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I Will Never Be Part or Approve Oppression and Humiliation of Any Journalist-Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has distance himself from journalist humiliation, saying he had not and would never approve oppression and humiliation of any journalists in the course of carrying out their legitimate duties. Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba

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N6b: Why we’re probing Emir Sanusi’s Kano Emirate Council – Commission

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission says the ongoing probe of alleged “questionable expenditures and financial misappropriation” in the Kano Emirate Council has no political motive. Muhiyi Magaji, the Chairman of the anti-graft agency, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Tuesday. Magaji said: “The

BUSINESS

FG, states, LGs share N467.8bn for March

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2017

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) yesterday shared N467.8 billion as revenue for March to the federal, states and local governments. The amount was N38.7 billion more than the amount shared by the three tiers of government for February. The Accountant-General, Mr Ahmed Idris, who represented the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, at the […]

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Makarfi slams Presidency over expulsion of Punch reporter

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The Ahmed Makarfi led Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chided the Presidency for expelling The Punch Aso Rock correspondent, Olalekan Adetayo. Adetayo was on Monday expelled from the Aso Villa by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Security Officer, Abubakar Bashir over a report he did on Buhari’s health, which Bashir considered unpalatable.

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Counter insurgency; Bangladesh Army Chief urges political, diplomatic operations

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff, General Abu Shafiul Huq has urged the Nigerian Army to adopt both political and diplomatic lines of operations in its ongoing fight against Boko Haram in the country. He gave the advice on Tuesday in a lecture tagged, “Counter Insurgency Operations: Bangladesh Perspective”, held at the National Defence College,Abuja. […]

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Boko Haram Cooperating With ISIS

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has advised that there is need for countries to close ranks to counter the threats posed by their activities of terrorist groups, saying networking among insurgent groups has increased. Osinbajo said the Federal Government was aware that terrorists “within our own borders are cooperating with ISIS”, adding that “such evil