

Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, as well as three other eminent Africans are to be honoured at the 44th convocation of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. A statement issued on Wednesday in Ile-Ife by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, said another eminent

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Akeredolu Overburdens Ondo People With Heavy Taxation~PDP

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2019

……. Government Is Prudent With State Resources, APC Replies Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been accused of overburdening residents of the state with multiple taxation, thereby aggravating the spate of poverty in the state Zadok Akintoye, the Media and Publicity Secretary of the PDP, while speaking with Members of Nigeria Guild of Investigative

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FG commends Amaechi on Daura transport university

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari commended the Federal Ministry of Transportation for convincing the China civil engineering company (CECCC) to construct a university of transportation in Daura, Katsina state. He made the commendation during the groundbreaking ceremony of the newly established university in Daura on Monday. According to the President, the university would bring

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Borders closure: Afe Babalola urges Nigerians to endure hardship in the country’s interest.

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2019

The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has implored Nigerians to endure the economic hardship brought by the partial closure of land borders in the country’s interest. Babalola said the Federal Government’s initiative was in the best security and economic interest to revamp the nation’s industries and give local entrepreneurs […]

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Zamfara Assembly Cancels Pensions for Former Governors, Deputies

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

The Zamfara House of Assembly on Tuesday abolished a law that allowed the payment of pension and other allowances for state’s former governors and their deputies. The spokesperson of the state’s assembly, Mustapha Jafaru, in a statement to journalists said the ‘abolished’ law also affects ex-speakers of the house of assembly and their deputies. The […]

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3 men wrongfully convicted of murder set free after 36yrs in Prison

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland have been exonerated in the killing of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case, according to Aljazeera.com reports. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released on Monday from custody hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped the charges. They were […]