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APC convention: Buhari will attend, we’ll wait for him – Oyegun overrules Governors

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has stated that the party will wait for President Muhammadu Buhari to return to Nigeria and be part of the planned convention. His position contradicts the initial resolution of governors and the National

Viability Index: 36 States generate N801b IGR, receive N2.6t from FAAC in 2016 + table

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

The index, carefully and painstakingly computed, proved that without the monthly disbursement from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, many states remain nonviable and cannot survive The Economic Confidential, the award winning Economic Intelligence Magazine, has released its Annual States Viability Index, which shows that 14 States are insolvent as their

NEWS

Buhari and I are not quarreling — Oyegun

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has insisted that there is no rift between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. Insinuation in certain quarters claimed that the rift between Buhari and Oyegun is the reason why the former refused to lead some members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party […]

COLUMNS

Two years of Buhari. How did we survive? By Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

It would be dishonest to pretend that Buhari has reached the mark, but Nigeria is not in the hole it was when he took over There have been times when I asked myself how we ended up with President Muhammadu Buhari again. Two years and half way into his first term, the charm that gave […]

Breaking: President Buhari may return next week, Sahara Reporters claims

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

A report by Sahara Reporters claims President Muhammadu Buhari may return to Nigeria next week. According to a tweet by the online newspaper, Buhari may return to Nigeria from the United Kingdom next week, “but nobody is willing to state his health condition.” There were no additional details given by the newspaper. President Buhari departed […]

NEWS

Osinbajo reveals how Nigerians can own houses with N30,000

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said under the N100 billion social housing scheme of the present administration, anyone who can afford N30,000 will be able to own a house. Osinbajo made the disclosure at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday at an event tagged “A Smile for Every Nigerian” organised to […]