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How Ndume embarrassed me – Saraki

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

The President of the senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has claimed that former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, tried to “embarrass” him, by accusing him of importing bullet-proof SUV jeep worth N370million. The upper Legislative Chamber had in March, suspended Ndume for six months

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Insurgency: Borno to evacuate 78,000 IDPs from Cameroon

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

The Borno Government said on Sunday that it plans to evacuate 78,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back home from Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that the affected IDPs fled to Cameroon at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The IDPs had a week ago urged the state government […]

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Continue to entertain yourself, Nigerians with your comments – Buhari’s Minister, Fayemi mocks Fayose

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development and former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has reacted to comments credited to the current governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, saying his working with judges of the Supreme Court to remove him, Fayose, from office. Addressing journalists in Ado-Ekitit, the state capital, the Minister urged […]

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BREAKING: 8 feared dead as Boko Haram opens fire on traveler in Borno

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamist, on Saturday, April 8, opened fire at private and commercial vehicles along the Maiduguri-Damboa road, Borno State, killing eight people. Daily Dispatch gathered that vehicles attacked were those going to southern part of Borno state from Maiduguri, the capital. Usually the vehicles are escorted by security personnel; they […]

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Buhari, Tinubu felicitate with Dangote @ 60

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari and a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have felicitated with Africa’s renowned businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his 60th birthday. In separate statements, Buhari and Tinubu described Dangote as a successful businessman worth emulating. In a statement on Sunday, Buhari said he

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SERAP to Buhari: Refer high-profile corruption cases to International Criminal Court

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Following a string of court rulings against high-profile corruption cases last week, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “adopt a revolutionary approach to his government’s fight against corruption by referring high-level official corruption cases to the International Criminal Court for investigation and possible