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BREAKING: Buhari resumes, meets with AGF, GMD NNPC

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has resumed at his office in the presidential villa, Abuja. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed had explained that Buhari needed time to rest and would “now operate from home.” However, Buhari, who had not appeared at any public function

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NIA to sell Ikoyi apartment EFCC discovered $43.4m

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

The Nation reports that apartment 7B in Osborne Towers where the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered $43.4m may be sold. The Presidential Investigative Committee is probing the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ayo Oke, over the cash and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal,

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BREAKING: Senate bans UK from sending prisoners back to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

The Senate has placed a ban on the transfer of Nigerian citizens imprisoned in the United Kingdom back to the country. The Senate came to this resolution following a motion moved by deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu. The motion was titled “Urgent need to regularize the agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the […]

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Breaking: Court remands Sule Lamido in prison custody

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

A Jigawa State Magistrate Court has remanded former governor of the state, Sule Lamido, in prison custody. Mr. Lamido is to be in the Dutse prison until May 4 when applications for his bail will be decided, Chief Magistrate Usman Lamin ruled. The magistrate said he needed time to decide on the application for bail […]

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Buhari’s health: Obasanjo, Babangida, Abdulsalami in closed door meeting

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

Three former Heads of State – Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar – on Monday met behind closed doors over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which took place in the Hilltop Mansion of Babangida in Minna, the Niger State capital, was said to have taken place between “late […]

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We Will Continue To Be Efficient And Make Every Naira Count – Adeosun

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has outlined some steps on how Nigeria’s economy should be taken out of recession. She was one of the guests on the 2017 special May Day edition of the programme, The Platform; a lecture series organised by the Covenant Christian Center Lagos. While addressing Nigeria’s financial crisis, Mrs […]