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Breaking: 11 Aspirants cleared for Ondo APC Gov primary

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2020

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee for Ondo State Governorship Primary Election has cleared eleven aspirants angling for the party’s ticket during the primary on July 20. The Chairman of the Screening Committee, Alhaji Tijhani Tumusa, disclosed this while presenting the

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Magu trial: Osinbajo cautions against blackmail

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2020

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has cautioned against lies and propaganda being spread to malign his office. There have been reports linking Osinbajo with slush funds the former Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) was said to have embezzled. The reports have been largely unverified and neither have they been confirmed by any legal […]

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Buhari replaces two non-career Ambassadors-designate

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2020

The Senate on Wednesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the replacement and confirmation of two non-career Ambassadors-designate. The request was contained in a letter read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The President sought to replace the earlier nomination of Mr. Oboro Effiong Akpabio and Brigadier General Bwala Yusuf Bukar

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President Buhari honours Abdulkadir as FEC meeting begins

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, led other members of the Federal Executive Council to observe a minute silence in honour of Abdulkadir. Inuwa Abdulkadir, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, died on Monday. However, the virtual FEC meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, begins with about 11 ministers while […]

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COVID-19 scare at Reps : Minority leader, Elumelu, urges members to go for test

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2020

……….as family members, 11 domestic Staff test negative Amidst COVID-19 scare in the House House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu {PDP- Delta State) on Wednesday made Public the results of the test conducted on him, household and domestic Staff for the deadly virus in which all tested negative According […]

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EFCC: Mohammed Umar take charge in Magu’s absence

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2020

Mohammed Umar, the Director of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been picked to oversee the affairs of the agency in the absence of its acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. A top official of the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. The source, who asked not to be […]