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I’ll miss Suntai’s charisma, humility – Saraki

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has expressed sorrow over the death of a former Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, describing him as a man of peace. Saraki, in a statement on Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, said the demise

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El-Rufai: Many of the politicians calling for restructuring are opportunists

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says most of the politicians calling for restructuring are “opportunists”. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, el-Rufai said those who have presidential ambition were exploiting the restructuring call. The governor said majority of the people who are clamouring for restructuring do not have “concrete

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FG offers fresh 9-month amnesty for tax offenders

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The federal government on Thursday launched its voluntary asset and income declaration scheme (VAIDS) to broaden the country’s tax base and offer incentives for tax evaders. According to the ministry of finance, the tax amnesty will run for the next nine months, effective from July 1, 2017. From July 1 to December 31, the government would […]

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European Court sentences baby to death

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

A European Human Rights Court has given its verdict on a case of human rights that will compel a couple to allow their sick baby to die. The parents of the baby Chris Gard and Connie Yates have been in a long legal battle to save their baby who is suffering from a serious genetic […]

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Why presidential aircraft is with Buhari in London, how much we pay – Presidency

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The Presidency on Thursday explained the rationale for having the presidential aircraft, NAF 001, in London, where President Muhammadu Buhari is undergoing treatment. There had been criticism about the decision to have the aircraft parked in London, with the possible attendant cost, which some documents circulating on the social media put at £4,000 per day. […]

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President Trump hosts two Chibok girls

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

President Donald Trump of the United States of America on Wednesday hosted two of the girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 from their school in Chibok, Borno State. Those hosted were Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who after their escape from the Boko Haram insurgents, went to school in the United States, […]