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Buhari condemns ambush on NSCDC personnel, asks military to make bandits pay A price

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his anguish over the death of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who were ambushed and killed by bandits in Kaduna State while on official duty. President Buhari described the loss of the NSCDC personnel as a tragic

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Okupe: DSS acted on 2016 watch list, EFCC clarifies

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2023

The DSS on Thursday morning arrested Okupe at the Lagos airport but hours later, the Labour Party chieftain said he had been released, describing his arrest as an “error”. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said that the Department of State Services (DSS) acted on a 2016 watch list request to arrest former presidential […]

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CBN Governor, Emefiele, dares the storm, returns to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2023

The embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has dared the storm raging against him in Nigeria by returning home bag and baggage from the United States of America to frontally engage forces baying for his blood. Emefiele, according to reports doing the rounds in the media, arrived in Abuja […]

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FG doesn’t know real owners of oil wells in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 6, 2023

……gives seven-day ultimatum to lease and licence holders to disclose owners The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has issued a seven-day ultimatum for all lease and licence holders operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, to disclose the real owners of their companies. In the directive signed by its Chief Executive, Gbenga Komolafe, on

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Umrah: ‘I did seven trips’, Tinubu defends fitness

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2023

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has again defended his fitness, saying no ailing person can successfully perform seven trips as he did at Umrah. Tinubu made the statement in an interview with Kano premier independent radio station, Freedom Radio, in Saudi Arabia shortly before he returned to the country. Umrah is […]

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Chibok kidnapped girls: Bring back our daughters before you leave office – Parents, community cries to Buhari

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2022

Parents and community members from Chibok in Borno State, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to secure the release of the remaining girls kidnapped by Boko Haram as promised. A statement issued by Yana Galang and Zanna Lawan on behalf of the parents of the abducted Chibok girls on Saturday, recalled the promissory speech made […]