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We didn’t pay a dime to free Dapchi girls, FG reacts to UN report

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2018

The Federal Government has rejected a report by the United Nations, which claimed it paid a “large ransom” to secure the release of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, denied the claim in a statement on Thursday night. He challenged anyone with

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BREAKING: INEC bars 23 parties from participating in Osun gov election

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission says the 23 newly registered political parties will not be allowed to participate in the September 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun State, as the deadline for submission of candidates has passed. This is just as INEC announced that all political parties could, on Saturday, begin holding party primaries in […]

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NASS Invasion: “Attempt to sweep the siege under the carpet by not setting up a judicial panel will be resisted by the National Assembly- Senators

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2018

Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Hamma Misau and his counterpart in the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, have insisted that they would sponsor a motion on the floor urging the Federal Government to immediately set up a Judicial Commission of Enquiry to probe the recent invasion of the […]

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I will join presidential race if Nigerians say so- Al-Mustapha

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2018

Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, says he will join the presidential race if called upon by Nigerians to do so. Al-Mustapha, a retired Major, said this on Wednesday in Kaduna in an interview shortly after a meeting with United Christian Leaders Eagle Eye Forum. When […]

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Details of Osinbajo’s meeting with governors, security chiefs emerge

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2018

The National Economic Council (NEC) says the security situation in Benue Sate has improved. Benue State Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, briefed State House correspondents after NEC meeting presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday. Abounu said that the National Security Adviser, Babagana Mongunu, briefed the council on behalf of the various

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Breaking: Defection, Akpabio floors Saraki in Court

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2018

An FCT High Court sitting in Bwari has restrained Senate President Bukola Saraki from declaring the seat of former Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, vacant. Justice Othman Musa on Wednesday also ordered Saraki not to impede Senator Akpabio’s access to the Senate building or take any action aimed at “overreaching his privileges and […]