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Focus on values which unite, Buhari urges Nigerians

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday urged Nigerians to channel their energy and resources toward  values  which  unite the country rather than divisive debate. He gave the advice in his remarks  at the 2017 Eid al Adha lunch in Abuja  where he was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

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‘Saraki’s supporters attack SaharaReporters followers in court’

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has been accused of sending thugs to intimidate the supporters of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, at a court hearing between the duo in Ilorin, on Wednesday. The Senate President had filed a libel case against the news website and its publisher. Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye of an Ilorin High Court […]

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Lai Mohammed denies Buhari’s US visit, says news is fake

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the news being circulated via a parody Twitter account, claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the US is fake. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister, Mr Segun Adeyemi, […]

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FG will guarantee adequate protection of allcitizens- Buhari restates

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated that the Federal Government will guarantee adequate protection of all citizens, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports. He said Nigerians had the constitutional right to live, work and raise their families in any part of the country without restrictions. The president spoke when Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State […]

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We have started the extradition of Diezani- Presidency, says Ibori will still be prosecuted in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions who is also the Chairman, Recovery of Public Property Panel, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla has disclosed that the anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has commenced the extradition of former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison Maueke from United Kigdom. Obono-Obla in an interview with the Sunday Punch,

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I did not investigate Diezani in 2015, we only probe NNPC- Senator Makarfi

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The National Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said he did not investigate a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke in 2015. Markafi was the Chairman Senate Committee on Finance then. Senator Makarfi spoke with journalists in Kaduna on Saturday where he noted that his panel was […]