INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Mudslide kills 250 persons

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2017

No fewer than 250 persons are feared dead and many others injured after a massive mudslide swept over Tara Democratic Republic of Congo. Tara is a fishing village in the Central African country. Pacifique Keta, deputy head of Ituri province where Tara is located, told newsmen that the death

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Your prayers has bolstered my morale to serve the country- Buhari tell Nigerians

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the support and prayers offered by Nigerians while he was away on medical vacation in London, has bolstered his morale to serve the country. He said there was an obvious improvement in the agricultural value chain, particularly from the federating states, a development that the federal government intends to keep […]

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Don’t sell military hardware to Nigeria- Shiites

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2017

Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites has asked the United States not to sell military hardware to Nigeria. A letter signed by head of the Free Zakzaky Campaign Committee, Abdulrahaman Abubakar, cited the human rights record of Nigerian military as the reason for its “vehement objection to the proposed sale of weapons […]

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Buhari commends Osinbajo, says he used his intellect to run all over the place

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed the main reason he allowed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to visit him in London while he was there on 104-day medical leave. Speaking with state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, the President said he monitored Osinbajo’s activities on the television while he was abroad. He described Osinbajo’s […]

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Dismissed soldier arrested for allegedly duping 27 people of 4 million for employment

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2017

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nasarawa State Command, has arrested a dismissed soldier, Bala Babaginda, for allegedly duping 27 persons of N4m. While parading the 32-year-old at the NSCDC headquarters of the command in Lafia, the commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Lawal Bashir-Kano, said the suspect collected various sums of money from his […]

BUSINESS NEWS

UBA ban customers from using its ATM card to access pornography sites, buy jewellery or bet

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2017

The United Bank for Africa, UBA, has said that its customers can no longer buy jewellery, bet or have access to pornography sites with the bank’s ATM card. In a statement it entitled “We want you to transact safely,” and sent to customers, the bank said its debit and prepaid cards are now restricted from […]