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UN rejects call to postpone COP26 climate summit

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2021

The United Nations on Tuesday rejected a call by a global NGO network to postpone the upcoming COP26 summit in Britain on the grounds that a lack of Covid vaccines risked sidelining developing countries. “For now, no changes are planned, but we understand the concerns,” said UN deputy spokesman

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CJN reads riot Act to heads of courts granting frivolous exparte orders to politicians

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on Monday evening read riot Act to judges in the country, granting frivolous ex-parte orders in undeserved matters to politicians in Nigeria. He warmed the affected judges to desist from the act or have themselves to blame for any act of judicial misconduct. At a […]

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Bawa at Cambridge, advocates global action against financial crimes

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has advocated collective and collaborative approach by authorities around the world in dealing with the challenges of financial crimes which, he noted, is a global scourge as no nation is spared its virulence. Bawa’s views are contained in a keynote address which he […]

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Stop giving preferential scores to Northern students, el-Rufai tells JAMB

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme monitored by The PUNCH. According to the

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Buhari seeks Rotary Club’s support for vaccination drive

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said the Federal Government will continue drawing from the expertise, partnership and consistency learnt from the eradication of Polio in the country to strengthen the health sector. President Buhari, who received Rotary International President, Mr. Shekhar Mehta and some officials, at the State House, thanked the organization for

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State of the Nation: Nweze, Akubueze, Falana task Christian faithful on selection of candidates for elective offices

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Chima Nweze has said that if the constitutional provisions dealing with disqualification for elective offices are properly utilised, the number of misfits vying for political offices in Nigeria would be reduced drastically Justice Nweze stated this in Abuja during the inaugural ceremony of Old Seminarians Association of Nigeria […]