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Buhari may return before June 11-Orji Kalu

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari will return to the country before June 11. Kalu said Buhari’s health had improved when he visited him in the UK last week and urged Nigerians to stop spreading messages of hate and division about the

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My travails was over the video recording of the last moment of Abiola’s life – Al-Mustapha

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd.) who served as chief security adviser to the late head of state, General Sani Abacha has revealed that a video camera recorded the last moment of Chief Moshood Abiola’s life. The Punch reports that Al-Mustapha made this revelation when he fielded questions shortly after he delivered the third South-West annual lecture […]

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Ex-president Jonathan’s aide, 3 other top officials named in $20million bribery scandal in Switzerland

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Three former top officials of the Nigerian Ports Authority and a former special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan have been named in a massive foreign bribery scandal that has led to the conviction of a company and some of its top officials in Switzerland. Premium Times gathered that Dredging International Services (Cyprus) Ltd was sentenced to […]

BUSINESS

N5 fuel levy: We don’t intend to further burden Nigerians – Senate

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described as both false and wicked the swirling reports about likely fuel hike allegedly being orchestrated by the Senate, saying there is no such intention in the first place. Saraki, who said he was going to order an official statement to that effect, however dismissed […]

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OPEC to legalise oil cut with non members – Barkindo

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Following the success of the second joint Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC meetings, the two organisation are presently looking into legalising their new found relationship, says OPEC Secretary-General, Mohammed Barkindo. Barkindo said this in an interview to highlight the successes of the second OPEC and non-OPEC joint meeting in May, which would

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We have faith in Nigeria despite economic crisis, says Chinese telecoms company

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

ZTE Nigeria, a Chinese telecommunications company operating in Nigeria, says it has faith in the most populous black nation, despite the current economic crisis. Yawei Yang, the company’s head of administration, said this in Lagos at the weekend. She expressed ZTE’s commitment to continue to invest in the economy and in the development of local […]