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Plan to sell Port Harcourt Refinery – NUPENG threatens nationwide strike

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to shutdown work in oil sector if the federal government continues with the plan to put the Port Harcourt refinery on sale. The group alleged that despite order by the Senate to put the sale on hold, the federal

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Officials discover 7 bodies of African migrants in abandoned truck in Libya

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Officials say they discovered seven bodies of African migrants who died from suffocation after being locked for two days in a refrigerated truck that was abandoned by people smugglers on the Libyan coast. Adel Mostafa, an anti-illegal migration official in Tripoli, said that 28 others, including five women, were rescued on Sunday when the truck […]

Politics

Fayose is sick for asking Buhari to resign-Kashamu

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kashamu, has described the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose as a “misguided state governor” who is acting like a sick person for asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. Kashamu said when Nigerians are praying for the quick recovery of the President, Fayose is insisting on the President’s resignation, an indication […]

Constant Attacks on Osinbajo: A ploy by the northern politicans to cause conflicts between Buhari and his Vice-Shehu Sani

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has claimed that some Northerners are bent on causing conflict between the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo and President Muhammadu Buhari. Sani said the Northerners were trying to cause disaffection through the constant attack on the Acting President. He noted that the attack on Osinbajo can create room for […]

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Nigerians have wrong perception about me-Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has explained why most Nigerians perceive him as a political liar. He said that being the face of opposition for so long before joining the government at the centre gave Nigerians the wrong ideas about him. The Minister, while speaking during the Osasu Show anchored by Osasu Igbinedion […]

Politics

Former PDP chairman, 25,000 members decamp to APC in Kebbi

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The former Kebbi State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Doya and 25,000 other members of the party including key party stalwarts decamped to the APC on Sunday. Gov Atiku Bagudu,APC executives, and hundreds of supporters from the 21 local government areas of the state were on hand to receive the decampees, among whom were Alhaji Isah […]