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Breaking: Nine police officers abducted by gunmen rescued

Daily Dispatch November 20, 2020

The Nigeria Police Force on Friday said the nine police officers abducted by gunmen on their way from Maiduguri to Zamfara State recently have been rescued. Twelve police officers were said to have been kidnapped while on their way to Gusau in Zamfara from Maiduguri. Force Public Relations

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EndSARS Shooting: PDP Demands National Truth Commission

Daily Dispatch November 20, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to, without further delay, set up an independent National Truth Commission on the reported killing of peaceful protesters by security agencies as well as alleged recruiting of hoodlums by agents of government to disrupt the patriotic demonstration by Nigerian youths against police brutality in the

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Full text of address by Min. of Inf. and Cul. Lai Mohammed at a press conference

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2020

TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE HON. MINISTER OFINFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY, 19 NOV. 2020 ON THE ENDSARS PROTEST AND ITS AFTERMATH Good morning gentlemen, and welcome to this press conference. It’s no longer news that the EndSARS protest last month degenerated into mindless violence after it […]

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Breaking: ‘We won’t defect to APC,’ Ebonyi PDP lawmakers react to Umahi’s defection

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2020

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ebonyi National Assembly caucus on Wednesday reacted to the defection of Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers said no Federal lawmaker in Ebonyi State is following the governor by leaving the PDP for APC. […]

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FAAC Disburses N2.054trn In Q3 2020 — NEITI

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2020

The Nigeria Extractive Indus­tries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said the Federation Account Allocation Commit­tee (FAAC) disbursed N2.054 trillion to the three tiers of government and other stat­utory recipients in the third quarter of 2020. NEITI disclosed this in the latest edition of Nigeria Extractive Industries Trans­parency (NEITI)’s quarterly review released in

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TSA: FG saving ₦45bn monthly in interest payments – Minister

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2020

Nigeria is now saving an average of ₦45 billion monthly in interest payments from the implementation of Treasury Single Account (TSA). Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning made this disclosure on Tuesday during the signing of memorandum of understanding (MoU) on TSA with the Republic of The Gambia in Abuja. […]