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Umahi: PDP hasn’t started discussion on 2023 zoning – Ologbondiyan, party cannot be stampeded

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2020

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbondiyan, has said the PDP has not started discussions on the zoning of candidates in the 2023 presidential election. The PDP spokesman was reacting to reports of the planned defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave

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Reps Summon NNPC GMD, CBN Gov. Over Missing N3.235trn ($19.253 Bn)

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

The House of Representatives has summoned the Group ManagingDirector of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. MeleKyari and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. GodwinEmefiele over non-remittance of N3.235 trillion ($19.253 billion) revenue accrued from sales of domestic crude oil in 2014. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Wole Oke

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Nigerian Army releases 86 names of wanted terrorists

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

The Nigerian Army has released a list of 86 people wanted in connection with acts of terrorism. They are alleged to belong to the notorious Boko Haram sect. The latest list is the fourth to be released by the military authorities. Prominent on the list is Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, who has been rumoured […]

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2021 budget: Reps vow to even distribution of N11bn road projects

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

…Expressed concern over lopsidedness of projects The House of Representatives on Tuesday assured Nigerians of itsresolve to ensure that the controversial N11 billion road projectsenlisted in the 2021 budget proposal of Federal Roads MaintenanceAgency (FERMA) are evenly distributed to all the six geopoliticalzones. Hon. Yusuf Gagdi who queried the controversial increase in

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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 Finance in Abuja on Tuesday. Ahmed said that […]

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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