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Tinubu ready to present 2023 supplementary, 2024 budget – Speaker Abbas

Daily Dispatch September 27, 2023

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to present the 2023 supplementary as well as the 2024 Appropriation Bills to the House of Representatives in the coming days. The speaker of the House, Hon Tajudeen Abbas, disclosed this in his welcome address to members on resumption from the two months

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I never wanted to be a politician; I became one by accident —Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2023

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday in Abeokuta said he never wanted to be a politician but only became one by accident. Obasanjo said this while speaking with a group of youths under the aegis of Africa for Africa Youth Initiative (A4A) at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL). The former president stated that the […]

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Breaking: For the second time in a week, National Grid collapses

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2023

The National Grid, serving electricity across the country and managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has collapsed again. Only Delta Power plant was active on the National Grid with 41.00MW as of 12:00 noon today while Afam had 1.7MW. As of 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, power generation had peaked at 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) […]

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Two days after retirement, another CBN Director in DSS net

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2023

The outgoing Finance Director of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Benjamin. A. Fakunle has been arrested and detained by the Department of State Service (DSS) over his role in the seven-year audited accounts of the apex bank alleged to have been fraudulently prepared. Fakunle who retired from the apex bank about two days ago is the latest on […]

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Lagbaja discloses what Boko Haram, ISWAP now do to keep up their activities

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2023

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has noted that members of Boko Haram and Islamic State for West African Province now kidnap for ransom and rob citizens to keep up with their nefarious activities. Lagbaja while speaking during his visit to Maiduguri, Borno State to assess the security situation in the state, […]

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FCT Perm. Sec. vows to deal with Wike, says “Abuja is not Rivers or Port-Harcourt”

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2023

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Adesola Olusade is alleged to have vowed to make the Ministry ungovernable for the Ministerand former governor of Rivers State H.E Nyesom Wike.Olusade, who some staff of the FCT are said to have protested against earlier in the year, is believed to be setting traps for […]