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CJN pleads with judicial workers as union shut down courts

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2021

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with leaders of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over the union’s ongoing nationwide strike. Some members of the union, who pleaded anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the

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LG’s survival: We need prayers now – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2021

…the situation is getting worse Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, said the survival of the current state of local government administration in the country is in the hand God. He lamented that the situation in the 774 local governments have been worsen, as they could not even afford grader to make their roads […]

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Wike accuses Air Force of diverting Rivers armoured helicopters worth $10million

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2021

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the Airforce of diverting two armoured helicopters worth over $10million it got from the state government. The Governor said instead of using the helicopters to fight crude oil theft and sea piracy in the state, the air force diverted them to the north to fight Boko Haram. The governor […]

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Missing aircraft: Air Force Chief, Amao visits Borno, calls for calm

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2021

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, on Thursday visited Borno State after a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet went missing in the north-eastern state. Amao, who arrived in the state barely a day after the incident occurred on Wednesday evening, was briefed on ongoing search and rescue efforts in connection with the […]

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We’ve so far registered 51m for NIN, 189m SIM cards – Minister

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2021

The Federal Government says it has so far enrolled 51million citizens for the National Identification Number (NIN) as at March 31, 2021. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made this known at the weekly Presidential Media briefing organized by the Presidential Communication Media Team in Abuja on

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Ogun decorates Soyinka as Amotekun Super Marshall

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2021

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, decorated Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, as the Super Marshall of the Ogun State Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun. Abiodun decorated the respected academic with some emblems of the Amotekun Corps during the inauguration of the security outfit in the state. The governor also commissioned scores of patrol […]