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FG to borrow fresh $1.2bn from Brazil

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that it’s seeking a loan of $1.2bn from Brazil to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known during a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on

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PDP raises alarm over CACOVID palliatives

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there are clandestine plans by federal government officials to use the invasion of CACOVID palliative warehouses to escape investigation into the reported stealing and criminal diversion of funds and palliatives provided by the Federal Government to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kola Ologbondiyan, National

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How SARS tortured me for 22 days till i lost my pregnancy, teacher tells Lagos panel

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2020

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters Saturday heard the chilling details of how the now dissolved police unit allegedly tortured a pregnant teacher and her husband for 22 days, till she lost her baby. Ogechukwu Obiechina and his wife Ndubuisi told the panel […]

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Court refuses to order Diezani’s arrest, demands AGF’s extradition evidence

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2020

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, rejected the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s request to issue a warrant of arrest against a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is believed to be residing in the United Kingdom. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu rejected the EFCC’s request for an arrest warrant citing the commission’s […]

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Breaking: Looters invade Abuja NYSC camp, cart away mattresses, others

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2020

Some hoodlums on Tuesday morning broke into the Orientation Camp of the National Youth Corps in Kubwa, Abuja. The thugs armed with knives and other sharp objects blocked the road and ordered motorists to turn back. They were seen coming out of the premises with mattresses, plastic chairs and other items. Residents in the neighbourhood […]

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Protests: PDP directs half-flown party’s flag nationwide

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed that its flag at all the party’s offices be flown at half-mast for a period of one week, beginning from Friday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday in reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on the #EndSARS […]