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Nigeria loses $13.7bn annually to farmers, herdsmen conflicts – General Abdulsalami

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

A former Military Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar says Nigeria loses 13.7 billion dollars annually as a result of farmers-herdsmen conflicts in Benue, Kaduna, Nassarawa and Plateau states. Abubakar made the disclosure at a forum organised by Search for Common Ground, Nigeria, in

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Buhari’s second term: Don’t discuss that with me- Tinubu

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday said newsmen should not discuss the issue of the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 with him. Buhari and Tinubu both belong to the APC. Speaking with State House correspondents after his meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]

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Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara, Oyegun, Tinubu in Aso Villa

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a meeting with Bola Tinubu, national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The president welcomed Tinubu after hosting some top members of the ruling party. They include John Oyegun, national chairman of the APC; Senate President Bukola Saraki; Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives and […]

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Diezani Allison-Madueke asks court to join her as defendant in Dele Belgore’s N500m fraud case

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, on Monday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to issue an order, listing her as a party to a N500m fraud charge involving a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dele Belgore. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Belgore together with a former Minister of National […]

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Breaking: Buhari sacks SGF, NIA boss, appoints Boss Nustapha as new SGF

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sacked the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke. This was announced on Monday in a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina. Adesina said the development followed Buhari’s study of the report of the panel […]

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Jonathan’s govt, PDP tried to manipulate 2015 elections – Jega

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2017

Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the immediate past government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan attempted to interfere with the 2015 elections. Jega claimed that Jonathan’s government tried to “interfere with the decision of INEC to use electronic card readers”. In an interview with Jamie Hitchen, a