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N620m Fraud: Ex-PICOMSS Boss, Atawodi, Never Supplied Boats to Nigerian Army -Witness

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

The trial of a former Chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee on Marine Safety and Security, PICOMSS, Air Vice Marshal Saliu Atawodi (retd), Rabin Hassan and his company, Hypertech Nigeria Limited continued on January 17, 2017 before Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the Federal Capital

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United Capital Plc, Societe Generale, Orange, others support African SMEs with €77m

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

United Capital Plc, a leading African investment banking group, has partnered with global financial and corporate institutions to set up a Franco-African Investment Fund (FFA), with investible funds of €77 million. The aim of the fund is to accelerate the growth of innovative and entrepreneurial African and French small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with […]

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Accidental Airstrike Of Rann Not A True Reflection Of NAF Professionalism- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

Following the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State by a fighter jet of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad, on Wednesday said the incident was not the true reflection of the level of Nigerian Airforce Force’s professionalism. Reacting to the incident, Mohammed described the […]

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Rann Airstrike Is An Unfortunate Tragedy-UN Coordinator

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

  The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service has dispatched a helicopter with four medical personnel and 400kg of emergency medical supplies after a military airstrike hit Rann, Borno state. It also airlifted eight Red Cross workers injured in the airstrike. Edward Kallon, the UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, said, “This is an unfortunate

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Maintain Discipline – Governor Ahmed Charges Judicial Officers

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2017

The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has charged judicial officers in the state to maintain discipline and uphold a high level of integrity in the discharge of their duties. The governor gave the charge in Ilorin at the swearing-in of the Acting Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shariah Court of Appeal, Hon. Kadi Mohammed […]

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Akwa Ibom Govt. Commends Police On State Security

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2017

The Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, has attributed the low crime rate in the state to the commitment of the state command of the Nigeria Police Force to ensuring a crime free society. Governor Emmanuel made the remark at the Police Officers Mess, Wellington Bassey Way in Uyo, when he took time off to […]