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Magodo home of Fasola’s aide is marked for possession

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2022

Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has had his house in Magodo Phase 11, Lagos State marked for possession on the purported orders of a Supreme Court judgement obtained by the Adeyiga Family against Lagos State. So far, the

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NAF appoints new branch chiefs, AIR officers Commanding, other senior officers

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2022

The NIgerian Air force (NAF), has announced postings and redeployments new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of tri-Service and NAF institutions as well as Unit Commanders. According to Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations & Information, NAF who signed the press release, “Postings and redeployments in the

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What Buhari’ll consider to grant request for Kanu’s release – Malami

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2022

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will consider the interest of over 200 million Nigerians before he grants the request for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Malami spoke on Tuesday as a […]

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Visitors to Aso Villa will be tested for COVID-19 – Presidency

Daily Dispatch January 3, 2022

The presidency has announced that visitors to the presidential villa in Abuja would be required to take rapid COVID tests before they would be allowed to gain entrance. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu explained to Channels Television that the new development is not unusual, as it is […]

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2023: Nigeria not mature for direct primaries, says IPAC

Daily Dispatch January 3, 2022

Despite the ongoing debate among Nigeria intelligentsia and pro-democracy activists for its passage and assent in the Electoral Amendment Bill, the Inter-Party Advisory Council, a pressure group of the 18 registered political parties on Monday advised otherwise. While warning that Nigeria does not yet have the political maturity for its take off in the 2023 […]

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MKO Abiola’s opponent, Bashir Tofa is dead

Daily Dispatch January 3, 2022

Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, the opponent  of MKO Abiola in the annuled June 12 presidential election is dead. Tofa was the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC). According to family sources, Tofa died in the early hours of Monday after an illness. Confirming his death, one of the deceased’s relations, Alhaji Muhammad, […]