LEAD STORY 2 Politics

Professionals with ethnic, religious leanings will fail in politics – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said public office in Nigeria at any level should not be seen as synonymous with the accumulation of power, privilege and wealth. He said there was no point in having professionals in politics if the professionals are driven by ethnic, religious and other

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Presidency condemns Financial Times’ article on Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2022

The Presidency has criticised the wrong perceptions in David Piling’s article on Nigeria published by the Financial Times on January 31. One of the President’s spokesmen, Malam Garba Shehu, condemned the article in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja, while expressing reservations over the position of the writer, describing the Nigerian government as ”a government […]

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Kidnapped Bethel student refuses to return, says he’s comfortable with bandits

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2022

The remaining kidnapped Bethel Baptist High School student who was held in the kidnappers den, has allegedly refused to return to his family and expressed that he was now comfortable staying with the terrorists.  However, the member of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) who took the ransom demanded by the terrorists was also […]

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Reps forced to adjourn Thursday plenary – Gbajabiamila

Daily Dispatch February 3, 2022

…summons Clerk, others over non-provision of Order Paper, Votes & Proceedings The Representatives on Thursday forced to adjourned the plenary session following the non provision of Order paper and Votes and Proceeding by the Secretariat Consequently, the Speaker Rep Femi Gbajabiamila Called for the immediate redeployment of the staff assigned to print the Order Paper

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Reps propose 20-year jail, asset forfeiture for fraudulent bankers

Daily Dispatch February 2, 2022

The House of Representatives is considering stricter punishment for workers in the banking sector confirmed to have committed fraud, raising the jail term from 10 to 20 years in addition to forfeiture of assets. This is being proposed in the Bank Employee etc (Declaration of Assets) Act I Amendment) Bill, 2020, which passed the second […]

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‘Our security forces are overstretched,’ Abdulsalami seeks joint support against insecurity

Daily Dispatch February 2, 2022

Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has called for the support of Nigerians in tackling insurgency and other forms of insecurity, saying the nation’s security forces are overstretched. He made the call on Wednesday in Niger State during the 38th Founders Day and 30th convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology Minna. “We are […]