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Abba Kyari: IGP shuts all IRT, Special Tactical Squad units

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2022

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Tuesday ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad. He gave the order hours after the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria

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Adulterated fuel: ‘There will be a major investigation’ – Sylva announce

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2022

The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva has announced that there will be a major investigation to unravel the cause of the unsafe quantity of methanol in petrol imported into the country. He disclosed this on Wednesday during a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting in the State House. Although the Minister […]

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IMF to FG: Remove subsidy, official exchange rate

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

Two weeks after the Federal Government suspended the removal of petrol subsidy, the International Monetary Fund has again urged the Nigerian government to stop subsidising fuel. The Washington-based lender also asked the Federal Government to remove the official exchange rate The Federal Government had on January 24 suspended its plan to remove fuel subsidy this […]

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Tinubu: I’m back + photos

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2022

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, returned to Nigeria on Sunday. His private jet touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 6:30pm.His convoy immediately drove to Bourdillon, Ikoyi. After going to many states and consulting with stakeholders in respect of his 2023 presidential ambition, Tinubu returned to

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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 gesticulating. The […]

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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 […]