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Air Traffic Controller Slumps, Dies At Lagos Airport

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2021

An Air Traffic Controller at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Aniekan Inuk Effiong is dead. Daily Trust gathered that Effiong died on duty in the wee hours of Monday. The Controller identified in his early 40s reportedly slumped while at his duty post at the approach radar of the

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How my brother died in my presence – Aliko Dangote

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2021

Alhaji Aliko Dangote said doctors told him that his brother, Sani, would die in an hour, and that he died when it was time, “watching the life support machine going down until it stopped working.” Dangote stated this when the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Bola Tinubu, paid him a condolence […]

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40 discrepancies found in EndSARS panel report –Lagos counsel

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2021

Counsel for the Lagos State Government, Abiodun Owonikoko, has claimed that there are at least 40 discrepancies in the report submitted by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters. Owonikoko, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who served as counsel to the Lagos State Government during the […]

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Just in: Boko Haram kidnap 22 girls in Rafi, Niger for marriage

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2021

Gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect have allegedly kidnapped a total of 22 girls in Kurebe community in Rafi local government area of Niger State on Thursday. It was learnt the gunmen stormed the community and whisked the girls between 14 and 17 years purportedly to marry them. It was […]

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Buhari believes in direct primaries —Gbajabiamila

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2021

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon sign into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that contains direct primaries for all political parties. The Speaker stated this in an interview with State House correspondents after meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. There have

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Bill to move CCT from Executive to Judiciary passes second reading

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2021

A Bill for an Act to move the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from the Executive to the Judiciary in the Constitution passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday. The Bill, sponsored by Rep. Solomon Bob (PDP-Rivers) passed first reading at plenary on July 17, 2020. Leading the debate, Bob said that […]