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Nigerian Beans Causes Liver Cancer-UN Expert

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Dr. Heiner Lehr, the National Expert on Value Chain, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, on Wednesday linked a percentage of liver cancer cases in Africa to aflatoxins. Eagleonline report that Lehr made the assertion while delivering a keynote address at the 1st Nigeria Food

NEWS

MACBAN Dissociates Its Members From Any Involvement In Ethnic or Religious Crisis

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has dissociated its members from allegations of involvement in religious or ethnic killings. Baba Othman Ngelzarma, MACBAN National Secretary, in a statement yesterday said individuals and groups behind the claims are the ones that security agencies should investigate. Commiserating with the people of Southern

Politics

Buhari Rumoured Death: PDP Not Party To It-Walid Jibrin

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2017

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Walid Jibrin, has distanced the party from the rumoured death of President Muhammadu Buhari. Jibrin described those spreading the rumour as desperate power seekers and urged them to desist from the act and keep praying for the President’s quick recovery. He added […]

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2017 Budget: Citizens Wealth Platform Discovered N146bn Project Duplication

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2017

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has said that the N7.298tn 2017 budget estimate which is 20.4 percent higher than 2016 estimates of N6.07tn should be reduced by as much as N146bn. The lead director of the centre Barrister Eze Onyekpere who presented a report on the budget under the aegis of Citizens Wealth Platform […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Six Afghan ICRC Workers ‘Killed By Islamic State’

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2017

Six Afghan international Red Cross workers have been killed by suspected Islamic State (IS) group gunmen in the province of Jowzjan, officials say. The workers were shot in the Qush Tepa area, the provincial governor said. Two others are unaccounted for, feared abducted by IS, he said. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) […]

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FG to Implement 71-Point Economic Council Retreat Resolutions – Ahmed

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2017

The Federal Government has pledged its commitment to implementing the 71-point National Economic Council retreat resolutions aimed at improving socio-economic and political development in the country. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made the pledge in a statement signed by Abel Nwabuche, the Assistant Director in charge of information in