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BREAKING: Supreme Court Begins Hearing On PDP Leadership Crisis

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The legal battle over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has continued in the nation’s hightest court. The Supreme Court will today hear the objection filed by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, against the appeal filed before the court by the Senator

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Banki, a city groaning under yoke of Boko Haram homeless

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Nigerian Army calls it “New Banki City”, an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is an overcrowded camp for 32,000 desperate people made homeless by Boko Haram. In this ravaged corner of northeast Nigeria, the Islamists frequently launch attacks on military convoys, unleash suicide bombers and litter the surrounding roads […]

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Ekweremadu: We will not succumb to cheap blackmail- EFCC

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has advised the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to verify reports before making public allegations. The commission said it would not succumb to cheap blackmail. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Wednesday, EFCC debunked the claims by Ekweremadu that it was planning […]

BUSINESS

Nigeria’s foreign debt stands at $11b in 2016 – NBS

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at $11.41 billion, while its domestic debts was N14.02 trillion in 2016. The NBS stated in the “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt – 2016” data posted on its website on Wednesday in Abuja, that the sum reflected the states’ and Federal debt stock. The report […]

NEWS

Prisoners exchange: FG rules out repatriation of Nigerians on death row abroad

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Wednesday said it would be impossible to get Nigerians on death row in various countries abroad repatriated home through the Prisoners Exchange Programme. Onyeama, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said capital offenders did not fall within the prisoners exchange programme. He explained […]

NEWS

BREAKING: 3 dead as military stops Boko Haram attackers in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The military has foiled attempted Boko Haram attacks on Maiduguri by three females on Wednesday night. In a press statement by Abdulkadir Ibrahim, spokesman of the National Emergency Management Authority, the three teenage females Boko Haram attackers with explosive strapped on them were killed in the process. According to Ibrahim, a security officer, who was […]