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Buhari’s ill-health: Why President shunned Nigeria’s hospitals – Lai Muhammed

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has revealed why ailing Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari shunned hospitals in Nigerian and travel to the United Kingdom to seek medical attention. The Minister responded to the question during a live radio programme titled,

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Dino Melaye alleged bribe: Group urges EFCC to urgently probe Senator, judge

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

Following the bribery allegation against Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, wants the lawmaker and Justice Akoh Ikpeme probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a petition signed by its Chairman, Olarewaju Suraju, written to the anti-graft agency, CSNAC urged the commission to urgently

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Killer rice all over Nigerian market – Governors’ Forum

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed concerns over the quality of rice being imported and consumed by Nigerians. The governors, while describing it as substandard, harmful, called on the Nigeria Customs Service to take urgent measures to curb the situation. A statement by NGF’s Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, said this concern […]

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Boko Haram: Yobe spent N15.8billion in the last three years

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

Yobe State Government has spent over fifteen billion Naira (N15.8bn) on fighting Boko Haram insurgent in the last three years. Yobe Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam made this known while receiving the House Committee Chairmen on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Emergency Disaster Preparedness (EDP) at the Government House in Damaturu. “The immediate past federal

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Sultan kick against NYSC camps during Ramadan

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, has condemned the decision of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to continue with its orientation camps for youth corp members during the Ramadan fast. JNI Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar-Aliyu, in a statement, also called on the Nigerian Army to postpone its planned […]

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How I spent N10bn on feeding progamme in 8 months – El Rufai

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has announced that the state government spent over N10bn on feeding programme in the state El Rufai said he had to temporarily put the programme on hold because the Nigerian Government did not provide its counterpart fund for the project. The governor said this through the State Commissioner […]