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NDLEA denies N4.5bn padding in its 2022 budget, says it was ‘typo error’

Daily Dispatch November 24, 2021

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has dismissed reports that N4.5 billion was padded into its proposed 2022 budget. In a statement on Wednesday by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency said it has been bombarded with calls and messages since Tuesday,

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Terrorists plotting to establish camp in Niger, govt raises alarm

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists are planning to establish a camp in Niger State, authorities have said. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane, raised the alarm on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Minna, the state capital. He decried the escalated rate of attacks by bandits on innocent […]

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EFCC questions Femi Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday interrogated a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Officials of the anti-graft agency confirmed this to Channels Television on Monday in Lagos. The former minister was invited to answer questions relating to the forgery of a medical report which he allegedly procured to evade his trial

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Senate alleges N16bn padding of 2022 budget

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

The Senate Committee on Environment has said it had discovered some N16 billion included in the 2022 budget of the Ministry of Environment for servicing of debts believed to have been collected by state governments. Chairman of the panel, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, made the revelation during the presentation of his committee’s report before the Senate Committee […]

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Senate President meets Buhari, says NASS to engage stakeholders on amended Electoral Bill

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says there are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari would soon sign the recently-passed Electoral Amendment Bill 2021 into law. Lawan gave the hope while fielding questions from State House correspondents, after a closed-door meeting with the president on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Speaker

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EndSARS: ‘Even goats have owners’ – Lai Mohammed queries absence of victims’ family members

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2021

The Federal Government has queried the Lagos State judicial panel over its report claiming that family members of those killed during the EndSARS protest are afraid to speak. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in a statement on Tuesday, urged the Judicial Panel to convince anyone that the names of some casualties of […]