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Lives of Northerners Don’t Matter to Northern Governors — Northern Elders

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

A group of Northern Nigerian Elders under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said it was disappointed that last week’s meeting in Kaduna by northern governors, high-level federal government officials and traditional rulers barely mentioned the insecurity of communities within the

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PDP slams Buhari govt for freezing #EndSARS protesters’ accounts

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern about the on-going clampdown and freezing of bank accounts of #EndSARS protesters by the Buhari government. The party expressed the concern in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday. Ologbondiyan said that it was alarmed that bank accounts of some […]

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#EndSARS: Makinde inaugurates judicial panel of inquiry, as state receives 50 petitions

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2020

…says South West Govs didn’t support Social Media clampdown …. State, UI collaborate to train security agencies in criminalJustice and Human Rights Enforcement The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday,inaugurated an 11-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigateallegations of extrajudicial killings and brutality by security agentsagainst residents of

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CBN opposes bid to remove Arabic from Naira note

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opposed a suit seeking to remove the Ajami (Arabic) inscriptions on naira notes. It told the Federal High Court it would cost a ‘colossal sum of money’ to discard the existing notes and print new ones without Ajami. The CBN said Ajami is not a symbol or mark […]

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Zamfara Govt secures release of 26 girls from bandits

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has secured the release of 26 Katsina girls from bandits. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday, November 8, by Zailani Bappa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications. He announced that the girls, aged between 8 and 12, who were abducted […]

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Minister of Communication, other Ulamas to try Rahama Sadau for blasphemy

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2020

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Issa Ali Pantami has been listed among other Ulamas that will try Rahama Sadau for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The petitioner, Mr. Lawal Muhammad Gusau made this known in a statement on Saturday. After filing a petition to the Inspector General of Police on alleged case of blasphemy […]