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Breaking: 282 vessels disappear from NPA terminals – Senate

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The Senate on Monday unveiled how 282 vessels disappeared from terminals in Nigeria, even as the Federal lawmakers threatened the Managing Director of Sovereign Fund Investment Authority, Uche Orji. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Hope Uzodinma, made

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30 missing as Cameroon’s military boat sinks

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The Cameroonian Government said 30 people are missing after a boat belonging to its Rapid Intervention Brigade, a military unit sank off the coast on Sunday. According to a statement from the president’s office, the logistics boat belonged to the Brigade, which has fought Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in recent years. Authorities said that […]

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Buhari will shock Nigerians when he return from his medical vacation-David West

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Tam David West, has opined that President Muhammadu Buhari will shock Nigerians positively when he returns from his medical trip to London hale and hearty. Tam-West said contrary to claims by some Nigerians, he knew that the President was alive and recuperating well. Speaking with Sun, the former Minister also […]

HEALTH

Alcohol causes mental disorders in young people

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The excessive consumption of alcohol beverages left more than 2,014 young people with mental disorders in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambique’s Office of Prevention and Combat Against Drugs (GPCD) said the young people are between the ages of 16 and 25. GPCD director Sara Jafete is quoted by state-controlled as saying that the group affected includes students, […]

NEWS

Magu: Go to Supreme Court-Falana Advises Presidency

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

Activist lawyer, Femi Falana, has advised the Presidency to approach the Supreme Court over the refusal of the senate to approve the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Falana maintained that the senate had no right to sack Magu since it had no power to […]

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Tennis Legend, Boris Becker ‘lost his £100m fortune investing in Nigerian oil’

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

Reports from Germany claim tennis legend Boris Becker invested in a Nigerian oil from whose stock eventually plummeted hence causing him to lose his £100million (N41.1bn) fortune. Der Spiegel reports that soccer whistle blowing platform Football Leaks said Becker invested in the firm in a deal in 2013, which was brokered by a Canadian firm […]