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BITTER LESSONS I LEARNT FROM PUBLISHING NEXT NEWSPAPER – OLOJEDE

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2017

International award-winning journalist and publisher of the defunct NEXT Newspaper, Dele Olojede in a recent Podcast  interview entitled: “A conversation with Dele Olojede with Feyi Fawehinmi,” spoke extensively on his failed attempt to publish a national newspaper in Nigeria. ‎

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How Diezani lavished $100m on furniture, artworks — US

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The United States of America has given the details of how a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, allegedly laundered about $144m, using part of the funds to purchase a yacht, landed properties, furniture and artworks. According to the US, while she held sway as the Nigerian petroleum minister, Diezani, who was otherwise […]

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Mining Nigeria’s way to prosperity by DOYE BALOGUN

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Against a backdrop of economic pressures in Nigeria and a need to avoid long-term over-dependence on the oil industry, Nigeria is looking to other extractive industries in order to diversify the economy, notes Doye Balogun of Mayer Brown. While 2016 was a challenging year for the Nigerian economy, 2017 has seen it bounce back to a degree. For several months […]

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How Badoo gang broke into two churches, stole phones, killed three people

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2017

July 4, 2017, is a day members of  the Celestial Church of Christ, Orisun Ayomi parish, would not forget in a hurry. The church located on Anibaba street, Owode Weighbridge along Ikorodu road in Lagos, played host to members of the deadly Badoo gang which has been terrorising residents of Ikorodu for over a year. According to the head […]

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Boko Haram: Over 5,000 Borno Refugees Return Home

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

Movements of refugee returnees from the Republic of Cameroon have continued en-route Banki through Pulka towns of Borno State in North-East Nigeria. So far, over 5,000 persons have returned to Pulka, their ancestral town which is one of the seven wards in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state while many others are still being […]

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GNI: Beautiful Bride, Many Suitors of Ogun State by Oladayo Obileye

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

Another political bell is ringing in the Gateway State,Ogun, where stakeholders are expected to exercise their francise to elect persons whom they could entrust the investments of the state unto. A person who would give them the assurances of life and living, a person who would take them out of human, material and financial bondage, […]