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Just In: Appeal Court affirms death sentence for Adedoyin

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2025

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence psssed on a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder of an ex-Master’s degree programme student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. The appelate

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Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has been released from a UK prison.

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2025

Mrs. Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria following her release from a UK prison. Reports indicate that Mrs. Ekweremadu arrived in the country on Tuesday. This development comes after she served a six-year sentence handed down by a UK court in connection with a controversial organ […]

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Just In: Donald Trump sworn in as 47th US president

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2025

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. “The golden age of America begins right now,” he said in his inaugural speech, adding that the country would “flourish and be respected” under his leadership. Trump also hit out at the Biden administration and its handling of the migrant crisis, […]

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Breaking: Alleged N12.3bn fraud: Otudeko’s counsel protests in court

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2025

Counsel to the Chairman of the Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, charged with N12.3 billion fraud, on Monday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos in protest of the charge. Mr Bode Olanipekun (SAN) told the court that he was protesting  because the charge had not been served on Otudeko and two others charged along […]

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Presidency tackles Kemi Badenoch, says “we are saddened by your terrible rhetoric against Nigeria”

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration has urged the United Kingdom (UK)’s Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, to avoid denigrating Nigeria. The Nigerian-born politician made headlines in 2024 over the repeated onslaught against the country of her birth. While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank […]

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How my mouth landed me in jail – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2025

…tasks youth on leadership…as 15 future African leaders paid visit Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that his attitude of not keeping quiet on national and international issues led him to jail under the military junta of the late Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha in 1995. Obasanjo also hinted that the quest to […]