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Atiku Abubakar escaped Boko Haram’s attack

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2023

Atiku Abubakar has escaped what appeared to be a coordinated attack on him and his assets in Yola, Adamawa State reportedly by agents of the Boko Haram terrorist group. Atiku’s media office explained the aborted attack which was nipped in the bud following the arrest of some of the Boko Haram

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Obasanjo: Nigeria has disappointed Africa, world

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2023

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, decried Nigeria’s inability to live up to expectations since it got independence about 63 years ago, stressing that the country had not only disappointed itself but also Africa and the world. Obasanjo disclosed this while delivering the keynote address at the public presentation of the book titled ‘Reclaiming the […]

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We were not aware of Tinubu’s drug-related forfeiture of $460,000 before the 2023 election

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the Presidential Election Petitions Court sitting in Abuja that it was unaware of the over 20-year old United States District Court judgment which ordered President Bola Tinubu to forfeit $460,000 suspected to be proceeds of narcotics trade. According to INEC, the case was not brought to its […]

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Senate launches into a closed-door meeting over ministers-nominees

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

The Senate is in a closed-door meeting to set the ground rules for the screening of President Bola Tinubu’s nominees for ministerial appointment. THE CONCLAVE reports that the list of ministers-nominees for appointment has been sent to the Senate. It could not be confirmed when the executive communication arrived at the Senate President’s office. There […]

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NEC meets amid fuel price hike, economic anxieties

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2023

Nigeria’s highest economic advisory body, the National Economic Council is currently meeting at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Thursday’s meeting comes 48 hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited reviewed the petrol pump price from N540/litre to N617/litre, the second major increase since the discontinuance of petrol subsidy on

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FG Is Owing TETFUND N323bn – ES

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2023

….. Says No Missing Fund ….Reps Not Witch-hunting…Oke The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Mr Sonny Echono, on Tuesday said the Federal Government is owing the Fund the sum of N323 billion and clarified that there was no missing fund as being alleged in some quarters The TETFUND boss ,made this […]