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Tinubu lists 8 things Buhari govt must do for Nigerians

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2018

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, has advised the Buhari government to be more proactive to ensure Nigerians feel its impact. Tinubu said this in a paper he delivered at the Daily Trust dialogue. Represented by a former ‎Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Olawale Edun, Tinubu

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Buhari to Politicians: Tell your supporters to respect electoral process and refrain from violence

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2018

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on politicians and political parties to pledge their commitment to the peaceful democratic process. The president made the call in Abuja Thursday in his keynote speech as Special Guest of Honour at the 15th Daily Trust Dialogue with the theme “Nigeria and the Challenges […]

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2019 elections: I’ll deal with troublemakers

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Thursday, vowed that his administration would not condone any action capable of undermining the conduct of the 2019 general elections. The president also assured that he would not support any individual or group seeking to undermine Nigerians’ confidence in the ability of the nation’s political institutions to conduct

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BREAKING: Court affirms IPOB’s proscription

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2018

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed the application by the Indegenous People of Biafra’s request to reverse the court’s order proscribing it and designating it a terrorist organisation. Delivering his ruling on IPOB’s application, the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High, Justice Abdu Kafarati, resolved all the three formulated issues against the group,

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2019: The decision to seek re-election is personal and also for Nigerians- Buhari, says he does not know if he will contest

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2018

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday ‘he does not know if he will seek re-election’ in 2019 and the decision is personal and also for Nigerians. Buhari, 75, was speaking in a radio interview. He was elected in 2015 but spent much of 2017 in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment that left […]

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$1.6bn crude oil fraud: Omokore’s companies’ accounts closed by worldwide freezing order

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

An official of Stanbic IBTC Plc, Mr. Adedayo Adesanmi, told the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday that the accounts of a businessman, Jide Omokore, kept with the bank and into which $1.6bn proceeds of sales of Federal Government’s crude oil were allegedly diverted, had been closed down as a result of  “a worldwide freezing order”. Adesanmi, […]