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NSCDC arrests wife of Boko Haram factional leader

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Borno  Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), said it had arrested  a 15-year -old girl, Fatima Kabir believed to be a former wife of a Boko Haram factional leader, Malam Mamman Nur. The Commandant of NSCDC in  Borno, Malam Ibrahim Abdu, disclosed this while

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Updated: Buhari cancels FEC meeting….presidency explains why meeting did not hold

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Presidency has explained why the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council did not hold today. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said due to the Easter break, the council secretariat had no time to prepare and circulate memos to ministers. Shehu stated: “The staff on the […]

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Whistle blowing: We are chasing those who stole money – Adeosun

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has told the World Bank and parliamentarians across the world that the whistle-blowing policy of her ministry has yielded positive results. She said the federal government was currently on the trail of those who looted the nation’s economy dry. She made this comment while speaking at the global parliamentary conference […]

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Buhari cancels FEC meeting

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting did not hold today. The Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, the venue of the meeting, is deserted as of the time of filing this report (11.35am) The Presidency is yet to officially explain the reasons the meeting did not hold. Buhari’s absence at last week’s […]

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BREAKING! Chairman Chanchangi Airlines is dead

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Chairman of one of Nigeria’s airlines Chanchangi Airlines Amadu Chanchangi is dead. Premium Times reports that Chanchangi, a Taraba-born, Kaduna-based billionaire died along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday, April 19, morning. A source close to the family said the billionaire died while he was being rushed to National Hospital after a protracted illness. “He

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Nigeria cannot divide – Osinbajo to agitators

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SA​N, has lambasted those seeking to secede from Nigeria, stressing that the country will not divide. Speaking to a delegation of the northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) who visited him in his office at the State House, Abuja, Osinbajo condemned those who see nothing good in the […]