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Presidency recants on Martin Luther King awards, says plaque not from family

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has responded to reports on the leadership award allegedly bestowed on President Muhammadu Buhari by Martin Luther King Center. Abike in a statement issued by her Special Assistant on Media,

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Blackmails can’t make NASS abandon zonal intervention projects – Dogara

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2018

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has stated that no amount of blackmail from any quarters will force the National Assembly to abandon zonal intervention projects because it is the tool through which lawmaker ensure equity in project allocation nationwide. He added that though the instrumentality of zonal intervention projects has […]

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Dapchi abduction: Presidency confirms release of schoolgirls

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2018

The presidency has confirmed the release of Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this to newsmen in Abuja. Shehu promised to give further details on the development later. “Yes, the girls are being transported to safety. We will give details later. […]

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$9m discovered in the home of sacked Presidential aide on Niger Delta, Boroh

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), have allegedly discovered $9 million cash at the residence of the sacked Special Adviser on Niger Delta to President Muhammadu Buhari and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen. Paul Tarelah Boroh (rtd). President Muhammadu Buhari last week

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Jonathan shared N150bn two weeks to 2015 election – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration shared N150 billion two weeks to the 2015 poll. Osinbajo accused Jonathan of frittering billions of naira that should have been spent on projects. Admitting that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari had not completely dealt with corruption in the country, he said it […]

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Climate change: 140 million people to migrate within Nigeria, others – World Bank alerts

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The worsening impacts of climate change in three densely populated regions of the world could see over 140 million people move within their countries’ borders by 2050, creating a looming human crisis and threatening the development process. This is contained in a new World Bank Group report released on Monday. It noted that Nigeria is […]