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Ministers offer prayers as Buhari presides over FEC meeting

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2017

Ministers, at the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, offered special prayers, thanking God for sparing the life of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was meeting the whole members of the cabinet for the first time since his return to Abuja on August 19 after a

Sport

Dele Ajiboye replaces injured Akpeyi

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2017

The Super Eagles Manager, Gernot Rohr, has called up Plateau United goalkeeper, Dele Ajiboye, to replace injured Daniel Akpeyi. The decision was taken on Wednesday after Akpeyi was ruled out of the tie by medics. The Eagle Online also gathered that second choice goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, will be in goal in the Russia 2018 World […]

BUSINESS

AfDB plans $24bn investment to accelerate African Green Revolution

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2017

African Development Bank (AfDB) is accelerating the development of  African Green Revolution through its Feed Africa Strategy with planned investment of 24 billion dollars over the next 10 years. Akinwumi Adesina, President, AfDB, announced the plan in a statement on Thursday in Abidjan and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. […]

NEWS

S/East Governors, IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu In Crucial Meeting In Enugu

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2017

Governors of the five South-eastern states are currently in a meeting with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Namdi Kanu. The meeting, which is being attended by the five governors from the region, is currently going on at the Enugu State governor’s lodge in Enugu. Emmanuel Uzor, the Chief Press Secretary to […]

TOP STORIES

Billionaire kidnapper, Evans arraigned, pleads guilty

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2017

Billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, was arraigned in a Lagos High Court on Wednesday to face series of charges levelled against him by the Nigeria Police. The notorious kidnapper, however, pleaded guilty to the two counts of conspiracy and kidnap. Evans appeared before the court along with five members of his […]

NEWS

Biafra: FG’s threats to send Nnamdi Kanu back to jail ‘noise making’ – Junaid Mohammed

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2017

Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed, says the Federal Government should have quietly approach the Federal High Court Abuja which granted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu bail to revoke same. Mohammed, a strong critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, described government’s talk about sending Kanu back to jail as “noise