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EndSARS: Wikipedia reduces figure of Lekki ‘massacre’ after PRNigeria report

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2021

Barely two hours after PRNigeria exposed the fake report in the claim by the Wikipedia Free Encyclopaedia that 120 unarmed protesters were killed by the Nigerian Army at the Lekki Toll Plaza last year, the website has now reduced the casualty figure to 12. PRNigeria had earlier on Wednesday

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IPOB’s attacks on security personnel denting quest for Igbo presidency – Don

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2021

A university don, Prof. Salihu Niworu, has said that attacks on security personnel and innocent Nigerians by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra was denting the quest for the emergence of Nigeria’s president from the South East in 2023. Niworu, the Director, Institute of Maritime Studies, Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, said this on […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: Idea of pardon is premature, says Malami

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2021

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said that the issue of pardoning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is premature. Mr Malami stated this on Wednesday while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Pardon is a function of conviction in the […]

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Breaking: EFCC ‘rearrests’ Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2021

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has been re-invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) following investigations into alleged document falsification Fani-Kayode alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, is standing trial on alleged N4.6billion money laundering, before Justice Mohammed Aikawa. Other defendants are Yusuf

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Nigeria’s population projection scary, needs urgent control – FG

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2021

The Federal Government says Nigeria’s population projection is scary, hence the urgent need to put in place control measures to keep the country’s population growth in check. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), stated this on Monday in Abuja during a book launch. The book, written by Dr Manassah […]

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APC sacks Buni names Audu as chairman

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2021

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has run into fresh murky waters as a faction sacks Mai Mala Buni.The faction has also attacked President Buhari over his supervision of the party. Buni, Yobe State Governor, is Chairman, APC Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). On Monday, a faction within the party, Progressive Youth Movement, announced