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An American, Cardinal Robert Francis is the new Pope

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2025

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been selected as the 267th pope in history. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, who is originally from Chicago and is the first American to serve in the role, emerged as the successor to the late Pope Francis on the second day of voting by a papal […]

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Vatican Conclave fails to elect new Pope on first ballot

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2025

Thick black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, signalling that the cardinals sealed off inside have failed to elect a new pope in their first conclave vote. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Vatican City’s St Peter’s Square to await the smoke, which came about three hours and 15 minutes after the 133 […]

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Zulum launches task force to curb drug abuse, other social vices

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2025

Borno State Governor, Prof Umara Zulum, has inaugurated a high-powered Committee to combat the rising cases of social vices in Maiduguri, the capital city of the state.  The Committee, according to the governor, will address issues such as drug abuse, youth restiveness and all other forms of acts that lead to violence. While inaugurating the […]

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Ex-Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan rejoins APC

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2025

Dr Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan, former two-term Governor of Delta State, has officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party he left in the lead-up to the 2023 general elections. Dr Uduaghan, who was the APC senatorial candidate for Delta South in 2019, received his new APC membership card—numbered Delta WRN//023/32001—at his residence in GRA, […]

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FCTA adopts pathfinding model to end violence against children

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2025

The Women Affairs Secretariats of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will adopt the pathfinding model to end violence against children across the territory. The Mandate Secretary, Mrs Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, on the side line of the two-day ministerial-level Regional Meeting of the Pathfinding Global Alliance on

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Nigeria Congratulates Germany on Election of New Chancellor

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2025

Nigeria has extended its warm congratulations to Germany on the successful election of Friedrich Merz as the new Chancellor. The Conservative Leaderwon with 325 votes in the 630-Seat Bundestag on Tuesday, 6th May, 2025. A statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa read: “Nigeria commends Germany’s strong democratic traditions and […]