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“I have the power to stop your political ambition” – Ayu tells Ortom, others

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2022

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party has taken another dimension with the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, saying nobody can sack him. Ayu said this in Tiv dialect while addressing the crowd that welcomed him home in Gboko on Friday. He also

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Terror Alert: Moles within govt working to collapse Nigeria, says security expert

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2022

A security consultant, Ladi Thompson says moles in the government are working to collapse Nigeria. “It seems that some elements within the government, moles within are working together with this agenda to collapse this country from within,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise programme on Saturday. According to Thompson, the Federal Government’s policies

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Police: No bombs planted in Abuja

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2022

The Nigeria Police Force has described as fake, the reports making the rounds that the nation’s capital, Abuja, was saturated with explosive bombs. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi. Adejobi said: “It is surprising and disheartening to read in the news and on social […]

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Breaking: FG opposes CBN plan to redesign naira, raises alarm on consequences

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2022

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has rejected a plan by the Central Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign naira, warning the apex bank of its consequences on the country’s troubled economy. Ahmed expressed her opposition to the policy in response to a question raised by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele during the 2023 budget […]

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Breaking: Appeal Court halts execution of judgment releasing Kanu, quashing terrorism charges

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2022

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday stopped the execution of its own judgement which faulted the rendition of Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and also set aside the terrorism charges against him. Justice Haruna Tsanami in a ruling upheld the Federal Government’s application and ordered that the execution of the judgment be put […]

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Constitution review: Governors stalemate NASS efforts

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2022

The Constitution review by the ninth National Assembly may have been caught up with the conflict of interest between the lawmakers and the State Houses of Assembly, given that seven months after transmission of the document in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, only 11 […]