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Ayinde Barrister: Prophet without honour (3)

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2021

By Tunde Odesola Birth, breath and death; three seeds cohabiting in the same pod. Birth-breath-death: Sikiru Ayinde Balogun’s earthly journey in a winged chariot driven by fate, fuelled by freewill. Fatefully, Ayinde was born by a butcher father and a pepper-seller mother. Utterly, he had no

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Nigerian Economy: Cotton Farming, Alternative To Oil – Cotton Ginners Association President

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2021

As the federal government continues to whittle  its overdependence on oil, seeking to diversify it economic base from oil to agriculture, Alhaji Abdullahi Salmanu,  President of Cotton Ginners Association has called on the state governors to get involved in the production of cotton in their respective states.  According to him, “Only 26 states in Nigeria

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17 travelers die in Abuja-Keffi road crash

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2021

Seventeen travellers who were plying the Abuja/Keffi road between Gudi and Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State, have died following an accident on Saturday. The Federal Roads Safety Commission, (FRSC) unit Commander in Akwanga, Assistant Corps Commander Ebere Onyegbaduo confirmed their death to Channels Television via telephone on Sunday. He said, “we received

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COVID-19: Iwu Restates Efficacy Of Herbal Medicine

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2021

Bioresources Development Group (BDG) chairman, Prof. Maurice Iwu has restated the efficacy of herbal medicine in the treatment of the COVID-19 cases as the virus enters variant stage globally.  The former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and eminent Professor of Pharmacognosy, Iwu said that the effectiveness of special herbal drugs produced in

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Fire Guts Immigration Headquarters

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2021

The headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Road, Abuja was on Sunday gutted by fire. The service which disclosed this on its twitter handle, @nigimmigration, said the inferno affected some of its offices. It however added that the fire was put out by operatives of its own fire station […]

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Many Injured, Houses Razed, As Amotekun, Herdsmen Clash In Oyo

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2021

The Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun Men and some Fulani have reportedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. The clash was said to have started at Okebi village on Saturday morning but the cause of the clash could not be […]