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N54b Contracts: Probe Amosun Administration Now – LP Boss Tasks Gov Abiodun

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Chairman, Ogun State Labour Party (LP), Comrade Abayomi Arabambi has charged Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun to verify every level of awarded contracts by his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun between 2011 and 2019. He submitted that the All Progressives Congress

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Lagos Discharges 42 More COVID-19 Patients

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2020

The Lagos state government says it has discharged an additional 42 coronavirus patients from its isolation facilities after they tested negative twice for the virus. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Friday, according to a tweet by his spokesman, Gboyega Akosile. This brings the number of COVID-19 cases successfully managed in the state to […]

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Drama as COVID-19 patients hold doctors, nurses hostage

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2020

Pandemonium broke out at one of the isolation centres located at Kwanar Dawaki,in Kano state,when some COVID-19 patients held health workers hostage for four hours. The former chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kano branch, Professor Aminu Mohammed confirmed the development. The former chairman, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Kano branch, Professor Aminu

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Breaking: Kano records five deaths, discharges three COVID-19 patients

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2020

Kano State Government on Thursday announced that it discharged three persons who earlier tested positive for coronavirus. The state ministry of health disclosed this via its Twitter handle. Five other patients died of COVID-19, raising the death toll in the state to 13, the health ministry said. According to the tweet, the recovered patients have […]

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COVID-19: IMF disburses $3.4B loan to Nigeria, urges wise spending

Daily Dispatch May 6, 2020

Barely 24 hours after receiving $311 million Abacha loot from the United States and the Island of Jersey, the Federal Government has been handed the $3.4 billion emergency fund it requested from the International Monetary Fund(IMF). The emergency fund which was approved by the IMF Board on April 28, comes under the Rapid Financing Instrument […]

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Buhari condoles with Chief of Army Staff, Buratai, over mother’s death

Daily Dispatch May 6, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday had a telephone conversation with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Yusuf Buratai, commiserating with him over the passing of his mother, Hajiya Hauwa Yusuf Buratai. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, quoted the President to have condoled with all members of the […]