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BREAKING: Senate reads President Buhari’s letter saying his vacation period is indefinite

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

The Nigerian Senate has read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari on his travel to the United Kingdom for medical check-up. The letter read was read by Senate president Bukola Saraki during plenary on Tuesday, May 9. In the letter, the President said he had no definite date for his return

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Why Some Abducted Chibok School Girls Refuse Freedom-Negoatiator

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted three years ago by the extremist Boko Haram sect refused to be part of a group of 82 girls freed at the weekend, a mediator involved in the release said on Monday. The militants on Saturday released 82 schoolgirls out of the more than 200 they kidnapped in April […]

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FIRS steps up enforcement, shuts tax-owing companies in Lagos, Abuja, Imo

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

In continuation of its enforcement initiative, the Federal Inland Revenue Service on Monday sealed premises of tax-owing companies in Lagos, Abuja and Orlu, Imo State. In Lagos, the FIRS team, led by Anita Erinne, sealed Autobahn Techniques Limited at 348, Ikorodu Road over an aggregate tax debt of N76.7 million. Also sealed were Winelight Analytical […]

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How soldiers held Borno deputy governor hostage, threatened to kill him in Yobe

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

Some aggrieved soldiers have reportedly held the Deputy Governor of Borno State, Usman Durkwa, to ransom at a military checkpoint in Yobe state while they insulted and threatened to kill him. According to TheCable, the incident occurred in Buni Gari town in Gujiba local government area of Yobe. The deputy governor was said to be […]

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Boko Haram took good care of released 82 Chibok girls – Garba Shehu

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday said Boko Haram insurgents took good care of the released 82 Chibok girls. The girls were released in great shape with no visible sign of abuse, unlike the other 21 Chibok girls freed last year October who came in […]

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Why cabals must allow Buhari to resign – Femi Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has urged the cabal forcing President Muhammadu Buhari to remain in power to allow him resign so he could face his deteriorating health. The PDP Chieftain, who made the claim in an article e‎ntitled, ‘The Mendacities Of The Apostles Of Corpsocracy And The “Return” Of The Chibok Girls’, described […]