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Buhari performs 2017 Eid el-Kabir prayer

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday performed the 2017 Eid- el-Kabir prayer in the Daura Eid praying ground. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the president who arrived the praying ground by 9:30 a.m. was cheered by Muslim faithful who thronged the ground for the Eid-el-Kabir

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‘I am not interested in politics, people should stop dropping my name for the 2019 presidency’- Dangote blasts PDP

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

Billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has rejected moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to get him to contest in the 2019 presidential race on its platform. According to Daily Times, Dangote declared categorically in a phone interview that he has no interest in politics and nobody or party should tie him to it. He said: […]

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EFCC place 22 politically exposed persons and businessmen in Dubai under watch

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

The Commission received a database of assets which are suspected to have been acquired with looted funds by former and others close to political power. The Nation reports that the EFCC is presently analysing the data and funds linked to those under probe may be seized. The Commission has also placed over 22 politically exposed […]

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Diezani rents London flat as £11m asset forfeiture looms

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, is no longer the woman she used to be. The multi-million dollar jewelry and multi-million dollar houses are fading into history as she comes to terms with the new realities of her life. TheCable understands that with her UK property worth over £11 million now treated as “proceed of crime” […]

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Buhari orders NEMA to come to the aid of the victims Benue flooding

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the flood in Benue State that has displaced about 100,000 people, according to official estimates. The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA,Boniface Ortese, said on Wednesday that over 2,769 households are affected by the flood. In a statement on Thursday, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu,

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Thousands of Nigerians missing – Amnesty International

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2017

Amnesty International (AI) has stated that thousands of Nigerians have disappeared in recent time over the activities of Boko Haram, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). It said the people were either arrested by security agencies or non-state actors like vigilante groups and their whereabouts had remained unknown. […]