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Breaking: Abuja-Kaduna train attackers’ negotiator Tukur Mamu arrested in Egypt

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2022

Alhaji Tukur Mamu, who was negotiating between bandits and the families of abducted passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train, has been reportedly arrested in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Tukur Mamu according to reports was arrested alongside his family members on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser

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Truss appoints a Nigerian, Kemi Badenoch, others as cabinet members

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2022

British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has appointed Kemi Badenoch as a member of her team in a cabinet reshuffle after she (Truss) assumed office on Tuesday. A tweet posted to the verified Twitter page of the UK Prime Minister, @10DowningStreet, on Tuesday, stated that Badenoch was appointed as the Secretary of State for International Trade […]

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2023-2025 MTEF: FG to spend N19.76trn in 2023 as fuel subsidy ends June next year

Daily Dispatch August 29, 2022

The federal government has proposed an aggregate expenditure of N19.76 trillion for the 2023 financial year, with a projected deficit of N11.30 trillion. The government has also projected the total revenue of N8.46 trillion, out of which N1.9 trillion is expected to come from oil-related sources while the balance will be from the non-oil sector. The Minister […]

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Soyinka questions FG’s handling of farmer-herder crisis

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2022

Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has questioned the Federal Government’s handling of the farmer-herder crisis. Speaking on Channels Television’s NewsNight, the literary icon wondered why the government was yet to ban cattle group, Miyetti Allah while it had proscribed the Indigenous People of Biafra, a group seeking the secession of the South-East from Nigeria. He […]

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Interpol names Atiku, Kenyan President-elect in N18Billion money laundering investigation

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2022

Some faces behind a Sh25billion (N18billion) global money-laundering probe have been unmasked by INTERPOL, and they include Nigeria’s ex-VP and PDP Presidential flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Kenyan President-elect, Mr. William Samoei Arap Ruto. Ruto served as the deputy president of Kenya since 2013. In the 2013 presidential election, he was elected the Deputy

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Governors collected $100million from Paris Club refund for elections – Ned Nwoko

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2022

A consultant that facilitated the London and Paris Club refunds on Saturday alleged that the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) demanded and received the sum of $100 million to prosecute elections in some states. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the head of the Consultancy firm, Senator Ned Nwoko, alleged that when he submitted a bill of […]