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Police arrest, parade three suspected kidnappers of Bethel Baptist School students

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2021

Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Nigeria Police in connection with the abduction of over 100 students of Bethel Baptist school in Kaduna State. The name of the suspects include, “Adamu Bello, Isiaku Lawal and Muazu Abubakar” They were paraded on Thursday by the Force Public

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Reps on oversight function to Kano stranded at airport

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2021

Members of the House of Representatives’ committee on Petroleum Upstream on oversight function to Kano State are currently stranded at the airport. They had arrived at Kano airport by 12:30 pm enroute Abuja at 2 pm on Wednesday only to be deserted by their airline. The spokesman of the House, Hon. Benjamin Kalu who’s affected […]

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Debt burden: Blame past administrations, Senator Adeola Yayi tells Nigerians

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2021

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, has blamed Nigeria’s debt burden on previous administrations. President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has been criticised and accused of plunging Nigeria into debt. In what could be described as a veiled reference to the Buhari government, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said it is

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Naming Boko Haram sponsors now can affect investigations —Malami

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2021

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has defended the decision of the government not to name terror sponsors at the moment. He said this had become imperative in order not to jeopardise investigations. The AGF said this while addressing journalists in New York, according to a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Wednesday. […]

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Ex-NNPC GMD denies recovered money in his residence was received from Bola Shagaya, others

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2021

Andrew Yakubu, former Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has denied that part of the recovered money in his Kaduna residence was given to him by a businesswoman, Hajiya  Bola Shagaya. Yakubu also refuted the allegations that some of the money was given to him by Mr Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, […]

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El-Rufai wants to externalise banditry, says Akeredolu

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2021

Ondo Governor and Chairman of Southern Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has accused his Kaduna counterpart Nasir el-Rufai of plotting to externalise banditry. El-Rufai had carpeted Southern Governors for signing into law anti-open grazing bills. But Akeredolu, who spoke through his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said El-Rufai was