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Senate directs committee to submit N895bn supplementary budget report on Wednesday

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2021

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, directed the Senate Committee on Appropriations to submit report on the N895billion Supplementary Budget unfailingly on Wednesday. The directive by Lawan followed a request by Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations, Barau Jibrin, for more time to

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Troops kill 12 Boko Haram terrorists, recover gun trucks, arms

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2021

The Nigeria Army Monday said it killed 12 Boko Haram terrorists in a failed attack. The Director, Army Public Relation, Brig. Gen. Onyeama Nwanchukwu in a statement circulated to the media disclosed that the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist tried to attack a Forward Operation Base, at Bula Yobe in Borno State where they met their waterloo. […]

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Auditor- General of the Federation Raises Multiple Queries To NPA over Multibilion Naira Financial Irregularities

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2021

…….. Management, Transportation Minister To Appear Before Reps C’ttee On July 8 for Defence The office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, (AuGF) has uncovered Multibilion Naira Financial Irregularities In the transactions of the Nigerian Poets Authority NPA in its audited 2017 consolidated and separate financial statement. Consequently the office had raised a

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Arrogance, absence of CSR by oil coys led to militancy in the Niger Delta – Akpabio

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2021

Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has noted  that arrogance on the part of oil companies and absence of Corporate Social Responsibility led to militancy in the Niger Delta Region. He also reiterated the commitment of the President Mohammadu Buhari-led administration to changing the negative narrative in the region. Akpabio said this

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Only South West has properly managed its diversity – Jonathan

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2021

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has said the rest of Nigeria can learn something about the management of ethnic and religious diversity from the South West. He attributed Nigeria’s current problems to its failure to properly manage its diversity in a way that gives minorities a sense of belonging. The former president said this in an […]

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Akpabio gives date for submission of NDDC forensic audit to president Buhari

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2021

Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will receive the report of the ongoing forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) next month. Akpabio indicated this while responding to questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari at […]