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United, City to donate £1m to Manchester attack fund

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

Manchester United and Manchester City on Thursday pledged £1 million ($1.3m, 1.2m euros) to an emergency fund set up after the terror attack in the city that left 22 people dead. The “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”, backed by Manchester’s Lord Mayor and set up in partnership with the

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Why Nigeria’s economy will never grow out of recession – Okonjo-Iweala

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister has stated that growth and development cannot be achieved in any country that has loopholes in its foreign exchange rates. Okonjo-Iweala said this in reaction to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s, promise that the nation’s ailing economy will be out of recession […]

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NAF acquires dogs to detect explosives, arms and ammunitions

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently trained 12 personnel of its Air Provost Specialty in advanced dog handling techniques to enhance their proficiency in carrying out criminal investigations and other security-related duties. The 6-week advanced dog handlers’ course was conducted at Braveheart Bio-Dog Academy in South Africa as a follow-up to the basic K9 training […]

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BREAKING: FG tenders nine cash-filed boxes recovered from Justice Ngwuta

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

The Federal Government on Thursday tendered nine bags and boxes filled with local and foreign currencies before a Federal High Court in Abuja , that was allegedly recovered from a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta. The items were said to have been recovered from Justice Ngwuta’s official residence in Abuja during a search operation […]

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BREAKING: Kidnappers invade Lagos school, abduct principals, students

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

Gunmen suspected to be militants on Thursday morning invaded Lagos State Model College, Igbo Nla, Epe, Lagos, abducting the principals and some students. The kidnappers were said to have stormed the school in the early hours when the students were at the morning assembly. The gunmen abducted the principal of the junior secondary school, Mr. Oyesola and Mr. Akirinmade who

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Our Leaders Are Too Selfish…..that’s our problem till today-Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

Erstwhile president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday urged Nigerians to treat the country with care, declaring that Nigeria’s fundamental problem lies in not having a national leader. Speaking at an event to examine the country’s development 50 years after the Nigerian-Biafran civil war in Abuja, he called for those agitating for a sovereign state of […]