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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

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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, […]

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FG Agency paid N200 million to UK firms illegally — Senate

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2022

The Senate has uncovered how the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, formerly known as Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency, paid N200 million subscription without vouchers to United Kingdom firms. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts unveiled this based on a report of the Auditor General of the Federation. The committee, chaired by

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Electoral Act: Presidency clarifies Buhari’s reasons for withholding assent

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2021

The Presidency has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 as sent to him by the National Assembly is chiefly to protect the nation’s democracy. The Presidency made the clarification on Tuesday in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and […]

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Buhari inaugurates oriental energy resources aircraft hangar, ancilary executive facilities at Maiduguri international airport

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2021

Indimi extols Julius Berger’s Engineering construction quality Oriental Energy Resources Limited founded by renowned industrialist, Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi scored a high mark on its infrastructure contribution to the country’s development last Thursday when President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the company’s new ultra-modern aircraft Hangar at the Maiduguri international