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BREAKING: Suicide bomber kills five soldiers, injures 40 in northeast

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2017

At least five soldiers were killed and another 40 injured when a Boko Haram jihadist rammed an explosives-laden pick-up truck into a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, security sources told AFP on Friday. The bomber, believed to be loyal to factional leader Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi, targeted

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Dangote Sugar Refinery to gulp N106b investments to improve profitability

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2017

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman, Dangote Sugar Refinery, on Thursday said N106 billion would be invested in the company to boost profitability and enhance dividend payment. Dangote told shareholders at the company’s 11th Annual General Meeting for 2016 financial year in Lagos that the money would be invested in the next four to six years. […]

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Northerners will attack Nigerians if Buhari dies in power – Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2017

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has asserted that Nigeria will be thrown into chaos, should President Muhammadu Buhari dies in in power. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain said northerners will unleash mayhem on Nigeria, which will result into heavy bloodbaths. He make the assertion in an article entitled, “The ailing president and looming

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2015: Jonathan Kinsmen affirmed that strong forces took an unusual interest in the presidential election

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2017

Kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa State on Thursday defended him over his comment on the conduct of the 2015 election. They insisted that some local and international forces, worked against Jonathan during the polls. The kinsmen listed the countries as the United States of America, Britain and France. Recall that Babangida Aliyu, former Niger state

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FG declares Monday public holiday

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2017

Federal Government has declared Monday, May 1, 2017 as public holiday to commemorate the 2017 Workers’ Day celebration. Minister of  Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration in a statement on Friday by the Director, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Muhammadu Maccido. He congratulated Nigerian workers for their

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Obasanjo reveals why he picked Jonathan instead of Odili for Yar’adua

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2017

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed he never wanted to pick Goodluck Jonathan as late President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate. In a book, ‘Against The Run Of Play’, written by a former Yar’Adua’s spokesman, Mr Segun Adeniyi, Obasanjo revealed that he wanted a former governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili but some