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Pa Adesanya rejected me thrice: Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2018

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday gave an account of how Pa Abraham Adesanya, late leader of Pan-Yoruba political group, Afenifere, rejected his candidature for the presidency three times in 1999. Obasanjo gave the account in Lagos, at the 10th Memorial Symposium of the late National

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Adesanya’s advice helped me to transit from military to democratic government- Adesanya

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2018

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Wednesday said that the he relied for advice from late Pa Abraham Adesanya in piloting the transition to democracy in Nigeria in 1999. Speaking in Lagos at the 10th Memorial Symposium of the late NADECO Chieftain, Chief Abraham Adesanya, Abdulsalam said fate smiled on in June 1998 […]

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Boko Haram now collects taxes in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2018

Insurgent groups in Borno, Yobe and other settlements around Lake Chad are currently running quasi-administrative policies that include imposition of taxes on civilians in the territories they control, a new report by Reuters has found. The news agency reported on Sunday that Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), a faction of Boko Haram, currently controls swathes […]

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Soyinka urges FG to do more to end killings by ‘criminal herdsmen’

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2018

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on the Federal Government to do more to end attacks and killings allegedly by criminal herdsmen in parts of the country. Soyinka made the call in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. He said recurring cases of alleged  criminal herdsmen unleashing terror on communities leaving in their trail […]

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BREAKING: Buhari arrives in Bauchi

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Bauchi State on a two-day state working visit. President Buhari was welcomed at the airport by the governors of Bauchi and Adamawa states, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar and Mr. Mohammed Jibrilla, as well as some ministers at Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi.

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2019: Atiku highlight six major priorities he will focus on if elected President

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2018

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, on Wednesday, highlighted six things Nigerians should expect from him if voted in as Nigeria’s next President. Speaking at the Chatham House, London, the Waziri of Adamawa said if voted as President in 2019, his administration will ensure improvement in the country’s sovereign wealth funds, railways, other areas, as well […]