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Dan Masanin Kano, Maitama Sule, passes on in Cairo

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

An elder statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule, died at the early hours of Monday in an undisclosed Hospital in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, where he was rushed to for medical attention. One of Maitama Sule’s surviving son, Alhaji Mukhtar Maitama Sule, who confirmed the death of his father, said he

BUSINESS

Intra-Africa Trade: Elumelu, AFREXIM signs $100m deal

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Tony Elumelu’s Heir Holdings and African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) have signed a $100m deal to drive intra-Africa trade. The deal was cosummated by Elumelu, chairman of Heirs Holdings and Tony Elumelu Foundation, at the 24th annual general meeting of the bank in Rwanda. He said the facility seal is “just the beginning and a clear […]

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Osinbajo in Ethiopia for AU Ordinary Summit

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is representing Nigeria at the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Ethiopia. The session would hold on Monday after a week-long pre-summit activities involving ministers and other stakeholders. In one of such activities, Nigeria officially assumed the one-month rotational chairmanship of the African Union

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Suspected Boko Haram militants kills 9,abduct many in Niger

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed nine people and abducted dozens more in an attack Sunday night in southern Niger, the local mayor and a journalist said on Monday. The attackers arrived in the village of Ngalewa on camels at around 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) and abducted some 30 people, the journalist said. Abba Gata Issa, […]

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Paris club refunds: EFCC begins investigation of Ahmadu Bello’s grandson

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly commenced investigation into alleged corrupt enrichment by Hassan Danbaba, a grandson of Sir Ahmadu Bello, a former Premier of Nigeria’s Northern Region. He is accused of involvement in the illegal sharing of funds meant for states as refunds from excess payments to the Paris Club. Danbaba […]

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Tax Evasion: Fowler goes after private jet owners

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Tunde Fowler,has vowed that his agency would ensure that private jet owners in the country do not evade tax. Fowler said this while speaking at the “FIRS and Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information on Tax Purposes workshop in Lagos at the weekend. […]