NEWS

BREAKING: Ile-Ife clash: Yoruba monarch others arraigned

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

The trial of suspects involved in the Ile-Ife, Osun State crisis between Hausa and Yoruba indigenes, has commenced at the Osun State High Court. The prime suspect, Oba Ademola Ademiluyi and others are currently in court. Recall that the clash between the Hausa/Fulani people and their host

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No man can stop Buhari from ruling Nigeria for eight years – President’s CSO

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

Punch Newspaper State House Correspondent, Olalekan Adetayo, who was expelled from the villa has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Security Officer, CSO, Bashir Abubakar, told him that no man can stop the President for ruling for eight years. Adetayo was questioned by Abubakar over two reports he did on the President after which his accreditation […]

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Obama helped Buhari defeat me in 2015 election – Jonathan

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

The immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that he lost the 2015 presidential elections, because of a conspiracy between the USA, Britain and France. In a new book “Against The Run of Play” authored by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Olusegun Adeniyi, Jonathan said former US President Barack Obama, ex-British Prime Minister David […]

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Brazilians arrested with N310m canned cocaine at Lagos airport

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended two Brazilian drug suspects over unlawful importation of canned whitish substance that tested positive for cocaine. The suspects, who claimed to be tourists, were arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos with the canned cocaine amidst personal effects inside their luggage. The total

BUSINESS

Dollar crashes further as CBN sells $25m in new FX window

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday commenced interventions in the new Investors’ and Exporters’ FX Window with the sale of $25 million to customers through authorized dealers. This was disclosed by the Bank’s spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, who reiterated that the window was established to boost liquidity in the forex market and ensure timely execution […]

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Buhari’s government harassing my family, Northern leaders betrayed me – Jonathan

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

Former President Goodluck Jonathan believes that his family is being hounded by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Jonathan also said he lost the 2015 election because he was betrayed by the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, and some Northern leaders in the party. Jonathan, who made his feelings known […]