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Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger: ECOWAS Parliament proposes mediation committee

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2024

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has proposed the appointment of an Adhoc Mediation Committee to prevail on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the three member states of the regional bloc, to retrace their steps and reunite with other member nations. The Acting Speaker

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FEC takes 21 decision at two-day meeting

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2024

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Tuesday, concluded its meeting for the week, with 21 decisions in its kitty. Unlike other weeks when the meeting was held on only one day, the meeting for the week stretched for two days. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the […]

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Breaking: Emefiele denies any wrongdoing in redesigning naira notes

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2024

Immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing in redesigning the nation’s currency, the Naira in 2022. Emefiele made the denial when he pleaded not guilty to the four count charge preferred against him before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital […]

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Breaking: EFCC to arraign ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, his brother Tuesday

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will arraign former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and his brother on Tuesday. The duo were slammed with 8-count charges before Justice Belgore,  FCT High Court, Garki in Abuja. Recall that a Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail to Sirika; his daughter, and two others in the […]

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Labour Begins Picketing Of NERC, DisCos Offices Over Electricity Tariff Hike

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2024

Members of the organised labour have started picketing the offices of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and distribution companies (DisCos)’s premises nationwide over the hike in electricity tariff.  The action of the workers follows a joint directive from the leadership of both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at

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Tinubu Confers GCON On Awujale At 90

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2024

…Oba Adetona represents ancestral heritage of the Ijebu people-Abiodun President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, conferred on the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the second highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON) to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday celebration. President Tinubu made the announcement at the Olabisi Onabanjo