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Nigeria loses N4 trillion to smugglers through its sea ports – World Bank report

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2017

Nigeria currently loses a whooping N4 trillion to smugglers who come into the country through the sea ports, the World Bank has said in a recent report. It also said that the annual amount lost to smuggling activities in Nigeria yearly surpasses the 2017 budget in a country that is battling

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Northern Leaders Won’t Be Forgiven If There’s Another Sambisa Forest – El-Rufai

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2017

The Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has stated that governors of the 19 northern states and traditional rulers in the region will not be forgiven if they allow the emergence of new Sambisas in the region that provide safe refuge for outlaws such as the cover which the vast forest provided by Boko Haram […]

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Boko Haram: World Bank supports 6, 666 households in Borno with food, farm implements

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2017

The World Bank has supported 6,666 households in troubled Borno State with food, livelihood and farm inputs in order to eradicate hunger and poverty from the Boko Haram ravaged state. The support came under the FADAMA III Project of the bank and cut across many local governments of the state. The State Project Coordinator of […]

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Power devolution: APC has betrayed pre-election promise – Atiku

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the decision of the APC-led Senate to block the passage of Bill No. 3, which would have granted devolution of power to the states, is a betrayal of the ruling party’s pre-election promises. Reports Daily Trust. The APC chieftain described the decision as shocking and saddening in a statement […]

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[BREAKING] Boko Haram attack: NNPC suspends oil search in Chad Basin

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has suspended its exploration for crude oil in the Lake Chad Basinocatwd in parts of Borno State, following attacks on its workforce and some military personnel by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, said the exercise had […]

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Constitution Review: Senate changes Nigeria Police Force to Nigerian Police

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Amidst agitations for constitutional amendment, the Nigerian Senate has voted in support for the change of name for the police. In a unanimously YES votes yesterday, the lawmakers asked that the agency’s name should be changed from The Nigeria Police Force to Nigerian Police.   #ConstitutionReview Bill 15: The Nigeria Police Force to become Nigerian […]