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Coup Rumour: APC reacts to alleged plots to overthrow Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

The party was reacting to the statement made by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai that some politicians were approaching soldiers with the aim of toppling the Buhari-led APC’s administration. The party, through its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi,

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How Buhari’s government caused recession – Charles Soludo

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Charles Soludo, has observed that Nigeria went into recession due to Federal Government’s poor ideas. Soludo, made the observation while delivering a paper on Thursday at the 2017 International Conference of the Department of Business Administration of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. According to the

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Boko Haram: Cameroonian Government Deports 7, 500 Nigerian Refugees

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

No fewer than 7,500 out of 79,000 victims of Boko Haram insurgency taking refuge in Cameroon have arrived Borno State following their forced ejection by the Cameroonian government. Governor Kashim Shettima, while receiving the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yunusa Mustapha Maihaja, berated the Cameroonian authority for not

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FG says freed girl not one of Chibok abductees

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

Nigeria’s government on Thursday retracted its announcement that another Chibok girl was free, saying she was not one of the 219 whose kidnapping more than three years ago caused global outrage. The presidency said on Wednesday evening that the teenager was picked up by the military after fleeing from Boko Haram jihadists. But Laolu Akande, […]

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Recoverd $43.4m Ikoyi Money: Emefiele shun House of Reps invitation

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele has refused to appear before the House of Representatives over the $43.4m that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered from an apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos state. EFCC recently carried out a sting operation that resulted in the recovery of huge sum […]

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Herdsmen Attack: 15, 000 flees their homes in Taraba

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

More than 15, 000 persons, mostly farmers, have fled their homes to IDP camps in Taraba State following renewed attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Suspected herdsmen had launched deadly attacks on Gazabu, Kungana, Tukun Ruwa, Utsua Daa and Kpenkpen villages, among others, leaving at least 11 people dead and scores injured. The state Police Public […]