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Nigeria recovers N3.2bn foreign loot in 14 months

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2022

The federal government recovered over N3.2bn (£6,324,627.66) of stolen monies from various jurisdictions globally from March 2021 to May 2022. This is as it generated a total of N1.82bn from the sale of bid forms and actual sale of forfeited properties in the first 18 months of the Buhari-led

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More Gains! Kaduna terrorists’ kingpin, Alhaji Shanono, several others killed in air strikes

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2022

As the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao,  Wednesday returned to Kaduna to monitor ongoing anti-terrorism campaigns there, he was greeted with the cheery news of the elimination of terrorists’ leader, Alhaji Shanono, in air strikes. It was gathered that Amao was in the state today to review ongoing operations and give further […]

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We will use our votes against those who say we don’t matter, says Wike

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2022

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has declared that anybody who despises the political capability of the State will be meted with the same treatment. Governor Wike made the declaration at the inauguration of the Orochiri -Worukwo (Waterlines junction) Flyover that was performed by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Port Harcourt on Monday. […]

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Pyrates Confraternity’s song mocking Tinubu distasteful, says Soyinka

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2022

Elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka, has expressed disgust at a viral video showing some purported members of the National Association of Seadogs, otherwise called Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in a song. In the one-minute video, the members dressed in red and white attire danced and […]

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I’ll Continue To Speak For Nigeria – Sanusi

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2022

The former Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, says he will continue to speak and air his views to defend and rebuild Nigeria. Sanusi, who is also the current Khalifah,  Tijaniyat Movement of Nigeria, said this in Abuja on Saturday at a stage play titled “Emir Sanusi: Truth in Time.’’ The play was written by a professor […]

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Ex-IGP Tafa Balogun is dead

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2022

A former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun, died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos about 8:30 pm on Thursday during a brief illness, according to family sources. Born August 25, 1947, in Ila Orangun, Osun State, he was appointed the IGP in March 2002. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course […]