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‘God rejects you’: Man disrupts Pope’s speech at Vatican

Daily Dispatch February 2, 2022

A shouting man denouncing the Church disrupted an audience by Pope Francis at the Vatican Wednesday, before being escorted outside by police. “The Church is not the way God wants it,” the man repeated in English, as he stood in the back of the audience hall holding his mask in his hand and

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Tinubu/Osinbajo’s 2023 Ambitions: Thunder must not strike in the same place twice – Kayode Ajulo

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2022

Constitutional lawyer and Mayegun Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has called on Yoruba stakeholders to hold an urgent  strategic conference as the march towards the 2023 presidential elections begins, albeit unofficially. In an interview, the Abuja-based lawyer said this would be in the best interest of the southwest and the betterment of the nation […]

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EFCC slams N2.9bn fraud charges against Okorocha

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2022

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. This is coming hours after the former governor officially declared his presidential bid for 2023. Okorocha was charged alongside Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid

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Strategic approach to survive harsh economy – The Eagle Online Publisher

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2022

Nigerians have been encouraged to embrace and sustain saving culture as one of the strategic and shrewd approach to make headway in the country’s distressed economy. The Managing Editor/CEO, Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online newspaper, Dotun Oladipo, gave the advice at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of a non-governmental organisation, Ikhwan […]

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Burkina Faso: Reps decry coups in West African sub-region

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2022

…urge FG, UN to impose sanctions House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned the recent military coup in Burkina Faso and urged the federal government to strongly impose strong sanctions, and mobilise other nations and stakeholders to do same on the country. Expressing concern over the unhealthy development which is fast sweeping through the West African […]

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Dangote maintains rank as Forbes’ richest man in Africa

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2022

Aliko Dangote has retained his position as the richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $12.1 billion, according to the 2022 edition of the Forbes’ Top 10 Africa’s Billionaires List. This is contained in a post  on their verified Twitter account @Forbes. According to the report, for 11th year in a row, Aliko Dangote […]