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BREAKING: US Secretary of State, Tillerson suspends trip to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2018

The United States, U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Rex Tillerson has cut short his first trip to Africa to return to Washington about one day ahead of schedule, according to a Reuters’ report from Nairobi, Kenya. “Tillerson’s travel plans have changed so that he can return to Washington early on

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Senate confirms N13.5m monthly allowance to Senators

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

The Nigerian Senate said today that Senator Shehu Sani was in order when he revealed the N45m quarterly allowance that each Senator takes home. And it quickly added that the information about the emoluments of senators was never a secret. Senate Spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said the figure Sani gave out about running cost of […]

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I didn’t call for military intervention, Ekweremadu says, alleges he was misquoted

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

The Deputy President of the Senate, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, has denied calling for military intervention in the country, saying that he was quoted out of context. Ekweremadu made the denial on Saturday at the Diepreye Alaimieyeseigha Memorial Banquet Hall, Onopa, Yenagoa, when Governor Seriake Dickson hosted him and executive members of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

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Provision of jobs solution to scourge of insurgency in North East-Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2018

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said that provision of jobs in North-East of Nigeria will definitely reduce the scourge of insurgency in the region. The former President stated this at the zero hunger programme for Nigeria in Maiduguri on Thursday Obasanjo said that twenty-five out of twenty-six young people were participating in insurgency because […]

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Thanks for being a loyal partner, Buhari tells Osinbajo at 61

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined Nigerians in wishing Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo a happy 61st birthday. In a message posted on his Twitter handle, @MBuhari, the President thanked Osinbajo for being “a loyal and dependable partner.” Buhari wrote, “Happy 61st Birthday, @ProfOsinbajo. Thank you for being a loyal and dependable partner on this journey. “I join

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I am mindful of the three-prolonged promises I made to Nigerians before 2015-Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja said Nigerians in the areas affected by Boko Haram insurgency are in the best position to provide correct assessments of the changes that have taken place since he assumed office in 2015. Receiving a delegation from King Salman of Saudi Arabia at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari said his […]