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A Nigerian Adekunle Ojo arrested for identity theft

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2017

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, on Friday announced

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ATIKU,SARAKI,SOUTH-WEST GOVERNORS STORM LAGOS FOR OONI’S BOOK

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2017

 Former Vice President  Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, is to lead other personalities as guests at the public presentation and launch of a book titled,’Otise see’ in honour of Ooni of Ife,Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The spokesman for the launch committee, Babajide Macauley made this known to journalists on Friday,adding that the event is scheduled to hold next Tuesday in

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States Should Determine Their Minimum Wage, Says Sagay

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2017

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PAC),Prof. Itse Sagay, on Friday said states, and not the Federal Government, should determine the minimum wage payable to their workers. Sagay stated this  in his paper at the 20th Wole Soyinka Annual Public Lecture in Benin. Speaking on the  theme,  ‘‘Nigerian State in the Aftermath of the […]

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Breaking: Arewa Youths, Ndigbo Meet In Kano Over Quit Notice

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2017

Some northern youths and members of the Arewa coalition are currently in a meeting with some Ndigbo in Kano over the quit notice issued to all Nigerians of Igbo extraction living in the 19 northern states to vacate the region before October 1st by Arewa Youths. Reports indicate that representatives of Ndigbo in all the […]

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Flood kills 10, displaces 7,342 in Plateau

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2017

Ten people lost their lives, while 7,342 others were displaced by flooding in Plateau State between May and July this year, according to a top official of the Plateau State Government. The Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Emergency Agency, Alhaji Hassan Barde, who made the disclosure on Friday in Jos, said that 1,153 houses […]

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India considers dumping Nigeria’s oil for US crude

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2017

India’s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is considering dumping Nigeria’s sweet crude for US oil. This is coming less than three years after the Americans stopped imports of Nigerian oil. After the US stopped the purchase of Nigerian oil under Barack Obama, Nigeria turned to Asia, partularly India and China for oil sale. In 2015-16, India imported […]