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Lai Mohammed denies Buhari’s US visit, says news is fake

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the news being circulated via a parody Twitter account, claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the US is fake. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday signed by the Special Adviser

NEWS

NNPC “crashes price of petrol, cooking gas” nationwide

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that their sustained strategic intervention in the efficient supply and distribution of petroleum products, has led to a significant reduction in the prices of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, nationwide. Spokesman of the corporation,

BUSINESS

NNPC Shake up: Ohanaeze cries foul    …urges Buhari to promote unity and good governance. 

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The apex socio political Organization of Ndigbo, the Ohanaeze has appealed to President Muhammedu Buhari to revisit the recent reorganization at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC in the interest of peace, unity and good governance. Ohanaeze said in a statement at the weekend signed by its President General Chief John Nnia Nwodo that its […]

LEAD STORY 2

Breaking: 4 dies, several injures in a gruesome motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road+ [photos]

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

A gruesome motor accident has just occurred on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway today, Sunday, September 3, 2017 leaving four people dead, several others injured. Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) responded swiftly. They arrived at the location and the injured were ferried to a hospital nearby. The accident which occurred at Tafa local government […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

North Korea nuclear test: Trump condemns ‘hostile’ move

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The US has joined condemnation of North Korea after it tested what it says is a more advanced nuclear weapon. Pyongyang said it had successfully trialled a hydrogen bomb that could be loaded on to a long-range missile. President Donald Trump tweeted that North Korea’s “words and actions” were “very hostile and dangerous”. North Korea has

NEWS

I will return to fight Boko Haram – Injured soldier

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

Private Samuel Ernest, who is recuperating from an injury at the 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital, Maiduguri, says he will go back to the frontline to continue the fight against the terrorists. “After my treatment, if I am fit enough, I will go back to the bush — frontline, in order to continue the operation against the Boko […]