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FEC approves N3.109 for education, communication projects

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2021

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N3.109 billion for contracts in the Ministry of Education as well as the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, after the week’s

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Declare bandits as terrorists, Senate tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2021

The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists. During the plenary on Wednesday, the federal lawmakers also asked President Buhari to declare all the known leaders of the bandits wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. The resolutions followed a motion moved by the Senator representing Sokoto […]

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Breaking: Gunmen kill late Prof Dora Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chile Akunyili

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2021

Dr. Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has reportedly been murdered by unknown gunmen. The late Chike was killed at Umuoji in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State on Tuesday evening According to Nation, a source disclosed; “God, pls render the devil and his agents powerless and useless. I was […]

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My takeaways from the 76th 2021 UN General Assembly Session

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2021

By Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity) Throughout last week in New York, the United Nations General Assembly – the congress for the world – gathered for its annual re-affirmation of the principles upon which the organisation was founded. These are the principles of territorial integrity of nations, of sovereignty, […]

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Pastor Adeboye: My friend screamed “praise the Lord” when we heard Nigeria was owing N55trn

Daily Dispatch September 27, 2021

General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, recounted his friend’s reaction after learning the nation’s debt profile had risen to N55 trillion. Adeboye spoke while delivering his sermon during an interdenominational church service held to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary and the 45th anniversary of the

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Nigerian Government has spent N8.9trn on infrastructure in 2020 – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2021

The federal government on Friday said it has committed N8.9 trillion to infrastructural development in the year 2020. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who disclosed this in Uyo Akwa Ibom State capital while inaugurating the 21-storey Dakkada Tower constructed by Governor Udom Emmanuel, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has invested more than previous