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Tinubu A Great Mobiliser-Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday described a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a great mobiliser and an outstanding Yoruba politician of his generation. Buhari, also described Tinubu as one “who had an uncanny knack for picking the right person for the right job.”

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Shock as Minister says Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau will soon be captured

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

The Minister of Defence, retired Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali, on Tuesday confirmed that the Nigerian armed forces had successfully suppressed Boko Haram insurgency. Dan-Ali, who had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, shocked many when he said the army would soon apprehend the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau. The Army had declared Shekau

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Court strikes out ex-NNPC boss, Yakubu’s N1b suit against EFCC, AGF

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a N1billlion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu. Yakubu had sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over his detention by the former in […]

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Remove Magu or else we’ll not screen INEC Commissioners-Senate Tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

The Senate on Tuesday put on hold the screening of the 27 Commissioners proposed for the Independent National Electoral Commission by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate took the action on Tuesday. It demanded the removal of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, as condition for the screening. It said […]

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Never Again Will Terrorists Seize Any Part of Nigeria – Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

Never again will terrorists take over and occupy any part of Nigeria’s territory, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed in Sambisa Forest on Monday. The President made the vow when he declared the 2017 Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship opened. Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, Buhari noted that holding the championship in the forest […]

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Paris Club Refund: Saraki’s Aides Got N19bn-EFCC

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has accused aides of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, of benefitting to the tune of N19 billion from the N522 billion released to States Governments from the London-Paris loan refund. The N19 billion was said to have been transferred to two accounts of the Nigerian […]