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Mali Coup: Osinbajo in Accra for ECOWAS Summit

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, departs Abuja for Accra, Ghana Sunday morning to represent President Muhammadu Buhari, at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to discuss the political situation in the Republic of Mali. This is according to a statement

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APC Convention: Aggrieved members take Buni-led committee to court

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2022

Some aggrieved members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have taken the Gov. Buni led Caretaker- and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over plans to hold a national convention in February. In the suit dated January 4, 2022 the plaintiffs – Suleiman Usman, Muhammed Shehu, Samaila Isahaka, Idris Isah […]

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Sylvester Oromoni’s death not caused by poison, torture – Police

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2022

Police authorities in Lagos State on Friday said the 12-year-old student of Dowen College in Lekki, Sylvester Oromoni, died a natural death. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this while briefing reporters at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja on the investigations conducted into the death of the boy. He stated that […]

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Navy intercepts N10b worth of cocaine

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2022

The Nigerian Navy on Thursday said it intercepted N10billion worth of cocaine last October 9 and 28. Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Rear Admiral Bashir Mohammed, also said the 261 bags of cannabis worth over N100 million in the local market were intercepted during the Yuletide. Mohammed said this while addressing reporters at NNS […]

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FG not sacking workers – Zainab

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2022

The Federal Government on Thursday dismissed claims that it was planning on sacking workers in a bid to save funds. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made the denial during an interview on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme. Ahmed explained that President General Muhammadu Buhari had said recurrently that no worker […]

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Buhari receives briefing from former president, Goodluck Jonathan

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja received briefing from former President Goodluck Jonathan on the latest political developments in Mali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jonathan is the current ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali. An ECOWAS special meeting on Mali holds in Ghana on Sunday to deliberate on the political situation […]