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America set to go after Diezani Alison-Madueke

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2017

A former US State Department Nigeria specialist, Mathew Page,  has suggested that a US civil forfeiture case to seize $144 million of assets from two cronies of Diezani Alison-Madueke, may just be the start of her legal troubles with America. US Justice Department last week filed an asset

BUSINESS

CBN will continue to ensure the best is achieved for the country’s economy-Emefiele

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2017

Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, said the apex bank will continue to review its polices to ensure that the best is achieved for the country’s economy. Emefiele said this in Nsukka, Enugu State on Saturday in a lecture titled: “The Dilemma of Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Management in a […]

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President Buhari, reformed democrat, pious man, not on revenge mission – Adesina

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2017

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as “a reformed democrat, a pious man”, who will never move against those calling him all sorts of names in the past two years. Adesina, in a special feature titled: “President Muhammadu Buhari and the descendants of Shimei,” released in Abuja on Saturday, described such people […]

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Boko Haram: 46,000 IDPs return to Borno from Cameroon, Chad, Niger – NEMA

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2017

The National Emergency Management Agency says 46,000 Internally Displaced Persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency have returned to Borno State. Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, the Director General of NEMA, made this known while distributing relief materials to the displaced persons in Banki, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. He said that the IDPs fled […]

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FG assesses liberated communities in Borno

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2017

The Federal Government has embarked on an assessment of communities liberated in the counter-insurgency operations in Borno, to facilitate re-constitution of civil authorities in the affected areas. Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told the Presidential Committee for North-East Initiative which visited some

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198 Saudi Arabia returnees arrive Kano

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2017

The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 Nigerians illegally residing in Saudi Arabia at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 10 am. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this number was out of the 1,800 Nigerians living illegally in Saudi Arabia, who were given amnesty to return to […]