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Sponsored Ramadan Message: RAMADAN DAILY DIET – DAY 25

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

What happens to the person who witnesses Laylatul-Qadr? and what should one do? Abu Hurairah Radhiya Allahu `anhu reported that the Messenger of Allah, salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam, said : “Whoever stands (in prayer) in Lailatul-Qadr out of Eemaan (faith and sincerity) and seeking reward

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2019 Presidency: Northern Youths jettison Buhari, shortlist Atiku, Saraki, Lamido, Sheriff, El-rufai, others

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

The Northern Youth Leaders’ Forum (NYLF) has revealed a shortlist of 11 northern politicians it endorsed as potential presidential candidates for the 2019 general elections. According to the leader of the group, Comrade Elliot Afiyo, the 11 persons, namely: former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State; Governor Aminu

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Nigerian govt to use N559 billion recovered loot to fund 2017 budget – Minister

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2017

The federal government said on Monday it would use a fraction of the looted funds recovered so far to finance part of the 2017 budget. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma, said this at the 2017 budget breakdown in Abuja. He said the total revenue projected was N5.08 trillion, with 11 per […]

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One dies, four injured as traders clash in FCT

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2017

One person died on Monday while four others sustained injuries during a violent clash between Hausa and Igbo traders at Kuje, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory.  There were conflicting accounts of the crisis, but one had it that the crisis erupted after a Hausa youth was arrested by a vigilance group for […]

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Removal of CRK from public school curriculum could cause religious war – HURIWA warns

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2017

A non-governmental organization, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has raised the alarm that the removal of Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, from public school’s curriculum by the education ministry headed by Mallam Adamu Adamu is a sinister plot to cause inter-religious crisis in Nigeria. The pro-democracy group further classified the Education

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PDP Chairman sent to prison for allegedly conniving with Babangida Aliyu to defraud Niger State

Daily Dispatch June 19, 2017

The Chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tanko Beji, has been remanded in prison by a Minna High Court. Beji was arraigned by the Economic and Fianacial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly aiding former governor of the state, Babaginda Aliyu in fraudulent activities. During the resumed trial on Monday, […]