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Breaking: Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church In Sokoto, Kidnap Priests, Others

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2022

Gunmen early Wednesday broke into one of the parishes presided over by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that the armed hoodlums kidnapped two priests and two others in the rectory of St. Patrick’s Catholic

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Breaking: Police AIG dies during illness

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2022

A former Force Public Relations Officer now Assistant Inspector General of Police, Don Awunah, is dead. According to a Police Situation Report sighted by The Eagle Online and dated April 23, 2022, the AIG died in the early hours of Monday (today). Until his death today, Awunah was the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge […]

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Emefiele meets with Buhari, says he will make news soon

Daily Dispatch May 12, 2022

Amid lingering uncertainty about his presidential aspiration, Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Emerging from the closed-door meeting with the President, Emefiele stoked the fire of anxiety as he announced that there would be “news break” shortly. Emefiele, who has yet to resign amid […]

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Why I’m Consulting With People — Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says consultations with the people is critical in governance and important for national development, especially in a country as diverse and complex as Nigeria. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said the vice president had a dinner with speakers and deputy speakers of a number of State Houses […]

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Why fuel queues returns to Abuja and environs – NNPC

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2022

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited has blamed the queues for fuel in parts of Abuja on the low loadouts at depots which it said usually happen during long public holidays. Another contributing factor, NNPC said, could be the  increase in fuel purchase which it described as also usual with returning residents of the […]

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Ninth Senate different from others

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advanced reason to justify why the current National Assembly stands out from the previous Assemblies. Lawan said the uniqueness of the Ninth Assembly was its ability to conquer the most complex and critical legislation that had either defied passage or assent. The Senate President spoke on Saturday […]