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No decision yet on who to sign 2017 budget- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says there is no decision yet on who will assent to the 2017 budget. He said this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Reacting to

NEWS

Former PDP chairman in Bayelsa assassinated

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Mr. Christopher Hobobo who is a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state has been assassinated. The Punch reports Hobobo who served in an acting capacity was killed at his residence located on PDP Road, Yenagoa on Wednesday, May 17. It was reported that the attackers forced the gate to his […]

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BREAKING: Army captures 126 suspected jihadist as Boko Haram infiltrate IDP camp

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Nigeria Army has arrested about 126 suspected Boko Haram members. The army disclosed that the suspects were apprehended at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), camp in Damboa, Borno state. Army chief, Lucky Irabor, made the disclosure while fielding questions from journalists in Maiduguri. The Major General said the suspects were flushed out during mop […]

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Senate summons FIRS, CBN, Chevron others over $5b tax fraud

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Senate has summoned the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Central Bank of Nigeria, National Petroleum Investment Management Services and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over alleged $5 billion tax evasion by Chevron Nigeria Limited. ‎Dr. George Uboh of the Panic Alert Security System had petitioned the Senate over alleged $5 billion fraud at Chevron Nigeria

HEALTH

FG offers free surgeries to 4, 349 Nigerians

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Federal Government says it provided free surgeries to 4,349 patients and screened 17,793 indigent Nigerians in 2016. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in a statement issued by Boade Akinola, the Director Media and Public Relations of the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said the ministry had set a […]

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Another Chibok girl rescued

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday confirmed that another Chibok schoolgirl had been found, barely 12 days after the release of the 82 abducted girls by their captors. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja, said the recovery of the […]